Jessica Scammell Jessica Scammell

How can creative activities be used to help children with EBSNA?  (Emotionally Based School Non -Attendance)

How can creative activities be used to help children with EBSNA?  (Emotionally Based School Non -Attendance)

Based on my observations over the first couple of weeks into the academic year, it may be helpful to gain some ideas on which creative activities can continue to help a child who is showing the early signs of EBSNA, or might be not able to attend school at all as a result of it. These exercises prioritise listening, with your eyes and your heart, for feeling and meaning.

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Jessica Scammell Jessica Scammell

“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”

Helping young people with SEND or EBSNA to adapt so that they can make a gradual return to learning and find a sense of belonging; How the system and schools make learning environments accessible to young people with SEND or EBSNA; Schools and Alternative Provision working together through a new National Institute for Inclusive Education…

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