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'MEETING THE NEEDS OF
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News update: June / July 2009
This time
of year is a busy time for staff development and training
and I have been travelling around the country providing
training in Birmingham, London, Manchester, York, Isle of
Sheppey, Worthing, Derby , Bexhill and Gloucester.
I am now
looking forward to the publication of my new book ‘Meeting
the Needs of Disaffected Students’ on 19th August 2009 by
Network / Continuum. Orders can be made now on Amazon, on my
publication page or by going to
www.continuumbooks.com
I am
running 2 seminars at Special Needs London on Saturday 17th
October at the Business Design Centre in London. The
sessions are:
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Same
Children ….Different Emotional Starting Places: Using
Emotional Literacy to help students (11am – 12 noon).
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Behind
the Tears: Looking at the extreme form of bullying many
girls face and how we can spot victims and support them
(2pm – 3pm).
This event
has a number of other seminars run by Sue Palmer, Rob Long,
Fintan O’Regan, Alan Heath and Maggie Johnson. There are a
large number of exhibitors showcasing the latest SEN
products with discounts and free samples.
Further
information can be obtained by downloading the programme
here.
Not so
sweet for NEETS
Between 16
and 17% of 18 year olds are NEETS (Not in Education and
Training)) Over 34,000 16 year olds, 61,000 17 year olds and
113,000 18 year olds who are not in school, are without a
job or a training place. These figures include teenage
mothers and those on benefits. Excluded however, are
youngsters in custody for committing crimes.
The good
news is that nearly 80% of 16-18 year olds are staying in
education and training. The rising numbers are partially due
to reduced employment opportunities among young people.
Harmful
television
Many homes
leave their televisions on almost continually to keep
children occupied. Even when no-one is watching them, they
are left on. Research for the University of Washington
School of Medicine studied 329 children aged 2 months to 4
years old. They found that children heard 7% less words from
adults per hour of television exposure. The research
confirms that when a television is on there is reduced
speech in the home, delays in language development and
attention problems.
Pass the
Partner Society
Senior
Family Judge Mr Justice Coleridge has suggested that
marriage should be promoted by the Government to end the
social anarchy of family breakdown. He said a national
commission should be established to devise solutions to the
‘epidemic’ of broken homes. He said that courts had been
overwhelmed by cases involving damaged, miserable or
disturbed children who had been scarred for life by family
separations.
10% of
children live with cohabiting parents, 25% with a single
parent and 1 in 3 marriages ends in divorce. Children from
single-parent families are more likely to suffer poor health
and teenage pregnancy, do badly at school, be involved in
criminal activity and be involved in drug abuse and binge
drinking.
In the
November 2008 newsletter we reported on The Office for
National Statistics (ONS), survey of the emotional
development and wellbeing of children and young people,
funded by the Department for Health (2008) (available at
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/article.asp?id=2063)
which confirmed that children suffer badly from parental
break-up with children in such situations more than four and
a half times more likely to develop an emotional disorder
than those whose parents stay together. They were also three
times more likely to display a conduct disorder.
Knife
Caddies
A Commons
Home Affairs Select Committee highlighted the ‘arms race’
among young people who feel threatened by young people
carrying knives. Children have little faith in the ability
of parents, teachers and police to protect them.
The
Committee found children as young as 7 were being used as
‘knife caddies’ to carry knives for older gang members who
want to avoid the risk of being caught with a knife. The 7
year olds were pressured into carrying them. The Committee
stated that spiralling knife possession puts young people at
risk. The MPs stated that most knife carriers must be given
prison sentences.
Violence
and Verbal Abuse against Teaching Assistants
Nearly a
third of TAs have encountered verbal abuse in the past 12
months according to a Unison study. Nearly 18% had been the
victims of violence. The work of TAs is often with children
with SEN and many with challenging behaviour. The study
suggested that there should be more comprehensive assessment
to anticipate dangerous and difficult situations.
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