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News update: August / September 2007:
Behaviour Link On-Line Tracking Assessments
I rarely
recommend commercial products on this newsletter, but an
excellent one has just come on the market, which helps parents and teachers to support
students with SEN, learning difficulties, challenging
behaviour and a variety of syndromes.
It looks at
the child’s daily routine, diet, activities including tv/games,
sleep and other influencing factors. This information is
inputted over 14 days and can show links with the child’s
problem behaviour. Once the assessment is completed BLOT
would then direct parents to the best possible advice source
to deal with the problem.
If you
click on the BLOT tab opposite (or
click here) it will give you more information on the
product.
Under
13s Drinking Twice As Much As They Did 5 Years Ago
NHS
statistics show that a fifth of secondary school pupils
admit drinking regularly. The quantity of alcohol consumed
by children aged 11-13 has risen from less than 6 units a
week to more than 10. Half of the older teenagers who drink
regularly are binge drinking on at least 2 days a week.
Alarmingly, of the 8200 students surveyed in 288 schools in
England, more than half thought that their parents didn’t
mind. 23% had been given alcohol by their parents.
Junk
Sleep
Hours of
television, dvds, internet sites and chatrooms and video
games before going to bed leave youngsters grumpy and tired
and unable to perform at school the next day according to a
survey of 1000 12-16 year olds conducted by the Edinburgh
Sleep Centre.
One in
three pupils sleep for just 4-7 hours a night instead of the
recommended 8-9. 25% go to sleep watching tv or listening to
music.
The ‘media
dens’ in which children sleep is to blame with an increase
in gadgets – games consoles, phone, music system, tv and
computer with internet access. At weekends the number of
teens getting less than 4 hours sleep triples. Screen
viewing time has increased by 30% with children becoming
moody and depressed when dragged away from favourite shows
or video games.
Girl
Gangs
The
Metropolitan Police Authority found that 10% of gang
participants are women and girls as young as 7 are in them.
There are three all girl gangs in London. Some male gangs
are recruiting girls in order to act as honeytrips in order
to carry out attacks. Psychologist Cynthia McVeigh of
Glasgow Caledonian University said ‘It is a sad indictment
of our society that girls who are meant to be nurturing,
caring and supportive are becoming involved in very
aggressive activity’.
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