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- Published papers
Totsika, V., Kouroupa, A., Timmerman, A., Allard, A., Gray, K. M., Hastings, R. P., ... & Tonge, B. (2023). School Attendance Problems Among Children with Neurodevelopmental Conditions One year Following the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic.听Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-10.
Kouroupa, A., Allard, A., Gray, K., Hastings, R. P., Heyne, D., Melvin, G. A., Tonge, B., & Totsika, V. (2023). The association between home learning during COVID-19 lockdowns and subsequent school attendance among children with neurodevelopmental conditions. Child: Care, Health and Development, 1鈥�6.
Paulauskaite, L., Timmerman, A., Kouroupa, N., Allard, A., Gray, K.M., Hastings, R.P., Heyne, D., Melvin, G.A., Tonge, B.J. and Totsika, V. (2022).听Elective Home Education of children with neurodevelopmental conditions before and after the COVID-19 pandemic started.听Frontiers in Psychology, p.6736.
Kouroupa, A., Allard, A., Gray, K.M., Hastings, R.P., Heyne, D., Melvin, G.A., Tonge, B.J. and Totsika, V. (2022, August). Home schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: The experience of families of children with neurodevelopmental conditions. In听Frontiers in Education听(Vol. 7). Frontiers Media SA.
Totsika, V., Hastings, R.P., Dutton, Y., Worsley, A., Melvin, G., Gray, K., Tonge, B. and Heyne, D.听(2020). Types and correlates of school non-attendance in students with autism spectrum disorders.听Autism,听24(7), pp.1639-1649.
Melvin, G. A., Heyne, D., Gray, K. M., Hastings, R. P., Totsika, V., Tonge, B. J., & Freeman, M. M. (2019, June). The Kids and Teens at School (KiTeS) framework: An inclusive bioecological systems approach to understanding school absenteeism and school attendance problems. In听Frontiers in Education听(Vol. 4, p. 61). Frontiers Media SA.
- Policy and influencing听
1. A presentation of the findings听on school attendance problems to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism (APPGA): a cross-party group of policy makers. The meeting took place in January 2022 and was chaired by Huw Merriman, MP and Chair of APPGAholder
2. An overview of all research findings听on school attendance and elective home education听to stimulate a discussion on SEND policy implications during a private policy roundtable organised by the Council for Disabled Children and attended by policy makers across all 4 UK countries. We discussed with education policy makers, parents and charities what the findings mean and how we should move forward. Our conversations led to this听Policy briefing.
- Our study in the news
1. A delivered to designated clinical officers/designated medical officers and Heads of SEND on school non-attendance among UK autistic children and children with learning disabilities as part of a national online event in July 2021 organised by the Council for Disabled Children.
2.听Article on about the impact of COVID-19 on the educational experiences of听autistic children and children with learning disabilities.
3. Article on about autistic children and children with learning disabilities who have been left behind during pandemic school closures.
4. Article on 香港六合彩中特网 news听about听autistic children and children with learning disabilities who have been left behind during pandemic school closures.
5. Article on about the growing number of children with a learning disability who deregister from school.
Please visit again this page. We will be posting more papers and findings from the current COVID-19 study on school attendance, home learning and Elective Home Education of autistic children or children with intellectual disability.