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This chapter discusses the parent perspective in terms of what parents of students attending the SSL think about their child’s involvement. Over time, a number of projects have examined parent perceptions but the most recent one is discussed in this chapter. This particular project involved surveying and interviewing parents of students attending the three SSL campuses during Terms 3 and 4 of the 2012 school year. While the sample is not large, it certainly provides support to the large body of anecdotal evidence about the very high level of parent satisfaction with the SSL. The findings from the interviews conducted with 15 parents have already been published in a refereed conference paper, which is referred to later in this chapter. The findings from the pre- and post-surveys completed by 38 parents indicated that parents were aware of both the benefits and challenges faced by their children. Moreover, they had very high expectations in terms of the type of growth in understanding of self, others and the ecosystem in which they were living, as outcomes of the SSL experience. Post-survey results illustrated that these expectations were not only met but exceeded.

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Plunkett, M., Dyson, M. (2018). The Parent Perspective. In: Dyson, M., Plunkett, M. (eds) Surviving, Thriving and Reviving in Adolescence. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5732-8_7

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