he decided to give it a try. project director trisha waters, university of chichester co-evaluator...
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He decided to give it a try.
Project director Trisha Waters, University of ChichesterCo-evaluator Prof Helen Simons
Working with Parents of Pupils at Risk of Exclusion
He decided to give it a try.
Dino the dragon lay outside his cave. Never before had he
felt so angry. He felt his firebox heating up and before he knew it he was breathing fire. Dino knew
that once he had learnt to control his anger all the little dragons would want to play with him and
be his friend…
Boy, aged 9 at risk of exclusion for challenging behaviour
- Write a training manual - Research report - Journal papers and articles- Conference presentations
Project Outline
Assess the impact of Story Links on: - the emotional and social well-being of the pupil- engagement of the parent with their child’s learning- incidents of challenging behaviour that could lead to exclusion - reading skills
- Deliver 5 x 3-day training programmes to SEN professionals- Produce Story Links logo and publicity for training courses- Liaison with LAs and schools - Provide supervision during implementation of model in schools
5 x 3-day training courses delivered & evaluatedTrained professionals implement the 10-week intervention
Evaluation of impact of intervention on pupils’ emotional well-beingEvaluation of pupils’ reading skills and parental involvement with learningMethods: NARA, SDQ, interviews with parents, pupils & teachers, story analysisExpert evaluator monitors ethics & validity
Webpage developed Teachers’ TV programmeConference presentations Training manual
Training
Evaluation and monitoring
Dissemination
