{"id":1129,"date":"2024-07-19T15:01:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T15:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darylilbury.com\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2024-08-06T15:16:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T15:16:55","slug":"children-at-the-frontline-neurodivergence-and-school-distress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darylilbury.com\/?p=1129","title":{"rendered":"Children at the frontline \u2014 neurodivergence and\u00a0school distress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Schools should be safe spaces if they\u2019re to encourage children to learn. However, even the seemingly safest and most supportive school environments can harbour perils for neurodivergent children and young people (CYP). The hustle and bustle of an active classroom can generate deep anguish. This is their daily reality \u2013 an emotional battleground with them at the front lines. So, it should be no surprise when they want to retreat. Psychology researchers at the University of Newcastle, UK, have discovered just how closely connected neurodivergence is to school refusal. Their research prompts uncomfortable questions and introduces a sobering term to the lexicon of neurodiversity studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read the rest of this article, complete with additional feature content, on the Research Features website<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> <\/mark><a href=\"https:\/\/researchfeatures.com\/children-frontline-neurodivergence-school-distress\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/researchfeatures.com\/children-frontline-neurodivergence-school-distress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/mark><\/a>. 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This is their daily reality \u2013 an emotional battleground with them&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,161,163,173,175,21],"tags":[60,224,252,169,253],"class_list":["post-1129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-education","category-healthcare","category-mental-health","category-research","category-science","tag-education","tag-mental-health","tag-neurodiverse","tag-research-features","tag-school-distress"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Children at the frontline \u2014 neurodivergence and\u00a0school distress - Daryl Ilbury<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/darylilbury.com\/?p=1129\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Children at the frontline \u2014 neurodivergence and\u00a0school distress - Daryl Ilbury\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Schools should be safe spaces if they\u2019re to encourage children to learn. 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