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Non-attendance and informal exclusion of autistic girls even bigger problem. And the reasons lie within the environment and the ethos and attitudes of the school, not within the child.
1/ https://amp.theguardian.com/education/2020/jul/21/girls-informally-excluded-at-higher-rate-than-boys-from-english-schools?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&__twitter_impression=true
1/ https://amp.theguardian.com/education/2020/jul/21/girls-informally-excluded-at-higher-rate-than-boys-from-english-schools?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&__twitter_impression=true
More data needed, but how to collect? And how to collect in-school absences?
Important to understand the law makes parents not schools responsible for education of absentee pupils, yet it is often the school that creates the reason for absence.
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Important to understand the law makes parents not schools responsible for education of absentee pupils, yet it is often the school that creates the reason for absence.
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If current mainstream provision failing our girls in such numbers, local authorities must step up to their legal requirement and provide education that meets their needs.
This requires talking with and listening to the girls to find out what they need. This is vital.
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This requires talking with and listening to the girls to find out what they need. This is vital.
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My research shows these girls want to be in education. They are rejecting the environment, not the learning.
Absence is not refusal. Absence is a sign that something is wrong.
Absence shouldn't have to be the choice of mental health over education.
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Absence is not refusal. Absence is a sign that something is wrong.
Absence shouldn't have to be the choice of mental health over education.
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Telling these girls to come back into school when they feel better; putting them on a part time timetable until 'they can cope' with a full day, does nothing to understand WHY they are absent, or find solutions.
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As Daisy, on the girls in my research, says:
'It's not rocket science.'
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'It's not rocket science.'
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Writing up my doctoral research on this now and hope to publish soon.
In the meantime, here's a short animation I helped make with @donaldson_trust @ErinT_Davidson @billyan_derson @richardmills18 @MuckleHen
https://www.donaldsons.org.uk/walk-in-my-shoes/
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In the meantime, here's a short animation I helped make with @donaldson_trust @ErinT_Davidson @billyan_derson @richardmills18 @MuckleHen
https://www.donaldsons.org.uk/walk-in-my-shoes/
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