Collaboratively Managing the Behaviour of a Reception Class Pupil

Smith, Caroline; Cooke, Tim

doi:10.1080/713666056

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“…As such, the approach unsurprisingly has been largely used with school‐aged children who exhibit challenging emotional and behavioural difficulties (Kelly 1999; Frederickson & Turner 2003). For example, it has been successfully employed in an attempt to prevent bullying at school (Taylor 1997), to help a 5‐year‐old pupil at risk of exclusion from his reception class because of problems in forming and maintaining relationships with peers (Smith & Cooke 2000), and to enhance the sociability of a neglected child (Shotton 1998).…”

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Improving Communication Between Children with Autism and Their Peers Through the ‘Circle of Friends’: A Small‐scale Intervention Study

Kalyva

Avramidis

2005

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Background The 'circle of friends' is an educational approach that facilitates the inclusion of children with disabilities into the school community by engaging their peer group in supporting the individual proactively. The present small-scale study examines the efficacy of this intervention in improving the communication (and ultimately social) skills of pre-school aged children with autism.Methods Five children identified with autism aged between 3.10 and 4.7 years participated in the studythree in the intervention and two in the control group. The 'circle of friends' was applied for 30 min on a weekly basis at a nursery setting for a period of 3 months with the active involvement of one teacher and five peers of each child with autism. The effects of the intervention were systematically examined by means of an observation schedule which recorded the number of responses and initiation attempts -both unsuccessful and successful -of all participating children with autism during baseline, post-intervention and at 2 months follow-up. ResultsThe statistical analysis of the data revealed that children in the intervention group had significantly lower unsuccessful response and initiation rates at postintervention and follow-up than children in the control group. Moreover, children in the intervention group had significantly higher successful response and initiation rates at post-intervention and follow-up than those in the control group. Conclusions The recorded changes in the interaction patterns indicate that the 'circle of friends' is a powerful intervention that, if carefully applied, can improve the social skills of children with autism and their ability to communicate, and ultimately facilitate their 'inclusion' in mainstream settings. Further larger-scale longitudinal research is needed to examine the long-term benefits of the approach for children with autism and the broader changes in the nexus of relations within the mainstream environment.

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Improving Communication Between Children with Autism and Their Peers Through the ‘Circle of Friends’: A Small‐scale Intervention Study

Kalyva

Avramidis

2005

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“…Nevertheless, a substantial number of the included studies utilised a sociometric nomination technique, which indicated that, the number of friends or peer acceptance increased during the intervention application as well as directly afterwards (e.g., Frederickson, Warren, and Turner 2005;Barrett and Randall 2004). Similarly, positive results emerged from the studies that examined improvements in the social skills of the participating students suggesting positive gains for 'focus children ' (e.g., Shotton 1998;Smith and Cooke 2000;Kalyva and Avramidis 2005). Another observation concerns the reported positive outcomes for the other circle members for whom social participation and especially social skills are also increasing albeit to a lesser extent.…”

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The Circle of Friends intervention: a research synthesis

Hassani

Alves

Avramidis

et al. 2021

European Journal of Special Needs Education

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This research synthesis investigates studies that evaluated a wellknown intervention, the Circle of Friends (CoF) -which seeks to promote the inclusion of socially neglected students. The aim of the review is two-fold; first, to identify the intervention's variant applications and, second, to record what evidence-based outcomes have been reported. A systematic literature search including seven databases was conducted and based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of nine articles were identified. The primary outcomes indicated that the intervention was mainly used with younger students (primary education) and only rarely used in secondary schools. Additionally, the results show that the intervention was set up significantly less often for girls. The quality of the majority of evaluations was lacking which leads to recommendations for further research on this intervention to include the utilisation of more rigorous and more rounded research designs and proper trialling. Critical issues surrounding the implementation of the intervention are also outlined.

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The representation of the management of behavioural difficulties in EP practice

Law

Woods

2018

Educational Psychology in Practice

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Collaboratively Managing the Behaviour of a Reception Class Pupil

Cited by 5 publications

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Improving Communication Between Children with Autism and Their Peers Through the ‘Circle of Friends’: A Small‐scale Intervention Study

Improving Communication Between Children with Autism and Their Peers Through the ‘Circle of Friends’: A Small‐scale Intervention Study

The Circle of Friends intervention: a research synthesis

The representation of the management of behavioural difficulties in EP practice

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