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  • Guidance to help homeless children

    Date: 29th June 2010
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare
    Author: Scottish Government

    New Statutory Guidance relating to meeting the best interests of children facing homelessness has been published by the Scottish Government.

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  • Media Coverage of Child Deaths in the UK: The Impact of Baby P: A Case for Influence?

    Date: 8th June 2010
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author: Susan Elsley

    This briefing paper explores the extent to which recent UK media coverage has influenced policy on child death cases due to abuse and neglect, focusing on traditional print news coverage of the death of Peter Connelly, known as Baby P. It is informed by an exploration of newspaper reporting on the Baby P. Case.

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  • Cotton wool kids safety myths demolished

    Date: 1st June 2010
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author: Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People

    This guidance aims to tackle the risk averse culture that sees children miss out on outdoor activities because staff fear being sued or blamed if an accident occurs.

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  • National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland: Consultation

    Date: 1st June 2010
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Children with disabilities, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author: Scottish Government

    The revised National Guidance on Child Protection reflects this changed and changing landscape; and also the Scottish Government's distinctive and strong commitment to working in partnership with practitioners across the child protection sector to best support local practice at national level.

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  • Guidance on partnership working between allied health professions and education

    Date: 27th May 2010
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
    Author: Scottish Government

    The Chief Health Professions Officer at the Scottish Government is currently working with Learning Directorate colleagues to support a partnership approach to enhancing access to therapy services for children and young people.

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  • Getting It Right for Young Gypsy/Travellers

    Date: 3rd May 2010
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare
    Author: Article 12

    What is it like to live on the fringes of mainstream society and face discrimination on a daily basis? This report by Article 12 in Scotland's Young Gypsy/Travellers' Lives Project, is launched to raise awareness of the lack of cultural specific provision, support and opportunity available to young Gypsy/Travellers and the need for key decision makers and the 'settled' community to 'think inclusion'.

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  • Families as Learning Partners

    Date: 3rd May 2010
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Children with disabilities, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author: Enquire

    This year's Enquire 2010 Annual Conference theme was the importance of the role families play as learning partners, looking at how children, parents, carers and the wider community can be more effectively involved and engaged in the education of children with additional support needs.

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  • "It is not about money and resources. It is about empathy and intuition."

    Date: 1st April 2010
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General measures of implementation
    Author: Highland Children’s Forum

    A report on a consultation with children and families about the new Getting it Right for Every Child approach asking how well listened to a involved children and families felt in the Child's Plan.

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  • Baseline report on Angus GIRFEC Learning Partnership for children affected by parental substance misuse (CAPSM)

    Date: 1st March 2010
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Policies & procedures
    Author: Scottish Government

    A Baseline Report of the action research project in Angus to inform the development of Getting it right for every child and the work of the ADP/CPC to address the needs of Children Affected by Parental Substance Misuse (CAPSM).

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  • Dealing with bullying and the importance of friends

    Date: 4th January 2010
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author: ChildLine in Partnerships

    A pack for teachers working with young people who are not accessing mainstream education. It can also be used in informal educative settings such as youth clubs. This pack aims to raise awareness of bullying and help students to recognise that friends can be a good form of support.

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  • Children of Conflict

    Date: 1st January 2010
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Right to life, survival and development, Children in situations of exploitation
    Author: World Vision UK

    A Children of Conflict website prepared by the BBC World Service reporters who visited war zones on several continents to investigate what is happening to children.

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  • Not Just a Phase: A Guide to the Participation of Children and Young People in Health Services

    Date: 1st January 2010
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Respect for the views of the child
    Author: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

    Not Just a Phase provides information to ensure the safe, meaningful and ethical participation of children and young people within the delivery of quality child health services and practically demonstrates how we can contribute towards creating a culture of participation.

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  • The Autism Toolbox: An Autism Resource for Scottish Schools

    Date: 2nd November 2009
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare
    Author: Scottish Government

    The Autism Toolbox is designed to support Education Authorities, Schools and Pre-schools in the delivery of service and planning for children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

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  • Sexual bullying in education settings

    Date: 1st September 2009
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Children in situations of exploitation
    Author: National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)

    This policy points out how important is to uphold every child's right to protection from all forms of violence and exploitation and to a safe education, and to increase recognition that sexual bullying prevents the full enjoyment of these rights.

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  • A critical review of the literature on children and young people’s views of the factors that influence their mental health

    Date: 1st September 2009
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare
    Author: NHS Health Scotland

    This study was commissioned in order to examine what children and youngpeople themselves perceive to be important in affecting their mental health forgood or ill and was undertaken in the form of a systematic review of bothpublished peer-reviewed and 'grey' literature.

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  • Neglect matters: A guide for young people about neglect

    Date: 1st June 2009
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author: ChildLine

    A guide for 11-17 year-olds which tells young people how they can recognise neglect, who they can turn to for help and what they can do about it.

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  • Surviving sexual abuse: An easy-read guide

    Date: 1st January 2009
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Children with disabilities
    Author: Enable Scotland

    Easy-read format for people with learning disabilities who have experienced sexual abuse. It describes what sexual abuse is, how people can protect themselves from abuse and what they can do if they have been abused.

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  • Child Protection: National Guidance

    Date: 1st January 2009
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author: Scottish Government

    A National Child Protection Guidance provides a national framework for agencies and practitioners at local level to draw up and agree on their ways of working to promote the welfare and safety of children and young people.

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  • Speak Up! Speak Out!

    Date: 1st January 2009
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Children with disabilities, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
    Author: Enable Scotland

    This booklet was produced by young people of varying levels of ability in an inclusive photography project in East Dunbartonshire and is on the theme of young people's rights in various areas including bullying, advocacy and friendship.

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  • Children talking to ChildLine about bullying

    Date: 3rd November 2008
    Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
    Author: ChildLine

    This report is based on detailed analysis of calls to ChildLine, a free confidential helpline for children and young people in the UK, between April 2007 and March 2008.

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