EDUCATION RESOURCES
- Why school can be challenging for adopted and looked after children and young people.
- How difficulties such as poor concentration, low motivation, anxiety, disengagement, aggression, defiance, and school refusal can be understood in terms of trauma and attachment difficulties.
- Simple effective strategies to help parents, carers, teachers and learning support assistants manage behaviour and support learning.
A Guide for School Staff in England
PAC-UK and Adoption UK have published two complementary education guides, for school staff and adoptive parents respectively, to help ensure adopted children get the best possible educational start in life.
The guides explain why these vulnerable children may need additional support in school, what educational entitlements they can attract and what support is available for them.
https://www.pac-uk.org/education-resources/
A guide for adoptive parents in England
PAC-UK and Adoption UK have published two complementary education guides, for school staff and adoptive parents respectively, to help ensure adopted children get the best possible educational start in life.
The guides explain why these vulnerable children may need additional support in school, what educational entitlements they can attract and what support is available for them.
https://www.pac-uk.org/education-resources/
Welcoming and Adopted Child
An introductory guide for schools to getting the best start at a new primary school for adopted children. Guides for nursery – secondary schools
Adoption UK Pupil Case Studies
Seven case studies featuring common behavioural challenges faced by adopted children, the reasons behind the behaviour and a range of strategies for schools to try.
Helping Traumatized Children Learn and Creating and Advocating for Trauma-sensitive Schools
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Survival states in school FREE handouts from
YoungHeartsMinds.com
Survival states in school FREE handouts from
YoungHeartsMinds.com
Teachers Toolkit for teaching children and young people with FASD
YoungHeartsMinds.com
Teaching a student with FASD
Reach To Teach – Educating Elementary & Middle School Children with FASD
Understanding Executive Functioning Issues
Executive Function 101
is a free e-book from Understood.org and the National Center for Learning Disabilities. Find out what executive function is and how it impacts kids with learning and attention issues.
Children’s brains organize from bottom to top, with the lower parts of the brain (brainstem aka “survival brain”)developing earliest, and the cortical areas (thinking brain) much later. Traumatised children’s brain become stuck in thebrainstem, and they therefore swing between their survival mode