Views of independence and readiness for employment amongst young people with visual impairment in the UK

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme Douglas ◽  
Rachel Hewett
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Core Curriculum ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
Expanded Core Curriculum ◽  
The Uk

There is concern that young people with visual impairment do not leave school adequately prepared for the workplace. Seventy young people from the UK with visual impairment (aged 16–19) took part in semi-structured interviews exploring how they define independence and how they predict they would deal with employment-based problems. Two overarching themes emerged: (1) how active/passive the young people felt they should be in solving problems (active–passive dimension), and (2) to whom (themselves or others) the young person attributed the responsibility for problems and solutions (internaliser–externaliser dimension). The results provide evidence of the importance of teaching young people disability-specific skills at school (an ‘expanded core curriculum’) which aims to maximise young people's independence while giving them a clear understanding of the accommodations to which they are entitled.

scholarly journals The impact of arthritis on the educational and early work experiences of young people: a qualitative secondary analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Farre ◽  
Sara Ryan ◽  
Abigail McNiven ◽  
Janet E. McDonagh
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Self Advocacy ◽  
School Work ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Introduction Young people’s transition into adulthood is intertwined with the worlds of education and work. Poor health in adolescence has been associated with poorer education and employment outcomes in adulthood. This paper explores the impact of arthritis on the educational and early work experiences of young people with arthritis. Methods We undertook a supplementary secondary analysis of a qualitative dataset comprising narrative and semi-structured interviews of 39 young people who had been diagnosed with arthritis in childhood, adolescence or young adulthood. Results Our findings illustrate how young people living with arthritis are faced with a range of added disruptions and challenges in their educational/vocational lives. There is an important element of resilience associated with the process of making a career choice and acting upon personal aspirations. Appropriate support and flexibility in the workplace/educational setting can enable successful outcomes, but disclosure is not a straightforward process for young people living with arthritis. Conclusions It is paramount that health providers consistently and effectively address self-advocacy skills with the young person, particularly during educational and vocational transitions. Alongside this, there is the need to further strengthen the health-school/work interface to ensure that young people living with chronic illness can meet their full potential in adulthood.

scholarly journals Drinking Carling Out of Stella Glasses: People and Place in the Missing Middle

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn McEwan
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Housing Estate ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Private Housing ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological ◽  
Missing Middle

As trends of social and economic change allow precarity to inch into the lives of those who may have been more accustomed to security (Standing, 2011, 2014), this paper addresses the response of some young people who are caught “betwixt and between” in potentially liminal states (Turner, 1967). Those whose families have undertaken intra- or intergenerational social mobility and who have made a home in a place, Ingleby Barwick in Teesside, that seems to be of them and for them—an in-between place that is seen as “not quite” middle or working class. This paper draws data from a research project that adopted a qualitative phenomenological approach to uncover the meaning of experiences for participants. Methods included focus groups and semi-structured interviews through which 70 local people contributed their thoughts, hopes, concerns, and stories about their lives now and what they aspire to for the future. Places, such as the large private housing estate in the Northeast of England on which this research was carried out, make up significant sections of the UK population, yet tend to be understudied populations, often missed by a sociological gaze attracted to extremes. It was anticipated that in Ingleby Barwick, where social mobility allows access to this relatively exclusive estate, notions of individualism and deservingness that underlie meritocratic ideology (Mendick et al., 2015; Littler, 2018) would be significant, a supposition borne out in the findings. “Making it” to Ingleby was, and continues to be, indicative to many of meritocratic success, making it “a moral place for moral people” (McEwan, 2019). Consequently, the threat then posed by economic precarity, of restricting access to the transitions and lifestyles that create the “distinction” (Bourdieu, 1984) required to denote fit to this place, is noted to be very real in a place ironically marked by many outside it as fundamentally unreal.

scholarly journals Exploring the Processes Involved in Seeking Help from a General Practitioner for Young People Who Have Been at Risk of Suicide

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 2120
Author(s):  
Jack Farr ◽  
Andrew D. R. Surtees ◽  
Hollie Richardson ◽  
Maria Michail
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Informal Support ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Framework Analysis ◽  
Seeking Help ◽  
Gp Training

General practitioners (GPs) play a key role in the early identification and management of suicide risk in young people. However, little is known about the processes involved in how, when and why a young person decides to seek help from their GP. Eight young people, aged 17–23, took part in semi-structured interviews exploring their experiences of help seeking when feeling suicidal. Data were analysed using framework analysis. The analysis identified three main themes and seven subthemes. The main themes explored were: understanding when to seek help from a GP, barriers and facilitating factors at the GP consultation, and help seeking as a non-linear and dynamic process. The processes involved in how, when and why young people seek help from a GP when feeling suicidal were found to be dynamic and to fluctuate over time. Help seeking was initially related to how young people were able to understand and articulate their distress, the availability of informal support networks, and their perception of the GP as a source of help. During a GP consultation, help seeking was influenced by how safe and supported the young people felt. Perceived GP training, communication and validation of young people’s concerns were important factors to help facilitate this process. Subsequent help seeking was influenced by prior experience of GP consultations and the availability of alternative support.

