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SKOLFAM Gävle 2010 - 2013

SKOLFAM Gävle 2010 - 2013 . Improving school achievements for children in foster care. A cooperation between Social Services and School administration, City of Gävle. Cecilia Wändell, Psychologist Tfn 026-17 71 11 E-post Cecilia.wandell@gavle.se

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SKOLFAM Gävle 2010 - 2013

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  1. SKOLFAM Gävle2010 - 2013 Improving school achievements for children in foster care

  2. A cooperation between Social Services and School administration, City of Gävle Cecilia Wändell, Psychologist Tfn 026-17 71 11 E-post Cecilia.wandell@gavle.se Kerstin Sandberg, Special education teacher Tfn 026-17 96 99 E-post kerstin.sandberg@gavle.se

  3. Gävleborg County in Sweden Inhabitants: 275 000

  4. SkolFamSweden a national network with 11 municipalitieswhere Gävle is the mostnorthern • The network is lead from Helsingborg • Helsingborg is the pioneer in this work of development • Wecancommunicate by www.projectplace.se • Wealsomeet and havewebbconferences SkolFam Gävle

  5. The work is based on research • Bo Vinnerljung, National Board of Health and Welfare and Professor at the University of Stockholm has in many studies shown that children grown up out of home, constitute a riskgroup in many areas

  6. Education is a health factor as well as a major protective factor SkolFam Gävle

  7. Vocabulary at the age of 3 Children in wellfunctioninghomes, havetwice as large a vocabulary as children in dysfunctionalhomes ( Eva Tideman, Lund University ) SkolFam Gävle

  8. Goals for SkolFam School achievements is the mainfactor, when you willsucceed in adult life • Morefocus at the schoolsituation for children in fostercare • To improve the prerequisites for better school achievements in foster children and to develop a preventive approach to attain this goal • Givehope!

  9. Goals…… • Attain the goals for the national exams in grades 3, 6 • and 9 in order to have access to uppersecondaryschool • Develop a goodreading-capacity and understanding in the Swedish language • Developtheirnumeracyskills and understanding, how and when to use the fourrules of arithmetic • Develop a consciousness of how to use alternative tools (computer, cellphoneetc) SkolFam Gävle

  10. Our working plan The duration of the project is 3 years autumn 2010- summer 2013. It is divided into three parts Year 1. Baseline mapping (T 1) Year 2. Follow-up and interventions Year 3. Retesting and evaluation (T2) A report will then be written

  11. 24 children 7 – 14 years of age • junior level – 6 • intermediatelevel - 9 • 12 years and older - 9 • Average age - 10:11 år • 13 girls, 11 boys SkolFam Gävle

  12. Children´sfamilysituation from start • SOL= placement by agreement : 13 children • LVU= decision by court : 11 children • From this group, 6 childrenwereplaced in theirfamilynetwork

  13. Our guidelines

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  15. Illustration workingprocess Mapping / test - T 1 Information to SkolFam from socialworker SkolFammeets the family SkolFammeetsteacher& principal Analysis of the child´sneeds with the socialworker Feedback to school & fosterfamily Plan of action is created. Who is responsible for what? Analysis of tests Follow up – meetings at school Continuousmeetings at school - wedocument and share Plan of action Is carriedout Retesting / - T 2 Experiences and evaluation are puttogether Up to date - Plan of action, looking forward Analysis of tests Final report!

  16. A very special schoolday Our intention: - A positive experience for the child and the family - A chance to create a goodalliance with the family • Give the child a goodworking-environment • A wellstructuredday

  17. Tests Psychologist: • WISC – IV (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children )  Assessment of Cognitive functioning • Beck Young People Inventories , selfreport Mental Health (‘ the 100 questions’) • VAS scale (Visual Analogue Scale) – relationship pupil / teacher and vice versa • ABAS II (Adaptive Behavior Assessment System) – scoring of adaptive competences; family / teacher • SDQ – Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, a short behavioral questionnaire; family/teacher

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  19. Wisc IV Workingmemory SkolFam Gävle

  20. Equalcolumns = unanimityteacher (L)- fosterparents (F) SkolFam Gävle

  21. Beck´syoungpeople - anxiety SkolFam Gävle

  22. Beck´syoungpeople - anger SkolFam Gävle

  23. Special education teacher Standardized tests, frequentlyused in Swedish schools Letter Word chain: Visual and motor speed regarding recognition/identification of letters and words. The task is to separate as quickly as possible, letter or words that are written without interspaces DLS Reading Speed Test: The child is reading silently a text, in which three words at certain intervals appear in brackets. The task is to mark the word which relates to context DLS Spelling Test: Spelling correctly a total of 36 words of increasing complexity

  24. Standardized tests ……. Magne Maths Diagnostic test: A series of different calculation problems of increasing difficulty have to be solved Classroom observations of the relationship between the child and his or her main teacher, as well as with peers Interview of the mainteacherregarding the child´s school competences, such as the ability to change topics, keep instructions in mind and control anger

  25. A writtenindividualised plan • Contains the special need of eachindividual • Give the teachers and fosterparents new tools to cope with the children´spsychological and pedagogicalchallenges • The pedagogicalmethods to be used and whatspecificresponsibilityeach person has in the process • Special computersprogrammes for improvingreading or numeracyskills

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  28. Someexamples for concreteactions:School • Warm and engagedadults, ready to help in organizing and planning the schoolwork to reduce stress • Give credit for evenlittle progress • Somechildrenevenneed special education • Help with homework in school SkolFam Gävle

  29. Swedish • Rhymes and jingles • Read books and reflect on the mening of various texts. Write and shareown texts, give and receive feedback • Practicespellingrules. Relatedwords • Speechsynthesis - CD-word (is a new tool for reading and writing with speechsynthesis, wordprediction and suggestions of alternative words) • The computerprogramSymwriterwith pictures and texts • PROVIA / Lexia SkolFam Gävle

  30. Maths • Basic skills • Concrete materials • Algorithmcalculation • Numeracy talk and creative problem solving • Computer programmes as complementarytools: • Diamant diagnosis - preschool– grade5 (6) Skolverket • McIntosh grade7 – 9 Skolverket • www.seido.se • www.frolundadata.se • www.mathpuzzle.se SkolFam Gävle

  31. Social skills Help the cild to be included in a safepeergroup Social narratives / storybird Workingmemory Trainingworkingmemorysuch as Robomemoor Minneslek www. cogmed.com , www.kognitivakompaniet.se Home ”Everyday talk” Mailcontact with school Support the child with homework Good everydayroutines Reading aloud to the child / Listen to books, news etc.. Play games for exampleYatzi or Alfapet (Wordfeud) SkolFam Gävle

  32. Children of Dandelion An organisation that gives hope! www.maskrosbarn.org

  33. Foster children´s services + SkolFam- a succesful combination • Close cooperationbetween team and the responsiblesocialworker • Commonleadership • Commongoals for learning • Welearn from eachother • SkolFam - a connectingfactor SkolFam Gävle

  34. SkolFam Gävle is nowpermanent! www.skolfam.se

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