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In Great Brittain there are many government initiatives to help children in schools. However, some 20% of children were not reached by these initiatives. To find out how to reach these children, Judith Hemming started a series of action research projects, based on the insights of Bert Hellinger, in seven British schools, with support from the government. These projects brought new perspectives to teachers on how to help children to feel safe and included.
Teachers got three days training in systemic concepts and three months of support from the project team. As a result, the focus of the teachers shifted from the individual to issues of belonging and inclusion. They began to see how difficult behavior is the
responsibility of everyone and needed everyone's help to sort out. Some children transferred feelings of exclusion from home to school that set off conflicts. The focus on including them helped them very much.
After a year of working with this focus on belonging and inclusion, and seeing difficult behaviors in a systemic perspective, the results were: more time for teachting and less time needed to handle problems, and better achievements of the children. For more information on the School Project visit the webpages of the Nowhere Foundation.
If you are interested in a documentary DVD (in English) about the School Project, please contact Hisako Morioka.
