Square Pegs: Inclusivity, compassion and fitting in – a guide for schools

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It covers a broad spectrum of opportunity, from proven psychological approaches to technological innovations. Rose ended up a high school drop out, but he later went on to become a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. If you have a child who learns differently, no matter what their challenge is you need to read this book.

His idea of summing up his chapters is to throw in irrelevant information, such as there are two ways to make the word syllabus plural (I bet he couldn't wait to put his "revenge" for one Harvard student's comment in print) where as I'm wondering who cares about that?

One of the biggest strengths of the book is its ability to pull together so many voices and give equal weighting to experiences, case studies and theory. Written by Fran Morgan with Ellie Costello and edited by Ian Gilbert, Square Pegs: Inclusivity, compassion and fitting in – a guide for schools is a book for educators who find themselves torn between a government/Ofsted narrative around behaviour, attendance and attainment, and their own passion for supporting square pegs and their families. I have read better books on similar subjects (Gladwell's Outliers), read more meaningful books on education (anything by Jonathan Kozol), and better books on psychology. The next secretary of state for education should send a copy of this book to every new head teacher and put it on the reading list for all initial teacher training courses.

I particularly like the practical tips and advice to help those supporting children who find the schools experience challenging. I also hope that it and the wider square peg movement will ultimately lead to a reform of education so that our system allows everybody to not only fit, but to thrive.In particular, it serves as a reminder to all senior managers to change the mind set from re-shaping the square peg to broadening the round hole. He proved that he could have changed his behavior any time it benefited him when he reinvented himself at the new school . She just has to work really hard for those grades in certain subjects (cough cough math cough cough). But by the end of the book I felt that this dual approach not only kept things interesting but both of those Todds had valuable information and life experience to offer.