November 2022 archive

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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Removing the Blindfold -Survivors’ stories from the US troubled teen industry

This month, I am taking a closer look at Lesley Kopsick’s thesis ‘Removing the Blindfold: Survivors stories of academic and social-emotional learning within the troubled teen industry’ . In the course of her study, she interviews 10 ‘survivors’ about their experiences and her thesis begins with an extract taken from her own experience. I wound …

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