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Not Fine in School
@NotFineinSchool
Peer empowerment shared via NFIS Social Media & website. PhD research & raising awareness of family experiences resolving School Attendance Problems & Barriers.
England
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Joined February 2009
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    Not Fine in School
    @NotFineinSchool
    Nov 18, 2022
    This is what we read about on a daily basis in our support groups - children and young people experience systemic barriers to school attendance, then their parents experience systemic barriers to finding and arranging a resolution for them. @educationgovuk @ChildrensComm
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    Missing The Mark
    @_MissingTheMark
    Nov 18, 2022
    “They deal with complex networks of services..many of whom can’t ever quite offer the support that they need. They repeat their story again and again, filling in check lists which don’t quite cover the situation and don’t quite seem relevant.” @naomicfisher @BexGoneWest
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    Not Fine in School
    @NotFineinSchool
    Apr 24, 2022
    Seeing many posts expressing Sunday night despair at facing a return to school in the morning. Dread of another term of anxiety. Dread of impossible battles with schools & LAs. Children in tears. Parents saying they don't know how they can carry on. It shouldn't be like this.
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    Not Fine in School
    @NotFineinSchool
    Jul 9, 2022
    Schools Bill. Everything you need to know from the Square Peg & Not Fine In School perspective is available here: notfineinschool.co.uk/the-schools-bi… Please support our campaign in response to Part 3 of the Bill
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    Not Fine in School
    @NotFineinSchool
    Feb 11, 2023
    This article fails to acknowledge the overwhelming reason for persistent absence reported by parents, which is unmet & unrecognised SEND, especially autism, PDA & ADHD, where problems are triggered by the school environment & compounded by a lack of knowledge & understanding
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    Dr Nicola Crossley
    @Nic_Crossley1
    Feb 10, 2023
    Third of 15-year-olds persistently absent from school in England since September theguardian.com/education/2023…
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    Not Fine in School
    @NotFineinSchool
    Aug 23, 2019
    LOOK! A pupil suffers overwhelming anxiety and rather than refusing because it will 'condone her absence' (the common school reaction), her school sent work home and she still achieves - I congratulate her school for their supportive approach @nfis_tweets 'dailyecho.co.uk/news/17856042.…
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    Not Fine in School
    @NotFineinSchool
    Oct 1, 2021
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    Not Fine in School
    @NotFineinSchool
    Jul 4, 2022
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    Not Fine in School
    @NotFineinSchool
    Aug 13, 2022
    This is what we see day after day in the Not Fine in School Facebook groups. This is what I saw with the 40 families who took part in my doctoral research. This is a huge problem for lots and lots of families.
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    Naomi Fisher
    @naomicfisher
    Aug 13, 2022
    When I tell people that I work with children and families who have problems at school, they often nod and look sympathetic. 'Bullying is terrible', they say. Yes. It is, but it's not bullying I hear about most. Here's what families tell me. (with @_MissingTheMark) 1/
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    Not Fine in School
    @NotFineinSchool
    Jun 3, 2022
    It is sad that so many children have to reach crisis before their difficulties attending school are believed. They might not need to reach crisis point if the automatic response to reported concerns was not "they are fine in school"
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    Not Fine in School
    @NotFineinSchool
    Jun 6, 2022
    School staff are NOT medically trained/qualified, yet they have responsibility for deciding A. Whether a child's reported illness is genuine & B. Whether that absence due to illness should be authorised or not. How is this fair when the outcome could = fines/prison for parents?
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    Suitable Education
    @SuitableEd
    Jun 6, 2022
    The govt's solution to children for whom school is a traumatic experience is to force them to go. With their parents and carers under threat of child protection, fines and prison And children who are sick. Now schools will be asked to decide if sick enough. How would they know??
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    Not Fine in School
    @NotFineinSchool
    Mar 2, 2019
    So true, children who are anxiety-based 'school refusers' WANT to go to school but are held back by severe anxiety. They are wrongly viewed as lazy, defiant or as truants and support and help is therefore withheld @nfis_tweets
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    MANDY CLARK 💙 #RejoinEu
    @MANDYCLARK58
    Mar 1, 2019
    Anxious children are often great kids who don’t want to do the wrong thing, but they are being driven by a brain in high alert; they are not misbehaving. #trauma #sendcrisis #attachmentdisorder #EducationForAll
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    Not Fine in School
    @NotFineinSchool
    May 21, 2023
    Durham university are looking for 50 more participants to reach their goal of 100. They are looking to recruit young people who have experienced school related distress linked to mainstream secondary schools. durhampsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Z…
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    Not Fine in School
    @NotFineinSchool
    Apr 28, 2019
    PARENTS - It is really crucial to recognise that this is going on: theplightofthesendparent.co.uk/professional-g…
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    Not Fine in School
    @NotFineinSchool
    Jun 16, 2019
    Teachers do not need to be trained - parents already spot the signs but when we try to alert professionals and ask for help no one will listen to us because we are 'just' parents!
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    Guardian Education
    @GuardianEdu
    Jun 16, 2019
    Teachers to be trained to spot mental health issues early theguardian.com/society/2019/j…