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Children with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD)
http://tinyurl.com/5mw6v4
Children with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD)
Guidance on the education of children with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD) ... (UK)
Revised guidance has been published to help schools and LAs consider what support and provision are most likely to help remove barriers to the achievement, health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people experiencing BESD.

Thats Not Cool
http://www.thatsnotcool.com
Thats Not Cool
When does caring become controlling? When does affection become obsession? When does talking become stalking?
If you feel like you or someone you know might be in an abusive relationship, there are people you can talk to and resources that can help.
Not sure if a situation is abusive or not? Ask yourself if your boyfriend or girlfriend ....

Parenting Teens
http://www.parentingteens.com/
Parenting Teens
When it comes to parenting teens today, you can never have too much information and that is exactly what we offer.
We have organized our articles by topic: Teen Health; Education; Troubled Teens; Teen Drug Abuse; Tips For Parenting Teens; and Other Teen Issues.
All of the articles featured on this site have been written by parents that have gained experience by raising teens of their own.

Sleuth - the behaviour tracking system
http://www.schoolsoftwarecompany.com/
Sleuth - the behaviour tracking system
Sleuth is a software application for recording, analysing and tracking incidents of positive and negative behaviour. By processing the recorded incident information sleuth produces a range of reports which reveal trends and patterns in individual, group and whole school behaviour.
Central to the design of sleuth is the recognition that behavioural observation and recording are a fundamental part of effective behaviour management within any environment.
Using sleuth for pastoral tracking significantly reduces the administrative burden for teachers and provides a keystone upon which behaviour management strategies can be developed and informed.

Students Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
http://www.nsba.org/site/docs/34600/34527.pdf
Dealing with (USA) Legal Matters Surrounding Students Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Over the past decade, controversies surrounding students sexual orientation and gender identity have become increasingly common in K-12 schools.
This publication provides practical guidance on schools legal rights and responsibilities with respect to students, programs, and curriculum. Specific court decisions that have provided clarity in this arena are cited in endnotes.

SMSC online
http://www.smsc.org.uk
SMSC Online
Where can you find Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development in schools? With all the targets and testing, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that these dimensions of life and growth should be found across all subjects in the curriculum.
SMSC Online is a comprehensive support website for the integration of spiritual, moral, social and cultural values across all subjects.

Pupils spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/publications/index.cfm?fuseaction=pubs.summary&id=3598
Promoting and evaluating pupils?spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
This guidance is a revised edition of a booklet originally published in 2001 as part of a training course in the inspection of pupils?spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development.
In September 2003, Ofsted made a version of this training course available to schools.
Ofsted has received many requests for the guidance it contains to be made more widely available. In consequence, we are now publishing this version on our website as a stand-alone document.

Operation Respect : Don't Laugh at Me
http://www.operationrespect.org/programs.htm
Operation Respect : Don't Laugh at Me
Through music, video, and classroom activities, the DLAM programs help sensitize children to the painful effects of behaviors that too often are accepted as necessary rites of passage in childhood?idicule, disrespect (or "dissing"), ostracism and bullying. DLAM is designed to inspire children, along with their teachers and other educators, to transform their classrooms and schools into "Ridicule Free Zones". Children participating in DLAM learn that by working together they can positively shape their school environment, and eventually bring this message to the broader community.

PSHE - UK Tests and Exams
http://vtc.ngfl.gov.uk/docserver.php?temid=193
PSHE - UK Tests and Exams
This section provides links to exam syllabuses and other accreditation for PSHE.

CareZone
http://www.dudley-gateway.co.uk/cz/czindex.htm
Welcome to the CareZone Homepage. If you are worried about your parents' divorce, or if they are worried about you, you need help, information and advice. That's what this website is here for.
CareZone is a UK based resource for information and help about issues concerning the changing family. Click a window or the door of the house to go to the different sections of the site.

Behaviour UK
http://www.behaviouruk.com/
Welcome to Behaviour UK. We are proud to announce the launch of our flagship product: The Interactive Conduct File.
Have you been searching for an innovative resource for your pupils to use to think about their behaviour and the effects of their actions on others? The Conduct File prevention, mediation / sanction package uses dramatised video and interactive questions to help the school community improve its behaviour.

Helping Students Do the Right Things
http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/books/stein2000/stein2000toc.html
Connecting Character to Conduct: Helping Students Do the Right Things
The full text of this book online
The decisions today's students make ripple outward to their immediate family and school community. How can we help students make the right decisions and do the right things?
Test preparation and academic rigor alone cannot help our students learn well. Metal detectors and surveillance equipment alone cannot keep schools safe. Learning and safety are inextricably connected to the fundamentals of character and conduct.
When we help students make the connection between character and conduct, we begin to offer them a safe environment conducive to learning.

