A Comprehensive Approach to Handling Sensitive Issues in Schools,with Special Reference to Loss and Grief |
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| Authors: | Louise Rowling |
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| Institution: | Faculty of Education , University of Sydney , |
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| Abstract: | The School Watch initiative is centred in South Wales and involves police liaison officers, primary schools and their pupils. In each interested school, the scheme is explained and the pupils then decide if they want to take part. A pupils' committee is elected which is given support and guidance by the liaison officer. A key element of the scheme is the involvement of the pupils themselves and the way the pupils' committee plays a major part in the choice and running of activities. The scheme benefits pupils both in terms of their personal and social development and in their attitudes to the police. The paper ends with a number of examples of the type of work that schools have undertaken within this scheme. |
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