TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Achievement for all: improving psychosocial outcomes for students with special educational needs and disabilities
JO  - Research in developmental disabilities
A1  - Humphrey, Neil
A1  - Lendrum, Ann
A1  - Barlow, Alexandra
A1  - Wigelsworth, Michael
A1  - Squires, Garry
SP  - 1210
EP  - 1225
VL  - 34
IS  - 4
N2  - Students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are at a greatly increased risk of experiencing poor psychosocial outcomes. Developing effective interventions that address the cause of these outcomes has therefore become a major policy priority in recent years. We report on a national evaluation of the Achievement for All (AfA) programme that was designed to improve outcomes for students with SEND through: (1) academic assessment, tracking and intervention, (2) structured conversations with parents, and (3) developing provision to improve wider outcomes (e.g. positive relationships). Using a quasi-experimental, pre-test-post-test control group design, we assessed the impact of AfA on teacher ratings of the behaviour problems, positive relationships and bullying of students with SEND over an 18-month period. Participants were 4758 students with SEND drawn from 323 schools across England. Our main impact analysis demonstrated that AfA had a significant impact on all three response variables when compared to usual practice. Hierarchical linear modelling of data from the intervention group highlighted a range of school-level contextual factors and implementation activities and student-level individual differences that moderated the impact of AfA on our study outcomes. The implications of our findings are discussed, and study strengths and limitations are noted.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0891-4222
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2012.12.008
ID  - ref1
ER  -