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.

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.

Date: 31st March 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Aberdeenshire Council

A guide to meetings for looked after children was created following the 'Tell It Like It Is Conference' in March 2010 in Inverurie.

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).

Date: 1st March 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People

The findings of a small pilot study to explore the experiences of children and young people who have had a family member sent to prison.

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.

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.

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.

Date: 1st December 2008
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Who Cares? Scotland

A report about the young people's perceptions and experiences of secure care.

Date: 1st December 2008
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Who Cares? Scotland

This publication presents young people's perceptions and experiences of secure care.

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.

Date: 2nd June 2008
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish Government

This delivery plan signals the Scottish Government commitement to get it right for children and young people affected by domestic abuse, their families and communities.

Date: 4th February 2008
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Children's Parliament

A report on the wee democracy project development phase: exploring the interface between the rights of the child and family life in Scotland today.

Date: 1st January 2008
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Highland Children’s Forum

The final report from a 3 year study with 270+ children and young people asking about their experience and views about the Scottish Well-being Indicators, that children should be 'Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurtured, Active, Respected & Responsible and Included'.

Date: 1st January 2008
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Who Cares? Scotland

As part of Who Cares? Scotland 30th anniversary activities on Celebrating Success and Challenging Stigma, the organisation consulted children and young people on what success means to them.

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.

Date: 3rd December 2007
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish Government

National strategy for kinship care, public fostering and private fostering.

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.

Date: 15th January 2007
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Office of Public Sector Information

An Act of the Scottish Parliament to restate and amend the law relating to adoption; to make other provision in relation to the care of children; to enable provision to be made in relation to allowances in respect of certain children; and for connected purposes.

Date: 1st December 2006
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Aberlour Child Care Trust

The report raises awareness of the estimated 100,000 Scottish children affected by parental alcohol use and explores the differences between problem parental alcohol use and drug use and the impact on children.