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Character education: lessons for teaching social and emotional competence
- Authors:
- RICHARDSON Rita Coombs, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Schools, 31(2), April 2009, pp.71-78.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The purpose of this US study was to investigate whether a social skills program, Connecting with Other: Lessons for Teaching Social and Emotional Competence, would enable students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms to develop skills to facilitate socialization with peers with and without disabilities. Students' growth was measured only in terms of teacher perceptions, because of the absence of preprogram assessments of the targeted students' social skills. The results of the study indicate reasonable assurance that the students did grow in the skill areas and were able to interact positively with their peers.
The effectiveness of solutions-focused therapy with children in a school setting
- Authors:
- FRANKLIN Cynthia, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 11(4), July 2001, pp.411-434.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Examines the effectiveness of solutions-focused therapy with children in a school setting using AB single-case designs. The research team provided 5 to 10 sessions of solution-focused therapy services to seven children who were referred with learning disabilities and classroom behaviourial problems. Data from Conners Teacher Rating Scales were analyzed using visual analysis of the data in relationship to clinical change scores, effect sizes, and improved percentage scores. Results indicate that solution-focused therapy was followed by positive changes on a range of behaviourial problems. Concludes that solution-focused therapy shows promise for helping special education students with their academic difficulties and classroom behaviours.
An enquiry into children with emotional and behavioural difficulties in two schools in the southwest of England
- Authors:
- AVRAMIDIS Elias, BAYLISS Phil
- Journal article citation:
- Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 3(3), Winter 1998, pp.25-35.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study is concerned with investigating the problem of difficult behaviour in schools. This study investigated what constitutes 'disruptive' behaviour and explores teachers' perceptions in two schools in the Southwest of England. Recommendations provided are made on the grounds that schools can do a lot to improve their practice and that all students benefit from circumstances conducive to supporting pupils with disruptive behaviour.
Special educational needs: a mainstream issue
- Author:
- AUDIT COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Audit Commission
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 64p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
One in five children in England and Wales are considered by their school to have special educational needs (SEN). Despite the significant numbers involved, they have remained low profile in education policymaking and public awareness. National targets and performance tables fail to reflect schools’ work with them and a lack of systematic monitoring by schools and local education authorities (LEAs) means that poor practice may go unchallenged. Schools have struggled to balance pressures to raise standards of attainment and become more inclusive. This has been reflected in a reluctance to admit and a readiness to exclude some children, particularly those with behavioural difficulties. The existence of separate structures and processes for children with SEN may have allowed their needs to be seen as somehow different even peripheral to the core concerns of our system of education.
Special educational needs: a mainstream issue
- Author:
- AUDIT COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Audit Commission
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
One in five children in England and Wales are considered by their school to have special educational needs (SEN). Despite the significant numbers involved, they have remained low profile in education policymaking and public awareness. National targets and performance tables fail to reflect schools’ work with them and a lack of systematic monitoring by schools and local education authorities (LEAs) means that poor practice may go unchallenged. Schools have struggled to balance pressures to raise standards of attainment and become more inclusive. This has been reflected in a reluctance to admit and a readiness to exclude some children, particularly those with behavioural difficulties. The existence of separate structures and processes for children with SEN may have allowed their needs to be seen as somehow different even peripheral to the core concerns of our system of education.
A solution-focused approach to mental health intervention in school settings
- Authors:
- GINGERICH Wallace J., WABEKE Todd
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Schools, 23(1), January 2001, pp.33-47.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article describes the use of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) for working with children who present with mental health problems in the school setting. SFBT eschews a pathology-based model of mental health, focusing instead on the client's strengths and desire to change. The article describes the techniques and application of SFBT and discusses the prevalence of child mental health problems. Emphasis throughout is placed on empirical support for the effectiveness of SFBT.
Special educational needs: draft code of practice
- Author:
- RIMINGTON Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 171, November 2000, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
A new special educational needs (SEN) code of practice is due to be introduced in September 2001. A draft form has been published for consultation. This article examines the new form of the SEN code and looks at the main changes. The principles of 'working in partnership with parents' and 'pupil participation' are at the forefront of the new code. Further changes include the descriptions of categories of SEN, alteration to the school based stages of provision and more detail on the role of the SENCO.
Inclusion: recent research
- Authors:
- BUNCH Gary, VALEO Angela
- Publisher:
- Inclusion Distribution
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 191p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Toronto
Presents papers on inclusive education for disabled children and children with learning difficulties. Looks at: the passage to inclusive education; teacher attitudes; children's attitudes; parents views; socialisation; the structure of lessons and teaching methods; children with behaviour problems, including behaviour management in the classroom; using paraprofessionals; models of education; collaboration and planning in inclusion; and strategies for curriculum development for all stages of education.
The role of play in helping children with emotional and behavioural difficulties access the curriculum in a mainstream secondary school
- Author:
- HUGHES Cathy
- Journal article citation:
- Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 1(2), Summer 1996, pp.15-21.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Explores the use of 'play' with pupils with perceived emotional and behavioural difficulties in mainstream secondary schools and to provides practical examples of how this could be achieved. This will involves references to viewpoints regarding the value of play for its own sake, for therapeutic purposes, within child development, and within Primary education, and then the linking of these with discussions regarding the needs of children with perceived emotional and behavioural difficulties. The part on practice focuses on the use of play, in the sense of the provision of practical and concrete materials, as a means of accessing the curriculum in a mainstream secondary classroom, rather than on its use for emotional or social development, although the three can be shown to be interchangeable. The discussion is meant to present considerations, prompted by and deriving from personal perspectives and experiences.