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SEBDA News - Spring 2007 Issue 12

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  • p.1 The Education and Inspection Act new 'discipline' guidance; false allegations blight careers of teachers; super-size schools exclude more pupils.
  • p.3 Chairman's Report; Director's Notes
  • p.4 New DfES: Guidance 'School Discipline and Pupil Behaviour Policies: Guidance for Schools'
  • p.5 Education Report from SEBDA Education Officer. John Visser draws attention to disability guidance, the curriculum review, Ofsted report on youth services and a range of topics.
  • p.7 News: UK bottom of the UNICEF child wellbeing table; more on the QCA curriculum review; the new law on restraint and removal powers.
  • p.8 False allegations blight teacher careers, NUT conference hears.
  • p.8 Shortage of Educational Psychologists due to funding blunder?
  • p.9 SEBDA 54th Annual National Conference/Study Course report.
  • p.11 Peer support as a challenge to school bullying: the research evidence, an abstract of the SEBDA national conference speech by Professor Helen Cowie.
  • p.12 Multi-disciplinary group work with children with behaviour, language and communication difficulties in Dumfries and Galloway: Eilidh Ross, speech therapist and Liz Duthie, behaviour support teacher, team up in an innovative collaboration.
  • p.15 Wales: more education and health powers for the WAG.
  • p.16 Estyn praises Swansea PRU.
  • p.16 Northern Ireland: child protection to be overhauled.
  • p.17 Scotland: 'Engaged and Involved' - new guidance on behaviour and attendance.
  • p.17 Recently from the Scottish media: a selection of items including exclusions, Executive drop class size pledge; expectations of children with SENs higher in special schools than in mainstream; joint inspections.
  • p.19 More from the English media: a wide miscellany including assaults on teachers; fears over Children's Centres; pedometers for at risk children; mothers boycott sexualised children's toys; after Climbie, are children more at risk; house-dust increases happiness and have a laugh to enjoy a ripe old age; cyber bullying.
  • p.19 Exclusions research and trends: Professor Carl Parsons and DfES figures.
  • p.24 'When a small dog climbs on hind legs ..' More musings from Mike McKeon, Newham
  • p.25 The Wise Old Bird - Joan Normington offers practical advice on better classroom management.
  • p.26 Social Scene SEBDA Social Services Officer Cynthia Cross looks at the draft of 'Towards a Youth Crime Prevention Strategy'; a welcome injection of government cash into mental health for young offenders; young people's experience of adult mental health facilities' (a YoungMinds survey ); ' Looking after the mental health of looked after children - Sharing emerging practice' and a new book on the residential pioneer, George Lyward.
  • p.32 Reviews by Cythia Cross, Patrick Webb and Joan Pritchard.
  • p.34 Development Officer's Report and SEBDA around Britain.
  • p.38 Professional development and forthcoming events.