Product Description

Setting up and running a Nurture Group in your school is an effective way to improve the quality of educational provision for every child, not just for those with special educational needs.

This practical book is especially useful for those new to the idea of Nurture Groups. It offers a clear structure for making a Nurture Group work effectively, and provides tried and tested photocopiable resources to support the whole process.

The author:

o explains how and why Nurture Groups work

o shows how all children's social, emotional & educational development improves

o gives practical advice on setting up and running a Nurture Group

o tells you how to assess and monitor the children's progress

o supplies materials to use when leading INSET sessions with colleagues

o provides lots of photocopiable resources on an accompanying CD Rom.

An inspirational read for all teachers and support staff, this book will appeal to anyone working with children who have emotional and behavioural difficulties. (20071107)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #69881 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 136 pages

Review
'What an excellent book! Running A Nurturing Group does exactly what it says in the title and much more. The layout and framework must make it one of the most accessible books ever. Every chapter states its intention, unfurls and then is concisely summarised at the end. Then we have questionnaires, tick lists, case studies and PowerPoint presentations; just what tired teachers need to take on a new body of knowledge. There is a wonderful balance of practical suggestions and theory at all the times you feel you are in the hands of a dedicated, researcher and practitioner' --Jenny Mosley, Founder of Quality Circle Time

`Running a Nurture Group is a worthwhile book full of useful ideas and resources for nurture group practitioners. Simon Bishop is a skilled nurture group practitioner and he links his contemporary, practical experience to the wider range of ideas and thinking that inform and underpin nurture group work in a helpful and accessible style. I am delighted to commend this important addition to the increasing literature on nurture groups' --Jim Rose, Director, The Nurture Group Network

Review
‘‘Running a Nurture Group is a worthwhile book full of useful ideas and resources for nurture group practitioners. Simon Bishop is a skilled nurture group practitioner and he links his contemporary, practical experience to the wider range of ideas and thinking that inform and underpin nurture group work in a helpful and accessible style. I am delighted to commend this important addition to the increasing literature on nurture groups.’’

Jim Rose, Director, The Nurture Group Network

“A worthwhile book full of useful ideas and resources for nurture group practitioners. Simon Bishop is a skilled practitioner, and he links his contemporary, practical experience to the wider range of ideas and thinking that inform and underpin nurture group work in a helpful and accessible style.” (Jim Rose, Director )

Jenny Mosley, Founder and Director of Quality Circle Time
What an excellent book! `Running A Nurturing Group' does exactly what it says in the title and much more. The layout and framework must make it one of the most accessible books ever. Every chapter states its intention, unfurls - and then is concisely summarised at the end. Then we have questionnaires, tick lists, case studies and PowerPoint presentations; just what tired teachers need to take on a new body of knowledge. There is a wonderful balance of practical suggestions and theory - at all the times you feel you are in the hands of a dedicated, researcher and practitioner.

Customer Reviews

Personal and professional recommendation
A very user friendly publication. However experienced you are in working with vulnerable children you are bound to find some new ideas in this book.