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Transitions – what services need to know

March 10, 2017 by Tracey Francis No Comments

Leaving school is the beginning of a journey, not the end. Here’s what practitioners and policymakers need to take on…

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Higher/further education, Independent living

Smoothing the way into further education

September 12, 2016 by Tracey Francis No Comments

Mentoring a new student with Asperger’s, ADHD or Tourette’s? Or just want to be a supportive friend? Here’s what you…

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Real life: a step into the unknown

August 22, 2016 by Tracey Francis No Comments

For every person with autism, ADHD and/or Tourette’s, the impact is on the whole family. A parent in Scotland describes…

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Mental health/wellbeing

Train to be your own friend

August 8, 2016 by Tracey Francis No Comments

Finding out more about Trondheim’s “ADHD schools” providing information and support to young adults. When a strategy doesn’t work, how…

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Things you can’t learn in school

August 1, 2016 by Tracey Francis No Comments

A version of this article about Norwegian folk high schools appeared in TESS on 26 February 2016: https://goo.gl/s3h7z2. Thanks to Andreas…

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“I feel we really need some organisation or support that helps teenagers and adults to get into life. They have school then nothing. To start in independent life, it’s a problem.”

— Parent of three young adults with ADHD and Tourette’s Syndrome

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