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In a recent study of girls development by Mikel Brown and Gilligan (1982) show that
during adolescence girls loses the ability to express their real feelings and opinions.
They describe this as a loss of voice. They argue that girls do this to avoid
endangering relationships and that it has long term consequences for the development
of women. As a result they argue for the need to encourage adolescent girls to express
difference and disagreement. This would suggest that procedures in the classroom,
such as negotiations . (Bovair et al 1997:42)
(Bovair et al 1993:39)
There is increasing evidence of the need for schools to support children with social/
emotional development, in particular addressing the issue of self-esteem (Bovair &
McLaughlin, 2012, p98).
The counsellor and teacher meet the needs of their pupils by giving them support,
hope; through counselling and listening they give them courage. Teaching assistants
hear a lot, SEN workers are there to support the childrens learning and learning
mentors are there to guide them. Buddying systems, conflict resolution, peer
mentoring, learning mentors,
Bibliography
Lines,D.(2006) Brief counselling in schools, London (2nd Edition) SAGE