1. He decided to give it a try. Project director Trisha Waters, University of Chichester Co-evaluator Prof Helen Simons Working with Parents of Pupils at Risk of Exclusion

2. He decided to give it a try. Dino the dragon lay outside his cave. Never before had he felt so angry. He felt his firebox heating up and before he knew it he was breathing fire. Dino knew that once he had learnt to control his anger all the little dragons would want to play with him and be his friend … Boy, aged 9 at risk of exclusion for challenging behaviour

3. - Write a training manual - Research report - Journal papers and articles - Conference presentations Project Outline Assess the impact of Story Links on: - the emotional and social well-being of the pupil - engagement of the parent with their childs learning - incidents of challenging behaviour that could lead to exclusion - reading skills - Deliver 5 x 3-day training programmes to SEN professionals - Produce Story Links logo and publicity for training courses - Liaison with LAs and schools - Provide supervision during implementation of model in schools 5 x 3-day training courses delivered & evaluated Trained professionals implement the 10-week intervention Evaluation of impact of intervention on pupils emotional well-being Evaluation of pupils reading skills and parental involvement with learning Methods: NARA, SDQ, interviews with parents, pupils & teachers, story analysis Expert evaluator monitors ethics & validity Webpage developed Teachers TV programme Conference presentations Training manual Training Evaluation and monitoring Dissemination

4. For further information www.TherapeuticStorywriting.com/StoryLinks Contact: t.waters@chi.ac.uk