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Thompson, Samantha; Atkinson, Cathy – British Journal of Special Education, 2022
Supporting children and young people's mental health and well-being is central to UK Government policy, with statistics suggesting post-16 students and those with learning difficulties are vulnerable. This case study explored how practitioners at a special school for students with severe and profound and multiple learning difficulties promote…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Well Being, Special Schools
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Black, Natalie; Halstead, Elizabeth – British Journal of Special Education, 2021
The main purpose of this study was to explore the mental health and subjective well-being of staff working with adolescents with severe and profound multiple learning difficulties. The participants were 19 teachers and 25 teaching assistants working in an inner London, local authority, specialist day provision. A demographic questionnaire, the…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Special Schools, Mental Health, Well Being
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Preece, David; Zhao, Yu – British Journal of Special Education, 2015
This article reports on research undertaken to investigate how multi-sensory storytelling (MSST) was being used within schools for students with profound and multiple learning difficulties and other special educational needs. Semi-structured interviews (n?=?27) and observations (n?=?18) were undertaken in five schools in the East Midlands and…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Severe Disabilities, Severe Intellectual Disability, Special Education