One in four boys diagnosed with special educational needs “the real culprit is defective teaching”.
10.20.10 – They are being singled out for additional support in primary and secondary schools, often due to behavioural and emotional problems, according to figures from the Department for Education.
A quarter of boys are being diagnosed with special educational needs at school, official research reveals.
They are being singled out for additional support in primary and secondary schools, often because of behavioural and emotional problems.
The Department for Education figures are likely to reignite concerns that schools are wrongly identifying many children as having special needs.
Boys are being singled out for additional support, often due to behavioural and emotional problems. (Posed by models)
RECORD HIGH IN TRUANCY AT PRIMARY SCHOOL
More than 4,000 five-year-old’s are missing lessons each day as primary school truancy rates soar to a record high.
The number of primary pupils missing classes without an acceptable reason has risen by about a third in only three years, according to figures.
More than 63,000 primary and secondary pupils were missing from lessons on a typical day in the autumn and spring terms of 2009/10.
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It seems to me that schools have become society's favorite whipping boy. Whenever there is a problem, we blame it on the school and we expect the school to correct it. In this article we read that "the Department for Education figures are likely to reignite concerns that schools are wrongly identifying many children as having special needs." I wonder if that is why, according to Katherine Loveland, Ph.D.of the University of Texas Medical school, "about four or five boys are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder for every girl who is diagnosed." I guess we can stop looking for answers to the autistic phenomenon (along with dozens of other neurological conditions that affect boys far more often than girls) and simply blame our schools.
And when boys do have learning or attention problems, these problems are compounded exponentially by the punitive way they are treated by the schools, especially if they are intelligent and appear superficially able to do the work, sit still, etc. Then they have not only the primary neurologically-based problems, but secondary (and much more disabling) mental health problems, poor self-esteem, and, ultimately, behavior problems – all completely preventable with proper early identification and services. In California, these boys will also likely end up in juvenile hall, unless their families can afford attorneys (and even then, the state administrative hearing system is quite biased against families).
Ever notice what happens when this is cross-checked against class and race?
Turns out that upper and middle class boys have very few problems. Working class and poor boys compounded by race have the Lion's share of these problems. This is a class problem wrongly diagnosed as a gender problem.