1st Edition
Diagnosing 'Disorderly' Children A critique of behaviour disorder discourses
By Valerie Harwood
Copyright 2006
182 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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Based on the author's in-depth research with children diagnosed with behavioural difficulties, this book provides a thorough critique of today's practices, examining:
the traditional analyses of behavioural disorders and the making of disorderly children
the influence of the 'expert knowledge' on behavioural disorders and its influence on schools, communities and new generations of teachers... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Behaviour Disorders and Disorderly Children 3. Disorderly Conducts and the Making of Disorderly Children 4. Disorderly Children Weren't Always Disordered 5. Who Says Conduct Disorder is the Truth? The Power behind the Production of Disorderly Children 6. Administering Disorderly Children 7. Why Do Children and Young People Believe they are Disorderly? 8. Why it is so Difficult to Question being Disorderly. References
Biography
Valerie Harwood
"...I am grateful to Harwood for writing a thought-provoking, accessible and timely critical analysis of some of the key issues facing schools and the mental health community. After reading this Foucauldian-animated book, the mainstream educator and psychotherapist will never again look at "conduct disorder" and other such psychiatric/educational diagnostic categories and procedures, with a sense of comfort, acceptance and authority."
--Paul Marcus, Foucault Studies, January 2008.
