DR shows the documentary series ‘The School’s Lost Children’ in five episodes by Jens Langhorn \u2013 about involuntary school absence.<\/p>\n
Children with autism have always had a difficult time at school. Already in the 00s, we began to see more children with problems beyond their autism. At the same time, the counties were abolished, specialized knowledge disappeared, the school law and the inclusion reform rolled in at the beginning of the 2010s, and the teacher training colleges closed their special modules.<\/p>\n
Today, children grow up with fewer adults in nurseries and kindergartens, more staff changes, and more hours in institutions \u2013 something researchers have criticized for years. Bureau 2000 documents that “there are significantly fewer staff hours per child today than 50 years ago \u2013 even though the demands on children have grown dramatically.” Psychologist Margrethe Brun Hansen warns that an early start in institutions can challenge attachment and create insecurity.<\/p>\n
I myself founded S\u00f8stjerneskolen \u2013 a highly specialized day treatment school in Copenhagen \u2013 because I believed the solution lay in more autism pedagogy. But after eight years as a manager and psychologist responsible for treatment, it became clear:
\nThe children were not just autistic. They were worn out by system stress. They carried anxiety, depression, demand avoidance, eating disorders, and sensory processing disorders \u2013 on top of their autism and ADHD.<\/p>\n
And what helps is:
\n\u2022 Stable relationships with adults who know autism and can create safety
\n\u2022 School environments that take children’s senses into account and provide enough adult contact
\n\u2022 Time, calm, and continuity, so children’s nervous systems can heal<\/p>\n
Many teachers and school leaders are already working hard to create a safe learning environment, but the task is complex, and there are too few of them to do the work. It requires time, planning, and collegial sparring to adapt the teaching, and there must be enough adults in the classroom to help the children through transitions and conflicts.<\/p>\n
If we want to succeed, we must give schools more freedom and more resources to organize teaching flexibly. It is not enough to say that teachers “just” need to differentiate \u2013 they need concrete tools, supervision, and enough colleagues to carry out the task together.<\/p>\n
In my own neurodidactic approach, I teach teachers and educators how they can work consciously with safety and the biology of the nervous system. When one understands this, one can create learning environments that regulate students’ nervous systems, promote calm, and increase children’s ability to learn. This is not just good for children with autism and ADHD \u2013 it is good for all children.<\/p>\n
I have stopped working at S\u00f8stjerneskolen and instead spend time teaching at colleges, in municipalities, and in schools \u2013 together with passionate individuals who daily try to reach the children.<\/p>\n
There is no shortcut to safety and well-being. Every single child must be seen, acknowledged, and feel wanted. It is not exams and tests that create joy in learning \u2013 it is people.<\/p>\n
Watch ‘The School’s Lost Children’ \u2013 and let us create a safe public school where children do not get sick from system stress and end up as the school’s lost children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DR is showing the documentary series ‘The School’s Lost Children’ in five episodes by Jens Langhorn \u2013 about involuntary school absenteeism.
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