Henderson, Fiona (2021) From exclusion to inclusion: Developmental group work in a primary pupil referral unit. In: Child Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in Primary Schools: Tavistock Approaches. Tavistock Clinic Series . Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 160-180. ISBN 9781032023182

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Abstract

The chapter explores the contribution that child psychoanalytic psychotherapy makes to the experience of children, families and the staff team of a primary pupil referral unit. When children as young as 5 are excluded from school there needs to be an understanding of the distress they are communicating in order for them to return to a positive developmental pathway. The PPRU works with the complexities of behaviour and emotional presentation, which need to be met by resilience, consistency, imagination and understanding. In this chapter I suggest that child psychotherapy contributes to this task with regular, dependable child psychotherapy groups for children and through sharing the facilitation of the staff reflective space.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	Children, Young People and Developmental Pyschology > Child Psychotherapy Learning & Education > Learning & Education in Psychology
Department/People:	Children, Young Adult and Family Services
URI:	https://repository.tavistockandportman.ac.uk/id/eprint/2505

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