On this first episode of Thinking Time, I speak to Dr Shannon Corcoran, a newly qualified Educational Psychologist from the University of Manchester, with a special interest in school attendance difficulties. Within this episode we discuss her doctoral research that explored Emotionally Based School Non-Attendance (EBSNA) and reflect on what it means for parents/carers, school staff, psychologists and young people.

Within this discussion we refer to the following research papers:

Emotionally based school non-attendance: two successful returns to school following lockdown: Educational Psychology in Practice: Vol 38, No 1 (tandfonline.com) [tandfonline.com]

A meta‐ethnographic understanding of children and young people's experiences of extended school non‐attendance - Corcoran - 2023 - Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs - Wiley Online Library [nasenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

Since the recording the following research paper has also been published:

https://nasenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8578.12497 [nasenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

Full thesis reference:

Extended School Non-Attendance: Pupil Experiences and Development of a Local Authority, Multi-Agency Approach to Supporting Regular Attendance

Corcoran, S. (Author). 31 Dec 2023

Student thesis: Doctor of Educational and Child Psychology

https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/280564163/FULL_TEXT.PDF

Original music by Patrick McKeown.

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