Evaluation of Whole-School Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Review on attainment, attendance and wellbeing at school, for secondary school-aged children in England

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Morris
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Whole School

scholarly journals Whole School SEND (WSS) Review: study protocol for a two-arm pragmatic parallel cluster randomised controlled trial in 160 English secondary schools

Trials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Morris ◽  
Andrew Smith ◽  
Cathy Lewin ◽  
Peter Hick ◽  
Jordan Harrison
Keyword(s):  
School Change ◽  
English Language ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Whole School ◽  
Cluster Randomised ◽  
Educational Need ◽  
Randomised Controlled

Abstract Background The trial will study the effects of the Whole School SEND Review on secondary school pupils in English mainstream education, to understand the impact of the intervention on academic attainment, wellbeing, and school attendance. The Review is designed to facilitate whole-school change through providing enhanced, intensive and sustained support and training in inclusive education for school special educational needs coordinators and leadership teams. The trial will have a specific focus on pupils designated as having special educational needs or disabilities. Methods We recruited 160 English secondary schools (approx. 58,000 pupils across two cohorts) to a two-arm pragmatic parallel cluster randomised controlled trial, with allocation at the school level. Randomisation will be stratified by school region. The primary outcome is attainment in English language (using standardised national test results at 16 years) for pupils designated as having a special educational need (approx. 4000 pupils). Secondary outcomes will be measured for pupils both with and without a special educational need designation and include pupil wellbeing (measured using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire), absences and exclusions, and attainment in Mathematics and English language at 16 years. The intervention will be implemented from July 2021 and analysis of outcomes (for the year 9 cohort) will take place in September 2023, with further analysis (for the year 8 cohort) in September 2024 if the evaluation shows that acceptable implementation fidelity has been achieved. Discussion Pupils with special educational needs represent a significant and often vulnerable part of the secondary school population, are disproportionately likely to be excluded from school, eligible for free school meals, or supported by children’s social care. Despite these multiple important areas of need, school leaders report substantial challenges in making additional provision for this group. Previous research has highlighted the development of inclusive school cultures (rather focusing primarily on targeted individualised approaches) as being important. This trial will investigate how an intervention designed to drive whole school change may lead to outcomes for pupils with and without a special educational needs designation. As such, this trial is expected to make an important contribution to research evidence and to UK educational policy. Trial registration ISRCTN registry ISRCTN11339306. Registered on 12 March 2020 (retrospectively registered).

“Working Programs Constructor” as the Technology for the Organization of Correctional Development Work with Children with Special Educational Needs (Limited Health Disabilities) by Teacher-Psychologist in the Sphere of Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 44-57
Author(s):  
L.E. Oltarzhevskaya ◽  
O.V. Egupova ◽  
A.A. Kuznetsova ◽  
A.M. Zheludova ◽  
N.M. Kuznetsova
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Development Work ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Work Programs ◽  
Limited Health

In accordance with the professional standard “Teacher-psychologist (psychologist in the sphere of educational)”, one of the priority working areas for specialists is the provision of psychological and pedagogical assistance to persons with special educational needs (limited health disabilities / generalized labor function B). Each teacher-psychologist faces the task of effectively organizing a system of correctional and developmental classes with pupils and students with special needs. To solve it, a team of psychologists from four educational organizations in Moscow (Secondary School named after Artyom Borovik, Secondary School No. 1357 “On Bratislavskaya”, Secondary School No. 1547, Maryinsky Secondary School No. 1566 in memory of the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad) and the specialists of the City Psychological and Pedagogical Center of the Department of Education and Science of Moscow have developed the so-called “Work Programs Constructor” technology (hereinafter referred to as the Constructor). This article discusses structural features of the Constructor, which allow the specialist to take into account the full range of correctional and developmental assistance for children with disabilities when developing the program, taking into account their special educational needs and age. The issue of ensuring the continuity of work programs at different age stages in the implementation of each direction of correctional and developmental work is touched upon. When analyzing the substantive aspects of the Constructor, special attention is paid to the consideration of the age development norms as guidelines for the organization of correctional development work and indicators of its effectiveness. The article reveals how this technology provides a unified approach to helping children with special educational needs.

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