Not exact matches
The New Schools Network (NSN) has today released an analysis
of exclusion data that reveals 20
children are excluded from school each day for racist abuse, arguing that the new category
of opening free schools where there is a «social need» would allow
groups to «create schools designed to build community
cohesion».
The ability to speak with greater precision and
cohesion would help diverse stakeholder
groups create policies and support practices that address the multifaceted and individualized learning needs
of each (whole)
child, regardless
of geographic location, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and mental or physical abilities.
As the court noted in the Sheff decision: «If
children of different races and economic and social
groups have no opportunity to know each other and to live together in school, they can not be expected to gain the understanding and mutual respect necessary for the
cohesion of our society.»
It comprises
of 125 - items to be answered on a 5 - point Likert scale ranging from very dissatisfied to very satisfied that are
grouped into 14 domains; Idealistic Distortion, Marital Satisfaction, Personality Issues, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Financial Management, Leisure Activities, Sexual Relationship,
Children and Parenting, Family and Friends, Equalitarian Roles, Religious Orientation, Marital
Cohesion and Marital Change (Fowers & Olson, 1989).
In comparison to other
groups, mothers
of children with ASD reported greater use
of maladaptive coping strategies (self - blame, wish - fulfilling fantasy), greater information seeking, less marital satisfaction, sense
of competence and family adaptability, and higher family
cohesion.
Lower assessments
of family functioning by parents
of children with ASD seems to be consistent with the results
of those studies in which this
group of parents reported lower family
cohesion and adaptability compared to controls [61], and their family's expressive feelings as lower due to their
child's communication difficulties [33].