Use of electroconvulsive therapy in young people

1999 ◽  
Vol 175 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Duffett ◽  
Peter Hill ◽  
Paul Lelliott
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Private Hospitals ◽  
The Uk

BackgroundElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a controversial treatment for psychiatric disorders, particularly when it is administered to young people.AimsTo assess how frequently ECT is administered to people under the age of 18 years in the UK, and why it is given.MethodElectroconvulsive therapy clinics, private hospitals, adolescent units and UK members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists were surveyed to ask if they were aware of ECT being administered during 1996 to a young person under the age of 18 years. Consultants identified as having prescribed ECT were sent a follow-up questionnaire.ResultsTwelve young people were identified as having received ECT; three were aged 15 years or younger and eight were female. Nine patients were rated as improved following ECT. The indications for its use were similar to those for adults.ConclusionsElectroconvulsive therapy is rarely administered to young people in the UK.

scholarly journals Diverting young men from gangs: a qualitative evaluation

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 887-900
Author(s):  
Laura Jane Boulton ◽  
Rebecca Phythian ◽  
Stuart Kirby
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Young People ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Preventive Intervention ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Organised Crime ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Uk

Purpose Serious organised crime (SOC) costs the UK billions of pounds every year and is associated with significant negative health, social and well-being outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether young people can be diverted from involvement in SOC using preventive intervention approaches. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative thematic analysis was conducted on data collected from semi-structured interviews with practitioners involved in a six-month intervention which specifically aimed to divert “at risk” young people away from SOC involvement. Findings Themes arising from the analysis are: risk and vulnerability factors associated with young people involved in organised crime; what worked well during this intervention; what outcomes, both hard and soft, were generated; as well as, the specific challenges to the success of preventive programmes’ success. Practical implications Overall, the study highlights the problematic nature of diverting “at risk” youths from SOC and provides recommendations for future preventive intervention work in the field of SOC. Specifically, it suggests that longer-term interventions, targeted at younger children, may generate better behavioural outcomes if they focus on building trusting relationships with credible support workers (i.e. have lived experience of SOC). Originality/value With a growing body of evidence suggesting that young people are being increasingly exploited for organised criminal purposes, an approach which prevents involvement in SOC makes theoretical and economic sense. However, little research has empirically tested its utility in practice. This study seeks to address this gap.

scholarly journals Alcohol misuse by the young: problems and solutions

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 81-81
Author(s):  
David Skuse
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Young People ◽  
Medical Association ◽  
Alcohol Misuse ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Alcohol Control ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
The Uk

Back in April 2006 (vol. 3, no. 2) we published papers on the theme of misuse of alcohol by young people, 3 years after the UK government had introduced the option of 24-hour drinking. The British Medical Association (BMA) subsequently recommended that there should be a programme of research to examine the consequences of this change to our drinking culture. In 2008, it reported on current trends in alcohol misuse (BMA Board of Science, 2008). An appendix to that report summarises the different alcohol control strategies pursued by the governments of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in the past few years. These are outlined in the document Safe. Sensible. Social. The Next Steps in the National Alcohol Strategy (HM Government, 2007).

scholarly journals Competence in Expanded Core Curriculum Skills: Does the Level Taught Matter to the Visually Impaired?

2020 ◽  
pp. 63-73
Author(s):  
Edward Kofi Ntim ◽  
Emmanuel K. Gyimah
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Core Curriculum ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
Expanded Core Curriculum ◽  
Basic Level

Educating the visually impaired requires unique consideration in which they would be provided with the tools, skills, and strategies they need to develop alternative means of obtaining information. The alternative means are compensatory access, sensory efficiency, assistive technology, orientation and mobility, independent living, social interaction, recreation and leisure career education and self-determination skills. The study sought to investigate the expanded core curriculum skills for students with visual impairment. It compares the level at which these skills were acquired and how they influence their competence. The researchers employed descriptive cross-sectional design for the study. 93 students with visual impairment were selected using multi-stage sampling technique from University of Cape Coast and University of Education, Winneba for the study. Frequency and percentages and ANOVA were used to analyse the data to answer the research questions and the hypothesis respectively. The results of the study indicated that majority of the students with visual impairment started the study of the expanded core curriculum skills from the basic level of education. It also became clear that those who started the learning of the expanded core curriculum at the basic level proved to be very competent. It was recommended that the Special Education Division of Ghana Education Service should intensify the teaching and learning of expanded core curriculum skills at the basic school so as to continue to impact ECC competence throughout a child’s academic life.

scholarly journals A qualitative exploration of school-based staff’s experiences of delivering an alcohol screening and brief intervention in the high school setting: findings from the SIPS JR-HIGH trial

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 821-829
Author(s):  
G J McGeechan ◽  
E L Giles ◽  
S Scott ◽  
R McGovern ◽  
S Boniface ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Young People ◽  
Brief Intervention ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Alcohol Screening ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Screening And Brief Intervention ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
The Uk ◽  
High School Setting

Abstract Background Whilst underage drinking in the UK has been declining in recent years, prevalence is still higher than in most other Western European countries. Therefore, it is important to deliver effective interventions to reduce risk of harm. Methods Semi-structured interviews with staff delivering an alcohol screening and brief intervention in the high-school setting. The analysis was informed by normalization process theory (NPT), interviews were open coded and then a framework applied based on the four components of NPT. Results Five major themes emerged from the analysis. The majority of participants felt that the intervention could be useful, and that learning mentors were ideally suited to deliver it. However, there was a feeling that the intervention should have been targeted at young people who drink the most. Conclusions The intervention was generally well received in schools and seen as an effective tool for engaging young people in a discussion around alcohol. However, in the future schools need to consider the level of staffing in place to deliver the intervention. Furthermore, the intervention could focus more on the long-term risks of initiating alcohol consumption at a young age.

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