In December 2009, ABA was commissioned by government to investigate 'what works' in tackling the bullying of children with Special Educational Needs and disabilities following the Lamb Inquiry into Special Educational Needs and Parental Confidence.

The resulting project is examining both the literature on this topic as well as existing practice and will be issuing research papers and practical briefings regularly.

The first paper to be posted here is the review scoping study, which aims to assess the scale and scope of the evidence for identifying the most effective approaches that schools can take to prevent and respond to bullying of children with special needs and disabilities.

This was completed in March 2010. The next paper, due for publication at the end of July 2010, will be the full literature review.

McLaughlin, C., Byers, R. and Peppin Vaughan, R. (2010) Scoping Study: responding to bullying among children with special educational needs and disabilities