Character Education
http://midgefrazel.net/character.html
The human community has a reservoir of moral wisdom, much of which exists in our great stories, works of art, literature, and philosophy; this treasure must be a regular part of schooling.

Adolescent Begins To Fail in School
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed415001.html
If an Adolescent Begins To Fail in School, What Can Parents and Teachers Do? ERIC Digest
Many teens experience a time when keeping up with school work is difficult. These periods may last several weeks and may include social problems as well as a slide in academic performance. Research suggests that problems are more likely to occur during a transitional year, such as moving from elementary to middle school, or middle school to high school.

The Search Institute in Minneapolis
http://www.search-institute.org/
A new, groundbreaking study on adults' relationships with children and youth from Lutheran Brotherhood and Search Institute.
The Search Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota, seeks to help adolescents develop their strengths; the institute’s positive approach sidesteps the typical focus on risk-avoidance (http://www.search-institute.org/). The institute defines and promotes 40 developmental assets; according to their studies, adolescents who experience these positive aspects of development during adolescence are more likely to make healthy choices later in life.
40 Assets that All Young People Need

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD
http://www.add.org/content/teens/tguide.htm
This article is written primarily for teenagers with ADHD. Many ADHD teens get tired of hearing, "you're just lazy," "I know you can do better," or "if you would only pay attention in class and do your homework, your grades would be much better." While many books and articles have been written for children and adults, very little has been written specifically for teens.
What exactly is ADHD? ADHD (or ADD) stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It is thought to be a brain disorder that makes it difficult to sit still and pay attention.

A Parent's Guide to Surviving Adolescence
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/adolescence.html
You are a parent. You have lived through 2 AM feedings, toddler temper tantrums, and the but-I-don't-want-to-go-to-school-today blues. So why is it the word "adolescence" can strike terror into your heart?

Developmental Tasks of Normal Adolescence
http://education.indiana.edu/cas/devtask.html
Some years ago, Professor Robert Havighurst of the University of Chicago proposed that stages in human development can best be thought of in terms of the developmental tasks that are part of the normal transition. He identified eleven developmental tasks associated with the adolescent transition. Each of the Havighurst tasks can also be seen as elements of the overall sense of self that adolescents carry with them as they move toward and into young adulthood.
physical sense of self | new intellectual abilities | increased cognitive demands at school | verbal skills | sense of identity | adult vocational goals | peer relationships | parents | sexuality | personal value system | impulse control and behavioral maturity |

Teenage Brain: A work in progress
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/teenbrain.cfm
New imaging studies are revealing—for the first time—patterns of brain development that extend into the teenage years. Although scientists don't know yet what accounts for the observed changes, they may parallel a pruning process that occurs early in life that appears to follow the principle of "use-it-or-lose-it:" neural connections, or synapses, that get exercised are retained, while those that don't are lost.

PSHE Ofsted Reports 1999-2000
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/public/docs01/subjects/subjects99-00.htm
OFSTED Subject Reports 1999-2000 To be read in conjunction with OFSTED Annual Report 1999-2000
Personal, Social and Health Education

PHSE / PSE at QCA
http://www.qca.org.uk/pdf.asp?/ca/foundation/guidance/personal.pdf
Personal, social and emotional development

PSHE / PSE an Citizenship at KS1 and KS2
http://http://www.qca.org.uk/ca/subjects/citizenship/QCA_PHSE_CZaKS1_2.pdf
Personal, social and health education and citizenship at key stages 1 and 2 .. booklet

PSHE PSE in UK
http://www.dfee.gov.uk/a-z/atozindex.html
Personal Social and Health Education

PSHE / PSE in UK National Curriculum
http://www.nc.uk.net/servlets/Subjects?Subject=PSHE
Personal Social and Health Education
Find useful websites and resources | Find QCA/DfEE schemes of work | View the non-statutory guidelines for PSHE & citizenship | Find support materials from QCA and the government | Find links to PSHE & citizenship across all subjects |

Living Values
http://www.livingvalues.net/
Our purpose is to provide guiding principles and tools for the development of the whole person, recognizing that the individual is comprised of physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual dimensions.
To inspire individuals to choose their own personal, social, moral, and spiritual values and be aware of practical methods for developing and deepening them; and
To encourage educators and caregivers to look at education as providing students with a philosophy of living, thereby facilitating their overall growth, development, and choices so that they may integrate themselves into the community with respect, confidence, and purpose.