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School Counsellors in England, Tackling a Children's Mental Health Crisis
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Gillian L. S. Hilton – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2024
This paper explores the current provisiom and roles of school counsellors in England's schools. Government interventions are discussed and the ongoing problems with the deteriorating mental health of children and adolescents, caused by social pressures, and then the Covid 19 pandemic, addressed. The numbers of counsellors available has risen, but…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Counselors, Mental Health, Crisis Management
Eliciting and Integrating Views of Children and Families within the Work of Youth Justice Services: What Can Educational Psychologists Contribute?
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Howarth-Lees, Danielle; Woods, Kevin – Educational & Child Psychology, 2022
This study aims to explore why and how the views of others are elicited and integrated within youth justice work, and how educational psychologists (EPs) may support this. Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) (United Nations, 1989) highlights the right for all children and young people to express their…
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, Youth, Justice, Educational Psychology
Educational Psychology Service Contribution to Community Cohesion: An Appreciative Inquiry
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Jackson Taft, Leanne; Woods, Kevin; Ford, Anne – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2020
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child (UNCRC) calls for education to prepare children for ' … responsible life in a free society, in the spirit of understanding, peace, tolerance, equality of sexes, and friendship among all peoples, ethnic, national and religious groups and persons of indigenous origin'. The current study examines…
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Rights, Foreign Countries, International Law
On the Participation of Children with Medical Conditions in Risk Assessment: A Case for Development of Self-Advocacy
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Kay, Daniel – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2019
Child participation currently holds a high profile within the field of educational psychology and has been the subject of increasing interest and research. The aim of this paper is to consider the potential merit in orienting the focus beyond participation in planning and decision-making and towards self-advocacy. Self-advocacy is an essential…
Descriptors: Children, Inclusion, Participative Decision Making, Childrens Rights