Evaluating a method for eliciting children's voice about educational support with children with speech, language and communication needs

Ashley Bloom, Sarah Critten, Helen Johnson, Clare Wood

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    Abstract

    This article reports the development and evaluation of a toolkit‐based approach to eliciting children's experiences of educational support, where the children in question experience speech and communication needs. The ‘Your Voice Your Choice’ approach was evaluated using a cross‐case analysis methodology, which represents a novel approach to critical examination of the effectiveness of such resources. We explored seven case studies within a critical realist framework. We found that the toolkit was effective at supporting most (although not all) of the children with speech and communication needs to explore their school learning and support experiences through a scaffolded emotion‐based ‘dialogue’, which was corroborated by observations and other data sources. The toolkit facilitated access to children's voice as they revealed how they felt across a number of relational, learning and support areas, which could be used by services to focus provision and consider how to better support children's social and emotional needs.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)170-207
    Number of pages38
    JournalBritish Journal of Special Education
    Volume47
    Issue number2
    Early online date12 Mar 2020
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 30 Jun 2020

    Bibliographical note

    This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.

    Keywords

    • SEND
    • children's voice
    • communication
    • education
    • inclusion

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Education
    • Developmental and Educational Psychology

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