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Other Lives: relationships of young disabled men on the margins of alternative provision - 11th March

Date: Monday 11th March 2024

Time: 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Venue: Online via Zoom

This webinar focuses on the experiences of a small group of so-called ‘hard-to-reach’ disabled young men in Alternative Provisions (APs). Supporting young people has largely focused on the use of professional interventions. The paper contrasts the young men’s experiences of professional service interventions with the complementary functions of social and psychological capital embedded in their own friendship networks.

The webinar explores how young people themselves are important agents in providing mutuality and solidarity, which can enhance various and varied life-course transitions. This has implications for how young people facing risks associated with school exclusion and marginalisation can best be supported.

Dr Craig Johnston

Dr Craig Johnston is a senior lecturer in Criminology at UWE Bristol, UK. Craig’s teaching and research interests lie in the study of youth justice, alternative school provision (exclusion) and the social and sociality affecting individuals and communities. Craig also has over 25 years' work experience in and beyond the fields of Youth Justice, Psychology, Education, Social Work and Health in the UK and USA.

For more information, please contact Dr. Fiona Cullen, Dr. Shalini Bhorkar.

Centre for Research into the Education of Marginalised Children and Young Adults (CREMCYA).

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