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On the Move. The experiences of parents of young p eople with complex l earning d ifficulties on transitioning out of school and into post-19 provision . Introduction Context All about transition Plans A and B Methods Findings What’s next. Introduction.
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On the Move The experiences of parents of young people with complex learning difficulties on transitioning out of school and into post-19 provision
Introduction • Context • All about transition • Plans A and B • Methods • Findings • What’s next Introduction
Learners with ASD/Complex Needs/Challenging Behaviours • Catholic • Independent • The last chance The Context
Year 9 • Year 11 • Year 14 • SEN Code of Practice • Connexions Service Transition
It is common for the decision on a young person’s new placement to remain undecided until the very end of their last school year, and in some cases, after they had finished and left school (A-PPGA 2009). • ‘For those leaving care, boarding or residential college, future independent adult life is a daunting unknown’ (OFSTED 2012 p 7) Transition
Qualitative case study • Interview leavers • Technical issues • Consent Plan A
Qualitative case study • Interview parents & carers • Exploring in depth a process, bounded by time and activity, collecting detailed information (Stake 1995), and ‘investigating a contemporary phenomenon within its real-life context’ (Yin 2003 p 13). • Literature review Plan B
Literature review summary: • The organisation of transition was poor • Most parents experienced high levels of stress Plan B
Semi-structured interviews • Interview schedule – a linear approach (Cohen et al 2000) • First interview a pilot • Recorded, transcribed, coded • Thematic approach (Braun & Clark (2006) Methods
After the interviews – interviewee follow-up • Two sets of findings • First: the facts • Reasons for choice of school, what was the process of getting your child in like, did they make progress • Second, four main interpretive themes Findings
Parental stress a key theme, so… • Use the Stress Index for Parenting Adolescents, an off-shoot of the Parenting Stress Index • A future study on a longitudinal basis • Follow a cohort through • Include children and parents What’s next?
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Autism (2009) Transition to Adulthood – Inquiry into transition to adulthood for young people with autism, London: National Autistic Society • Cohen, L, Manion, L & Morrison, K (2000) Research Methods in Education, 5th Edition, London: RoutledgeFalmer • Braun, V & Clarke, C (2006) Using thematic analysis in psychology, in Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3, 177 - 197 • OFSTED (2012) Learning Independence: Views of care leavers, students in residential further education and boarders in boarding schools on moving on to independent life, Manchester: OFSTED • Stake, R.E (1995) The Art of Case Study Research, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc. • Yin, R.K (2003) Case Study Research, 3rd Edition, London: Sage References