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‘Bored witless’/Born to fail: Children at risk for severe learning difficulties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Roger Rees  and
Bill Young
Roger Rees
Affiliation:
School of Special Education, Flinders University, Adelaide Institute for Severe Learning Difficulties
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Abstract

The article is one of a number of articles stemming from a Ph.D research project researching learning and emotional difficulties amongst year eight students at a State High School in Adelaide. Twenty students identified as having learning and behaviour difficulties are participating in an alternative program for two days a week. The program involves camping, outdoor education and a good deal of intensive ‘direct instruction’ in basic literacy and numeracy. It is anticipated that this program will serve as a model for other state schools developing alternative programs for disaffected adolescent students.

Type
Research Article
Information
Children Australia , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , 1995 , pp. 29 - 33
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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