Valerie Harwood works at the School of Education, University of Wollongong, Australia where she researches issues that impact inclusion and exclusion from education. In 2013 Valerie was awarded a prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowship. Her book 'Diagnosing Disorderly Children' was awarded runner up for the UK Times Higher Education NASEN Academic Book Award (2006). The judges said: "This made me jump up and down with excitement." "A courageous book on all fronts." "It brings intellectual rigour to bear on a situation that is getting out of hand, and makes the arguments brilliantly." "Relevant, thoughtful and thoroughly satisfying."