Validation of the Ford Score as a Measure for Predicting the Level of Emotional and Behavioural Problems in Mainstream Schools

Bellis M. A. Hughes K. Morleo M. Tocque K. Hughes S. Allen T. Harrison D. Fe-Rodriguez E. (2007), ‘Predictors of risky alcohol consumption in schoolchildren and their implications for preventing alcohol-related harm’, Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Policy 2, 15.

Collishaw S. Maughan B. Goodman R. Pickles A. (2004), ‘Time trends in adolescent mental health’, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 45 (8), 1350–62.

Daniels H. Visser J. Cole T. de Reybekill N. (1999), Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties in Mainstream Schools, Research Report 90, London: HMSO.

Department for Education and Skills (1997), Excellence in Schools, London: HMSO.

Department for Education and Skills (2005), Child Poverty: Fair Funding for Schools, London: DfES/Treasury.

Department for Education and Skills (2006), Technical Review of Deprivation Indicators (September 2006). Available (26 February 2008) at www.teachernet.gov.uk.

Department for Education and Skills (2007), ‘Special educational needs in England, January 2007’, National Statistics First Release: SFR 20/2007, London: Department for Education and Skills.

Ford T. Goodman R. (2005), ‘The Ford score: A simple measure for predicting the level of emotional and behavioural problems within mainstream schools’, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties 10, 219–33.

Ford T. Goodman R. Meltzer H. (2003), ‘The British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Survey, 1999: The prevalence of DSM-IV disorders’, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 42 (10), 1203–11.

Ford T. Hamilton H. Meltzer H. Goodman R. (2007), ‘Child mental health is everybody's business; the prevalence of contacts with public sector services by the types of disorder among British schoolchildren in a three-year period’, Child and Adolescent Mental Health 12, 13–20.

Goodman R. (1997), ‘The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A research note’, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 38 (5), 581–6.

Goodman R. (2001), ‘Psychometric properties of the Strengths and Difficulties questionnaire’, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 40 (11), 1337–45.

Goodman R. Ford T. Richards H. Gatward R. Meltzer H. (2000), ‘The Development and Well-being Assessment: Description and initial validation of an integrated assessment of child and adolescent psychopathology’, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 41 (5), 645–55.

Graham P. (2000), ‘Mental health must be “centre stage” in child welfare’, Archives of Disease in Childhood 83 (1), 4–7.

Green H. McGinnity A. Meltzer H. Ford T. Goodman R. (2005), Mental Health of Children and Young People in Great Britain, 2004, Palgrave: Macmillan.

Hendry J. (2000), Who Holds the Purse? Funding Schools to meet Special Educational Needs, Slough: National Foundation for Educational Research.

Judd M. (2007), personal communication during meeting at the Department for Children, Schools and Families, 17 October 2007.

Marsh A. (1997), Current Practice for Resourcing Additional Educational Needs in Local Educational Authorities, Slough: National Foundation for Educational Research.

Meltzer H. Gatward R. Goodman R. Ford T. (2000), Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in Great Britain, London: Stationery Office.

National Statistics (2007), Super Output Areas (SOAs): Frequently Asked Questions. Available (26 September 2007) at www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/soa.asp.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2004), The English Indices of deprivation, 2004: Summary (Revised). Available (26 February 2008) at www.communities.gov.uk.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2007), Indices of Deprivation, 2004: Population Denominators. Available (26 February 2008) at www.communities.gov.uk.

Rutter M. Smith D. J. , eds (1995), Psychosocial Disorders in Young People, Chichester: Wiley.

World Health Organisation (1993), The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders: Diagnostic Criteria for Research, Geneva: World Health Organisation.

World Health Organisation (2003), Caring for Children and Adolescents with Mental Disorders, Geneva: World Health Organisation.