ABSTRACT
This book aims to provide an account of approaches that are effective in educating and encouraging the development of children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties.
This chapter sets the book in the context of ‘The Effective Teacher’s Guides’ series of which it forms a part, and explains the features of the new edition of this title. I outline the types of disabilities and disorders, including emotional and behavioural difficulties, that are the concern of special education in England and in the United States of America. I suggest potential readers likely to find the book useful, and I then describe the content of subsequent chapters.
