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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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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 …

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