ABSTRACT
The central function of both schools and families is the nurture and education of children, a common task which should ensure their close cooperation and mutual support. The staff of a school may find that there are few opportunities to meet, pool resources and work cooperatively on their difficult problems. One of the most common presentations of a school-family problem arises when a child’s difficult behaviour in school is denied by the family, who see the school staff as scapegoating the child in a heartless and unsympathetic way. The school in turn is likely to see the parents as irresponsible towards the child and aggressive in their response to the school’s complaints. Both school and parents co-operated meticulously in writing and signing the reports and within several weeks there was a great improvement in class behaviour. It is interesting to compare the school-based with the clinic-based interventions both in terms of process and outcome.
