New resources added recently to the Professional Development Learning Resource collection located in the School Library


May 2018
The Working Class: Poverty, Education and Alternative Voices by Ian Gilbert
Draws together educators from across the UK who call on all those working with young people in schools to adopt a more enlightened and empathetic approach to children in challenging circumstances.

The Working Class by Ian Gilbert
The Working Class by Ian Gilbert



Hiding in Plain Sight: Exploring Scotland's ill health by Carol Craig
This is essential reading not just for those who grew up in Scotland in the 1950s and 60s and were encouraged to see a range of damaging childhood adversities as ‘normal’. Its insights are for anyone committed to enhancing the lives of children across Scotland today.
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The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris
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February 2017
Autism Network Scotland - Principles of Good Transitions 3 - series of booklets
CELCIS (Centre for excellence for looked after children in Scotland) - Looked After and Learning - Improving the learning journey of looked after children




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Teachers' Pocketbooks

Teachers' Pocketbooks are easy-to-access professional development books for teachers and other education professionals. There's now 40 different titles available from the PDLR collection in the Library, so plenty to go round!

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