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Exploring Adults First, an educational psychology intervention, supporting children and their parents: “Your voice was as important as the teacher sat next to you”

Harvey-Golding, Louise, Templeman, Lauren and Kyriakopoulos, Alex (2024) Exploring Adults First, an educational psychology intervention, supporting children and their parents: “Your voice was as important as the teacher sat next to you”. Project Report. UNSPECIFIED.

Item Type: Reports, briefing/ working papers (Project Report)

Abstract

This report presents findings from an evidence gathering project into the efficacy and effectiveness of Adults First. Developed by Educational Psychologist Christine Sketchley, Adults First is a novel, school-based, educational psychology intervention, supporting children and young people with social, emotional, and mental health needs, and their parents, within Redcar and Cleveland. Adults First is a unique way of working, that differs from traditional educational psychology approaches, in that it seeks to understand the child’s challenges, behaviour, life, and experiences by bringing together parents with professionals, agencies or disciplines, to gain a more holistic understanding of the child’s needs. The aim of this project was to gather insight from parents, who have participated in the Adults First intervention within Redcar and Cleveland, to establish key elements of the Adults First model to be explored further, forming the foundations of a full-scale evaluation. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with parents, with the aim of better understanding the experiences of parents involved with the Adults First model, establish successful aspects of the approach and areas for development. Findings provide a unique insight into the Adults First model, exploring the experiences, views and perspectives of parents participating in the intervention.

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Depositing User: Louise Harvey-Golding

Identifiers

Item ID: 17324
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/17324

Users with ORCIDS

ORCID for Louise Harvey-Golding: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0960-6573
ORCID for Alex Kyriakopoulos: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7816-4553

Catalogue record

Date Deposited: 26 Feb 2024 09:11
Last Modified: 26 Feb 2024 09:11

Contributors

Author: Louise Harvey-Golding ORCID iD
Author: Alex Kyriakopoulos ORCID iD
Author: Lauren Templeman

University Divisions

Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing > School of Psychology

Subjects

Psychology

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