{"id":13355,"date":"2022-09-13T00:56:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T00:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/the-cases-are-increasing-and-the-children-are-getting-younger-news-sorlandet-local-news-tv-and-radio\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T00:56:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T00:56:21","slug":"the-cases-are-increasing-and-the-children-are-getting-younger-news-sorlandet-local-news-tv-and-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/the-cases-are-increasing-and-the-children-are-getting-younger-news-sorlandet-local-news-tv-and-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"– The cases are increasing and the children are getting younger – news S\u00f8rlandet – Local news, TV and radio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

– The students in all of these cases have tried to report that they are not doing well at school, often over a long period of time. They find that it does not help and in the end they are unable to go to school. That’s what student representative in Kristiansand Tone Martha S\u00f8dal says. In a report to the municipality’s management, she is now sounding the alarm about children and young people who disappear from school. – The cases are increasing and the children are getting younger, says S\u00f8dal. Of the cases she has been involved in in the last school year, a third are about school refusal, also called involuntary school absence. Ombudsmen for children and young people elsewhere in the country also report an increase in such cases. Student representative in Kristiansand Tone Martha S\u00f8dal feels that there is uncertainty when it comes to how involuntary school absences should and should be handled. Photo: Aleksandra Olsen \/ news \u2013 Enormous despair among parents At the same time, parents gather in closed groups on Facebook. – It has exploded with new members in the parents’ group, says mother Helene Begby. Last school year, the group gained 1,000 new members. Since the start of school this year, there have been 300 new ones. – There is enormous despair among the parents, says Begby. In the group, the parents ask for advice and tips, and they talk about poor cooperation with, for example, the school. Some have also been reported to child protection. – These are the things that keep coming back the most. Many feel they are stuck and not being heard. Then this page is important because many people experience being understood. Many have thought that they stand alone. Here they see that this applies to many people, she says. Begby says the pupils’ absence from school and training is one thing. What the situation does to the child is something else entirely. – The children can completely lose faith in themselves and become depressed, says Begby. She says that many children and parents do not feel heard, and believes that lack of provision in schools is the biggest problem. – If the problem had been tackled from the day parents say that things are difficult, it could perhaps have been avoided that it had continued for years, as we see in several cases, she says. – Biggest increase at middle and youth level Head of the Ombudsman for Children and Young People in Viken, Bodil J. Houg, can also confirm an increase in involuntary school absences. She estimates that they receive around 400 inquiries about this a year and believes that the pandemic reinforced the tendency. Houg says the increase is greatest at middle and junior high school. There are also some cases right down to the 1st stage, where large absences from school due to alienation are a theme. The bullying ombudsmen in Vestland, Vestfold and Telemark and M\u00f8re and Romsdal also report an increase. The bullying ombudsman in Innlandet says it is difficult to say whether this is a growing problem, as they do not have a numerical basis for this. The ombudsmen work with this to varying degrees and in different ways. Several mention the importance of schools having a good overview of absences and that they have routines for what to do in such cases. – This varies greatly from school to school and teacher to teacher, unfortunately, says the Ombudsman for Children and Young People in Viken Bodil J. Houg – The individual municipality should have an overview, but we see through individual cases that not everyone has it. It is something we will follow up this school year, says Bullying Ombudsman in M\u00f8re and Romsdal Kristin \u00d8ksenv\u00e5g. Wants a change in the law Professor at the University of Southeast Norway Marie-Lisbet Amundsen, has researched involuntary school absences. She believes that the solution largely lies with the school. – The school as an organization must change. It is too theoretical and rigid and is becoming more and more performance-oriented. Amundsen believes that a change in the law must be put in place. – We must get an addition to the Education Act, which ensures that all schools have an action plan for when pupils are anxious about going to school, and that measures are put in place immediately. In the study Amundsen has worked on, she found that 40 per cent of the children who fall outside have ADHD or Autism. 35 percent have an anxiety-related diagnosis. The pupils in the study had, on average, been out of the school system for three and a half years. – The fact that children and young people drop out of our education system is a problem we have known for a long time, and we have put a lot of resources into preventing dropouts without being as successful as one would think, considering the financial resources that are put in, says Amundsen. Photo: JOHN-ANDRE SAMUELSEN \/ news – No statistics Education Minister Tonje Brenna (Ap) cannot confirm or deny whether there is an increase in involuntary school absences, as they have no statistics on this. She points out that before the summer she commissioned the Directorate of Education to assess how we can get better information about absenteeism at school, and what we can do to increase attendance at school in the short and long term. Absence from school will also be part of a report to the Storting on 5.\u201310. stage, where they will, among other things, look at how they can strengthen the pupils’ motivation and well-being. Education Minister Tonje Brenna (Ap) cannot confirm or deny whether there is an increase in involuntary school absences. Photo: Even Bj\u00f8rings\u00f8y Johnsen \/ news Brenna believes that many schools and municipalities do a good job of following up students with high absenteeism, but thinks it is necessary to look at how this can be done even better. Many believe that the problem arises because the schools are not able to organize well enough, and that the responsibility lies with the school. What do you think about it? – In some cases, it can help with better arrangements for the individual or measures to improve the school environment in general. But we must recognize that absenteeism cases are often complex and that there is rarely only one factor that comes into play. says Brenna. Some also believe that the school as an organization must change, because it has become too theoretical. What do you think about it? – One of the main themes in the upcoming parliamentary report is precisely how the school can become more practical and varied. If it can also help to increase attendance at school, I think that is very good. The Ministry of Education also states that from 1 August the welfare services’ duty to cooperate with each other was clarified and strengthened. This includes, among other things, the school, the PP service, the school health service, BUP and child protection. A guide will be published during the autumn.
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