Trajectories and transitions in the cognitive and educational development of disabled children and young people

Project ran 2013- 2014 (completed)

Trajectories and transitions in the cognitive and educational development of disabled children and young people is a research project which aims to develop a better understanding of disabled children’s early cognitive development and their subsequent educational transitions.

The project is a collaboration between the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, the National Children’s Bureau and the Council for Disabled Children and is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. It is also part of a wider body of work, From school to work: getting on equally, which examines how children progress through school and on to university and work, what factors and aspects of their lives help them get on and thrive and what things hold them back.

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The data

This project uses data from two longitudinal studies:

Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) , which has followed the lives of 19,000 children born between 2000-2002.

Next Steps, previously known as the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England, LSYPE)which has tracked nearly 16,000 young people first surveyed as they turned 13/14.

Roles and responsibilities

I lead the project, working closely with Becky Fauth, Stella Chatzitheochari, Helena Jelicic and Sam Parsons.

Project outputs

Research from the project has been published in Sociology and and we have also created a number of summaries, which have been produced with non academics in mind. All our outputs from the project are freely available online and to download.