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Case Studies: Behaviour
Toni, aged 13
Toni was referred to Jamie’s Farm, with her teachers reporting “Toni has seven older brothers and sisters. Her siblings are all grown-up. Toni’s mother feels that one of the reasons that Toni misbehaves is that all of her siblings tell her what to do. Toni resents adults telling her what to do when she is in school. She hates any attempts to control her time, attention or actions.”
Through therapeutic activity during the week, it became apparent that Toni had in the past found it difficult to build trust and relationships with adults. She appeared self sufficient and at first did not respond to any positive feedback. Over the course of her conversations with our psychotherapist and through activities on the farm, Toni softened, making eye contact and appeared to her teachers by the end of the week as ‘glowing’.
After two months teachers reported “her internal truancy has decreased, she fewer head to heads, was in top 20% and has now slipped from high profile at risk category”. Toni showed improvement in all five referral categories to the surprise of her teachers. Toni exceeded targets in English Maths and Science by more than one grade at the end of the year, and is no longer considered by the school to be at risk of exclusion. Her teachers say she is ‘generally more settled’ in the school and in herself as a result of the Jamie’s Farm experience.
