School Social Work Practice with Special Needs Children in Northern
Ireland: Activity and Action Accounts
Abstract
The aim of this manuscript is summary of the implementation of a School
Behavioural Engagement program to stop the low-level violence of special
education children in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Action research was
used in terms of the children’s participation in their identified social
activities (e.g., school behavioural engagement program). Some children
said, “It was a good program as it stopped them from fighting with each
other” and other children said, “It was fun”. There was a reduction
in hitting one another and they felt less anger towards each other. They
also demonstrated some positive conduct (e.g. some children even brought
their own ball from home and shared with the other children).