Tag: assessment

Population level data shows association between exclusion and neurological and mental health disorders

Earlier this month, I wrote a post for the Mental Elf Blog looking at a paper published in Lancet Psychiatry. Ann John and colleagues had used existing medical and educational records to see if there was any association between school absence and exclusion rates with children’s records of neurodevelopment or mental health disorders upto the …

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Neurodevelopment and mental health screening of pupils following their second exclusion – Findings and Feasibility

This month, I am taking a closer look at this article from the Journal of Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties by Caron Lawson and colleagues. Caron Lawson, Kate Prentice, Janine Jennings & Kate Johnston (2022): First steps towards a mental health and neurodevelopmental screening of secondary school children following two fixed-term school exclusions in the UK, …

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