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Postgraduate Research StudyIs there adequate policy, guidance and provision to safeguard children with learning difficulties who self harm? A case study of a London Borough.

Protocol Number: SSHL 08/09-104

INFORMATION SHEET FOR PARTICIPANTS

You or willing members of staff from your school are being invited to be involved in this research study. Before you decide whether you want to take part, it is important for you to understand why the research is being done and what your participation will involve. Please take time to read the following information carefully and discuss it with other members of staff from your school if you wish. Please contact me if anything is unclear or if you would like more information. Take time to decide whether or not you wish to take part.Thank you for reading this.

What is the purpose of the study?This part of the study is to try and understand whether existing policy, guidance and provision within the UK is sufficient to safeguard young people with learning difficulties and/or learning disabilities who self harm and explore if it caters for their specific needs.

Why have I been chosen?You are being invited to take part in this study, as special schools are in a good position to offer insight into this topic, and express views on whether national and local policy, guidelines and initiatives around self harm have positive outcomes for children with learning difficulties and comment on experiences of disclosure and referral.

What will participation involve?The interview can be carried out within the school or at the civic centre in.........; whichever would be more convenient for you. The interview will be based around a semi structured interview pattern and will take approximately 30-40 minutes. It is intended as an opportunity for you to express your views on the

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appropriateness and adequacy of national, local and school based policies and initiatives, and whether these have positive outcomes for children with learning difficulties that self harm. The interview will be tape recorded, and later transcribed into text form. Recordings of interviews will be deleted upon transcription. You would be very welcome to a copy of the final report.

As part of the presentation of results, your own words may be used in text form. This will be anonymised, so that you cannot be identified from what you said. All of the research data will be stored as hard copy at Kings College London for 1 year.Please note that:

You can decide to stop the interview at any point You need not answer questions that you do not wish to Your name will be removed from the information and anonymised. It should not be

possible to identify anyone from my reports on this study.

It is up to you to decide whether to take part or not. If you decide to take part you are still free to withdraw during the interview or any time up until 31st May 2009 and without giving a reason. If you withdraw from the study all data will be withdrawn and destroyed.If you do decide to take part you will be given this information sheet to keep and be asked to sign a consent form.

If this study has harmed you in any way you can contact King's College London using the details below for further advice and information:

Supervisor’s nameDepartment addressEmailPhone

Contact for further informationRachael Carter

Department addressEmailPhone

Thank you

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“Keeping children and young people safe”

Information sheet for you!

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Hello, my name is Rachael and I am looking at how children who have hurt themselves are kept safe. Please have a look at this leaflet and call me if you have any questions, or would like to be interviewed. Thank you for reading this.

This part of the study is to try and understand your experience of self-harm, how you felt, and how you were helped.

What is the study about?

Why have I been chosen?

You are very important and with your help we can learn more about how to keep young people safe!

I will be asking you some questions about how you felt when you self harmed, if you felt you get help or tell somebody, and how you were helped after.

It can take place in your school or at the civic centre.

It will take 20-30 minutes.If you agree, it will be recorded on to an audio tape.

I will use your words but not your name – No one will know who you are!

What will happen in the interview?

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If you are under 18 and would like to take part, then we will need your parents consent.

Can I stop the interview?

You can stop the interview any time.

You do not need to answer any questions you don’t want to.

You can stop the interview at any time, and you can pull out of the study up until 31st May 2009 without saying why.

Will the things I tell you be kept secret?

No one will know who you are but if you tell me something that indicates that you, or another child, are at risk of quite serious harm then I may need to tell somebody else to keep you safe.

If you feel this study has harmed you in any way you can contact King's College London using the details below:

Supervisor’s name

Telephone number

Email address

Please feel free to contact me with any questions:Rachael Carter

Telephone number

Email address

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