As part of preparation for the classroom, it's key for trainee teachers to understand the emotional needs of students. This book provides a clear introduction to emotional development and attachment, offering advice and guidance from a diverse range of professional perspectives including psychology, health and education.

Foreword by Professor Barry Carpenter; Introduction - David Colley (Oxford Brookes University) and Paul Cooper (Brunel University); 1. Models of Emotional Development - David Colley and Paul Cooper; 2. Attachment Behaviour and Learning - Heather Geddes (Caspari, UK); 3. Neuroscience and Emotional Development: the basics explained - Maisie Satchwell-Hirst (Oxford University); 4. Attachment Aware Schools - Janet Rose (Norland College) and Louise Gilbert (Bath Spa University); 5. Emotion Coaching - Licette Gus and Felicia Wood (Kate Cairns Associates); 6. Promoting Resilience in Schools: The importance of both training and reflection for teachers and school staff - Mike Solomon (Tavistock Clinic, London); 7. Emotional Development and Missed Early Experiences: The Nurture Group Appraoch - David Colley; 8. Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Children in the Classroom - Betsy de Thierry (Trauma Recovery); 9. People meet in a classroom and say 'hello': a psychoanalytic perspective on the emotional relationship between the teacher and student - Peter Wilson (Place2Be); 10. A Psychoanalytic Understanding of Change and Transition in Education - Biddy Youell (Tavistock Clinic, London); 11. Supporting children and young people with social, emotional and mental health difficulties: working in a multi-agency team - Kathy Evans and Erica Pavord (University of South Wales); 12. Emotional Development and Children in Care: the Virtual School perspective - Tony Clifford and Anne-Marie McBlain (Virtual Schools Team, Stoke on Trent); 13. Social Pedagogy in the Classroom: supporting children and young people in care - Emma Black, (South Tyneside Educational Psychology Service), Michael Bettencourt, (Virtual School Head, South Tyneside) and Claire Cameron, (University College London); 14. Including Children with Disorganised Attachment in Mainstream Primary Schools - Maggie Swarbrick (Treatment Foster Care Oregon, Oxford, UK); 15. The importance of professional supervision for all staff in schools - Dave Roberts (Mulberry Bush School, Oxfordshire); 16. Emotional Development and approaches to Classroom Management - Jon Reid (Oxford Brookes University); 17. Disruptive Behaviour and Unsolved Problems - Poppy Nash (York University); 18. Classroom behaviour: finding what works for you - John Visser (Northampton University); 19. Supporting the Emotional Development of Teenagers - Janice Cahill (Pendlebury Centre PRU); 20. Conclusion: Drawing Together the Threads - David Colley and Paul Cooper; Author biographies; Subject index; Author index