Hanging on in there : a study of inter-agency work to prevent school exclusion in three local authorities

""Cover ""
 ""Contents""
 ""List of tables and figures""
 ""Acknowledgements""
 ""Glossary""
 ""1. Introduction""
 ""What is inter-agency work?""
 ""Effectiveness""
 ""Outline of study""
 ""2. Policy context""
 ""The principle of inter-agency working""
 ""Exclusion from school in Scotland""
 ""Do excluded pupils have special educational needs?""
 ""The national legislative and policy context is not joined-up""
 ""Scottish Executive initiatives around exclusion""
 ""Conclusion""
 ""3. Context""
 ""The three local authorities""
 ""Inter-agency working in the three local authorities"" ""The six schools""""Comparing the six schools""
 ""The case study young people""
 ""Conclusion""
 ""4. School Based Inter-agency Meetings""
 ""Participation and attendance at meetings""
 ""Discussion and recommendations made at the meetings""
 ""Conclusion""
 ""5. The case studies""
 ""Conclusion""
 ""Discussion of all four groups""
 ""Inter-agency work in supporting the case study pupils""
 ""6. Summary and conclusions""
 ""References""
 ""Index""