In Depth Issues of School Maladjustment

This book is part of an inclusive education approach with a particular focus on the two-fold issue of school maladjustment i.e. for children with specific learning difficulties and for gifted children.Generally speaking failure at school is often considered to be the result of a child's negligence or laziness whereas failure is a real symptom masking a number of factors that require specialist consultation in the same way as an organic pathology.The case of gifted children is another issue that we look at in depth in that when a gifted child attends an ordinary school he or she becomes maladjusted because the school doesn't suit him or her and he or she is wasting time so a specialized school adapted to his or her level is needed.These two issues are analyzed and guidelines are given to school heads on how they can manage the two issues in depth within the framework of inclusive education while determining the principles of refernce and counter-reference.