Papers relating to the Tayside Special Education School-Leavers project carried out by May and carried out by May and Hughes.

• Reference:GB 254 RU 857/2
• Dates of Creation:c 1970
• Name of Creator:
  Stephen A. Richardson, David May, David Hughes And James Hogg
• Physical Description:
  8 boxes

• Scope and Content

  This study was carried out in the early 1980s of the experience of school-leaving by pupils in Special Education from Tayside. The research adopted an ethnographic approach. Extensive participant observation by several field workers was carried out in schools, colleges, hospital wards, adult training centres and other institutions over a two year period yielding several volumes of field-notes. In addition almost 300 wide-ranging, semi-structured interviews were conducted with the young people themselves, their parents, and the many professionals (teachers, care workers, careers officers, social workers, nurses) involved in the leaving process, all of which are fully transcribed. c 33 were residents of Strathmartine

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Other Finding Aids

  Descriptive list.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  The records are on paper.

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Durham Burt, Archives Assistant, 03/03/2011.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Location of Originals

  The records are original.

• Additional Information

  Published