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Working with Parents of Pupils at Risk of Exclusion. He decided to give it a try. Project director Trisha Waters, University of Chichester Co-evaluator Prof Helen Simons.
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Working with Parents of Pupils at Risk of Exclusion He decided to give it a try. • Project director Trisha Waters, University of Chichester • Co-evaluator Prof Helen Simons
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 angerall the little dragons would want to play with him and be his friend… He decided to give it a try. Boy, aged 9 at risk of exclusion for challenging behaviour
ProjectOutline Training • 5 x 3-day training courses delivered & evaluated • Trained professionals implement the 10-week intervention -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 • 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 Evaluation and monitoring • Evaluation of impact of intervention on pupils’ emotional well-being • Evaluation of pupils’ reading skills and parental involvement with learning • Methods: NARA, SDQ, interviews with parents, pupils & teachers, story analysis • Expert evaluator monitors ethics & validity Dissemination • Webpage developed • Teachers’ TV programme • Conference presentations • Training manual - Write a training manual -Research report -Journal papers and articles - Conference presentations
For further information www.TherapeuticStorywriting.com/StoryLinks Contact: t.waters@chi.ac.uk