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Barnardos – Community Support Team
Promoting Inclusion
Aim
To ensure that as many primary aged children with
emotional and behavioural problems as possible
can remain in their own schools and families
wherever safe and appropriate.
The Challenges to Engaging with
disaffected Young People
Engaging with disaffected Children
and Parents
Occurrence of negative issues in the children’s lives.
Alcohol drug misuse in the family 41%
Domestic Violence 27%
Incidents of known sexual/physical abuse 16%
Family break up 62%
Loss and/or separation 54%
3 or more of these issues 32%
Engaging with the schools
Promoting solution focussed and inclusive approaches
Challenging practice
Working with Change
21st Century Review
Additional support for learning
Children’s Hearing Review
Integrated Services
“It is really important to build on the young
person’s self worth. You can find talent
with any young person. They all have
talents which can be built on; it is just
about taking the time to get to know them
and recognising success”
Jayne Allan, CST Teacher
The Playground
I’m in the playground all alone,
Feeling like I want to be home.
Supervisors and children everywhere,
Running around and playing without a care.
I ask if I can join in the fun,
But they all say no and away they run.
There’s shouts and giggles and boys cheer,
But no-one knows that I am near.
I see some people playing hidey,
I hope no-one is being snidy.
I ask if I can play.
What do you think they’ll say?
I will be, I really don’t care,
But not all the time, that’s just not fair!
They only want me to be it,
But everyone should have to do their bit.
A fight breaks out, I cant get away,
Someone tells Geri, she’s on her way.
She splits us up, I hope it’s done.
I try to get on with having fun.
I have to get home after school,
In case they wait, I am no fool.
I say I have an ache in my tummy,
So I can go home and be safe with my mummy.