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Website | Blog entry |
| Parent Partnership Services (PPS | http://www.parentpartnership.org.uk/ | PPS |
| Our Book Shop | Book Shop | Deleted |
| WSGfL leaflets & manual | WSGfL | Deleted |
| Scared of School | http://scared-of-school.webs.com/ | Nicknames |
| Red Balloon | www.redballoonlearner.co.uk | Red Balloon |
We will add further resources as we learn about them. Comments on any of the resources listed will be welcome. You can do this by commenting on the relevant blog entry.
Thesis written by an Ed Psyche, Karen Grandison on the transition of school refusers from short stay school back into mainstream school. |
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A Guardian article by Jenn Ashworth, a book author who was herself a school refuser:- |
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Thesis on school refusal, this time written from the child's perspective |
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Daily mail article from a 2010 case where prosecution was dropped and school refuser and family were given an apology from education chiefs:- |
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A physicians guide to treating youth with SR. |
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A wonderful TED talk by Brene Brown called 'The power of vulnerability' (Video) |
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2006 article from the New York Times on school refusal |
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Guidelines of how parents/educators/social workers etc can support a child with SR towards reintegration to school. (This downloads to your PC) |
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Presentation used by Monash University, Melbourne, Australia as part of their School Refusal research project |
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Monash University, Melbourne, Australia School Refusal research project |
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Have you got experience dealing with a school refuser? Your own child, perhaps? Or maybe you work with children? Whatever your background, we would like to hear your experiences, or opinions. You can do this by commenting on existing posts in the blog, or you could start your own blog.
Keeping a diary, or some other written record, of your day to day experiences with a school refuser will become invaluable as you progress along this rocky road. Remembering exactly when something happened, when there seemed to be progress, or regressions, and other events helps when talking to professionals. get your child to do the same.
Consider setting up a blog. Then you can network with others who are experiencing similar problems. Keywords listed in 'Interests' can be used to find others with similar 'interests', so it is easy to link up. Or you can add 'friends' and easily track other posts on relevant topics. Best of all - it is free!