Resources and Bibliography
As part of our collaboration with the National College for Teaching and Leadership, we have made some of our training materials available.
Reports
Impact evaluations
- Impact Evaluation of the Attachment Aware Schools Pilot Project Phase 1 - Stoke on Trent and Bath and Northeast Somerset Virtual Schools
- Impact Evaluation Report: Attachment Aware Schools Pilot Project Stoke Virtual School
- Impact Evaluation Report - Bath and Northeast Somerset
- The Leicestershire Virtual School’s Attachment Aware Schools Programme - Evaluation Report
- Evaluation of the Attachment Aware Schools programme - Final Report
Documents
Brighter Futures and Bath Primary partnership
- Dr. Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus and Dr. Janet Rose, Brighter Futures and Bath Primary Partnership: an early intervention project to improve outcomes for vulnerable children. Presentation.
- Brighter Futures and Bath Primary Partnership: Attachment Aware Independent Impact - Evaluation Report
Key documents
- Baby Bonds - Parenting, attachment and a secure base for children - This report commissioned by the Sutton Trust reviews international studies of attachment to uncover the effect emotional bonds with parents have on a baby's future outcomes.
- They never give up on you. Office of the Children's Commissioner, School Exclusions inquiry.
- Connor, M. and Russell, R. (2004) Identifying the Incidence of Psychological Trauma and Post-Trauma Symptoms in Children, A Survey of Three Clackmannanshire Schools. Clackmannanshire Council Psychological Service.
- Dann, R. (2011) Look out! ‘Looked after’! Look here! Supporting ‘looked after’ and adopted children in the primary classroom. Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education, 39(5), pp. 455-465.
- Furnivall J., McKenna M., McFarlane S. and Grant E. (2012) Attachment Matters for All - An Attachment Mapping Exercise for Children’s Services in Scotland, Centre for excellence for looked after children in Scotland. Strathclyde.
Key government reports
- Department for Education ‘Mental health and behaviour in schools: departmental advice‘ - first published in June 2014 and subsequently updated, this also includes a specific reference to attachment issues
- House of Commons Health Committee (2014) ‘Children’s and adolescents’ mental health and CAMHS’ - recommended in November 2014 that awareness of mental health issues, child development and their implications should be a mandatory part of initial teacher training and continuing professional development
- Department of Health (2015) ‘Future in Mind’, published in March 2015, referred to the importance of whole school approaches to promoting mental health and wellbeing, with specific reference to vulnerable groups
- Department for Education and Department of Health (2015) ‘Promoting the health and well-being of looked after children: statutory guidance’, published in May 2015, this made specific reference to attachment aware schools
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence – NICE (2015) ‘Children’s attachment: attachment in children and young people who are adopted from care, in care or at high risk of going into care’, published in November 2015, this makes specific reference to attachment issues in schools
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