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...research reveals the highly personal nature of much writing. Threaded through our data from the Arvon residential we can see a strong sense of ‘writing from the heart’. In some ways this not surprising; we know that writers draw on their lives and as Berlie Doherty observed many years ago, ‘fiction is a combination of I remember and let’s pretend’. But it...

...Research also shows that a lack of diagnosis can have a significant impact on individual lives. This ranges from lower grades to lower self-esteem and many things in between. And these impacts are not just felt in childhood but have a lasting impact on adulthood too. So what is the truth about overdiagnosis? It is true that there has been an increase in diagnosis of...

...research by Dobson and Stephenson (published in the UKLA Journal Literacy) and not only does it represent a clear cause for concern, it calls for action. Young people can feel distanced from the act of writing, particularly if teachers retain too strong a grasp on the curriculum reins and construct writing as a technical exercise in compliance at the expense of developing...