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All nine students felt that at least one statement had become worse but they also all<br />

improved, or showed no change, in others. Of particular importance, all students<br />

showed improvement or no change in their answer to the statement ‘I hate it when<br />

someone says “well done” to me’. This is interesting because inability to accept<br />

praise is closely linked with low self-esteem and confidence in the classroom.<br />

In both schools there is a mixture of results for the statement ‘I find it difficult to<br />

make things up and be creative’ with almost as many students reporting improvement<br />

as those who did not. This contrasts with the many comments the students made after<br />

music therapy to the interviewer about feeling spontaneous, free and creative when<br />

they improvised musically (7.7.1).<br />

The Centre School students presented varied responses to the statements on school<br />

(II), as shown in figure 6.5.2.3. For these statements, an increase in shift indicates<br />

improvement.<br />

Figure 6.5.2.3 The Centre School students: responses to school (II)<br />

Shift<br />

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Shift in school categories (II)<br />

Centre School<br />

Individual students<br />

I look forward to school<br />

I try and join in lessons<br />

I care about my school work<br />

I like trying new things<br />

I can concentrate in lessons<br />

This graph shows more negative (64%) than positive shifts (36%) in these statements<br />

but more than half the number of students (52%) reported no change in one or more<br />

statement. Two students (25%) showed improvement in at least two statements.<br />

Considering how removed The Centre School students can feel from what the<br />

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