Makes the links between children's early experience, emotional well-being and performance in school. A child's ability to take part in learning and be fully included in school life is fundamentally affected by his or her experiences of early relationships or attachments.
Attachment in the Classroom firmly locates the core aspects of Attachment Theory in the patterns of day-to-day behaviour and learning experiences of children and their teachers, clearly linking pupils' experience of early relationships to their struggle to learn.
Such insights can make a significant contribution to developing an ethos of emotional well-being in schools, to strengthening the possibility of future inclusion and to reducing the likelihood of disaffection and anti-social behaviour as today's young children become adults in the wider world.
