A Brief Guide to Easy Read

Date: 1st April 2010
Category: Children with disabilities, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish Accessible Information Forum

This guide will tell you more about what Easy Read means, give you some top tips on how to do it and provide links to other useful publications which will give you more detailed information. The guide also lists some organisations who can produce your documents in an easy read format.

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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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A Right Blether

Date: 1st March 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Policies & procedures, UK 1st periodic review
Author: Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People

Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People has created five 'rights workshops' with creative extras to help children and young people understand more about their rights.

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Participants, not pawns: Guidance on consulting with children and young people on school closures (and other significant changes)

Date: 1st March 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Policies & procedures
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People

This guidance has been launched to help local authorities ensure that their consultation with children and young people is meaningful, credible and commands the respect of children and young people, their parents/carers and the wider community.

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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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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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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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Valuing Young People: Principles and connections to support young people achieve their potential

Date: 1st April 2009
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Scottish Government

Designed in partnership with COSLA as a helpful tool offering a set of common principles for organisations working with young people.

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Children's Rights at School - Children's views

Date: 2nd March 2009
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Children's Parliament

Fifty members of the Children's Parliament (MCPs) gathered to talk about their experiences and aspirations for Scotland's Schools. The children worked with artists to create a labyrinth of ideas.

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Building Schools Better Outcomes: Guidance for local authorities and others interested in building better schools in, and with the community

Date: 1st January 2009
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People

This guidance provides practical support to local authorities building new schools. It has been prepared following careful consideration of the Scottish Government's National Outcomes and is designed to assist with the delivery of those outcomes and the associated Single Outcome Agreements that have been drawn up by local authorities in association with the Scottish Government.

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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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You can make a difference - A practical guide for parents and carers

Date: 3rd November 2008
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author:

This booklet, designed for parents and carers, offers practical advice and guidance on dealing with bullying behaviour among children and young people.

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A guide to Getting it right for every child

Date: 22nd September 2008
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Scottish Government

This guide provides an overview of the Getting it right for every child approach and developments so far.

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Involving children and young people in decisions about their education

Date: 2nd June 2008
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Enquire

This guide has lots of information about planning, with tips for being inclusive and is aimed at education staff and anyone who wants to involve children and young people in decisions.

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Children's Rights - series of lesson plans on children's rights for ages 8 - 10

Date: 1st January 2008
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Policies & procedures
Author: Oxfam

Explore the difference between wants, needs, and rights with this series of lessons for ages 8-10. Activities include designing a poster, debating the issues, and writing letters in support of children's rights.

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Acorns and Conkers

Date: 1st January 2008
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Play Scotland

This publication provides an evidence base of the concerns and creative practice developed by the Play Sector to compensate for the inadequate support the child's right to play in Scotland.

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A different class

Date: 1st January 2008
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Who Cares? Scotland

This is a report on the educational attainment of young people in care.

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Cyberbullying: Are you switched on?

Date: 5th November 2007
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author:

This booklet offers practical advice and guidance on dealing with cyberbullying and keeping children and young people safe online.

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Persistent Young Offenders: A study of children identified as persistent young offenders in Scotland

Date: 1st November 2007
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Equal protection from violence, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

This research looks at trends in the children identified as persistent young offenders, specifically the gender, age and local authority areas and how long the children continued to meet the persistent young offender definition.

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