Soutenir le personnel des ecoles ordinaires en Angleterre afin de repondre aux besoins des filles autistes et de lutter contre les inegalites educatives

Titre original en anglais : Supporting mainstream school staff in England to meet the needs and address educational inequalities in autistic girls

Ward, M. & Powell, L. (2025). Supporting mainstream school staff in England to meet the needs and address educational inequalities in autistic girls. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2025.2560002

Date de publication: 25/09/2025 Ajout dans AutiHub: 09/08/2026 Type: Article Langue de l’article: Anglais

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Les filles autistes connaissent souvent des inegalites educatives et un soutien inadequat dans les ecoles, ce qui conduit a de mauvais resultats en matiere d'education, de sante et de bien-etre. En reponse, la politique educative exige que les ecoles ordinaires adoptent, lorsque cela est possible, des pratiques inclusives pour les enfants et les jeunes (CYP) ayant des besoins educatifs particuliers et des handicaps, y compris les CYP autistes. Toutefois, les enseignants signalent des obstacles complexes a la mise en place de pratiques inclusives, notamment un manque de formation et de ressources, une deterioration de la sante mentale des CYP apres la pandemie et un manque de savoir-faire quant au soutien a apporter aux filles autistes afin qu'elles participent a l'education ordinaire. Cette etude a adopte une approche de la neurodiversite pour explorer les difficultes auxquelles 17 membres du personnel d'ecoles ordinaires etaient confrontes et formule des recommandations concernant les pratiques inclusives pour les filles autistes dans les ecoles ordinaires. Trois themes et un sous-theme ont ete elabores au moyen d'une analyse thematique des donnees issues d'entretiens individuels et collectifs : (1) Formation inefficace et incoherente ; (2) Le temps comme obstacle (sous-theme : exigences de soutien pastoral et epuisement mental) ; (3) Recommandations pour les formations futures. Les recherches futures devraient examiner comment adapter la formation aux besoins du personnel ainsi qu'aux besoins specifiques des filles autistes issues de minorites ethniques et LGBTQ+. Les recommandations revetiront une importance pratique pour faire progresser la comprehension des mesures qui doivent etre prises dans les ecoles et par les decideurs politiques afin de parvenir a des pratiques inclusives pour les filles autistes dans les contextes d'education ordinaire.

Autistic girls often experience educational inequalities and inadequate support in schools that lead to poor educational, health and wellbeing outcomes. In response, education policy requires mainstream schools to adopt inclusive practices for children and young people (CYP) with special educational needs and disabilities, including autistic CYP, where possible. However, teachers report complex barriers to inclusive practice provision, including a lack of training and resources, mental health deterioration among CYP post-pandemic and a lack of how to support autistic girls to engage in mainstream education. This study adopted a neurodiversity approach to explore challenges that 17 mainstream school staff faced and provides recommendations for inclusive practices for autistic girls in mainstream schools. Three themes and one subtheme were developed through thematic analysis of interview and group interview data: (1) Ineffective and inconsistent training; (2) Time as a barrier (subtheme: Pastoral support demands and mental exhaustion); (3) Future training recommendations. Future research should explore how to tailor training to staff needs and the specific needs of ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ autistic girls. Recommendations will have practical significance in advancing understanding of action that must be taken in schools and by policymakers to achieve inclusive practices for autistic girls in mainstream education settings.

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