This post takes a look at the 2020 doctoral thesis of Eleanor Ann Gray (University of Sheffield) and considers what implications it may have for improving inclusive practice for excluded pupils #inclusionfortheexcluded. Gray’s work attempts to develop an understanding of both the coping strategies used by anxious children in mainstream secondary schools and the conditions …
Tag: resilience
Feb 07
A parents’ perspective on exclusion – Parker et al. 2016
This post is my response to Parker et al.’s 2016 article about parental perspectives to their child’s exclusion published in the journal Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties. Their article discusses open ended interviews conducted (between Sept 2011 and July 2013) with the parents of 37 excluded children. Parents were asked about their child and school, why they thought …
Jan 30
Which children and young people are excluded from school? – Paget et al. 2018
This post is my response to the 2018 article by Amelia Paget and colleagues. Their work uses data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) discussed in an earlier post. ALSPAC recruited around fourteen and half thousand pregnant women in 1990/1991 and tracked their children through their school years and is continuing to track them in …
Jan 17
Mental Health and Behaviour in Schools – DFE 2018
This week, I was asked to speak on the subject of social emotional and mental health (SEMH) to a group of SENCOs and professionals working with young people in schools, As usual, I began by referring them to the DFE’s ‘Behaviour and Mental Health in Schools’. This post is a response to my re-reading of …
