Date: 2nd August 2010
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance

This new edition includes information from all NHS Board and Local Authority Commissioners as well as from most advocacy organisations. It details statutory and non-statutory spending on advocacy in the 2009-2010 year as well as giving a picture of the numbers of people accessing advocacy during that period.

Date: 1st August 2010
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People

A RIGHT blether is an exciting national consultation to make sure children and young people's opinions about what is needed to improve and safeguard the quality of their lives are heard and acted upon by the people who make important decisions.

Date: 19th July 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Scottish Government

In 2008, the Scottish Government published A Guide to Getting it right for every child, which explains the approach, especially the Values and Principles, Core Components and the National Practice Model.

Date: 7th July 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Audit Commission

Since 1990, a yearly government survey has indicated that between 9 and 10 per cent of 16 to 18 year olds is without a wage, schooling or training. This new study looks at the financial, personal and social cost of teenagers who are so-called NEET - not in education, employment or training.

Date: 1st July 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Government

Getting it right for every child is a fundamental way of working that builds on research and practice evidence to help practitioners focus on what makes a positive difference for children and young people and act to deliver these improvements.

Date: 1st July 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Parenting across Scotland

In the autumn, Parenting across Scotland ran a telephone helpline survey of parents. PAS helpline partners, ParentLine Scotland, Capability Scotland, One Parent Families Scotland and Stepfamily Scotland asked callers about their experiences of parenting in the recession.

Date: 1st July 2010
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author: Scottish Human Rights Commission

The Scottish Human Rights Commission supported the filming and production of a series of short films entitled 'The Ten Wee Commandments'. The films were made by young people in Glasgow and are inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Date: 1st July 2010
Category: Mental health
Author: Christina McMellon

This report highlights the findings from a consultation which was undertaken with specific groups of children and young people in order to inform the NHS Health Scotland draft framework for children and young people's mental health indicators.

Date: 1st July 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: National Offender Management Service

This document has been created by NOMS to train staff in safe methods of restraining young people in secure training centres.

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.

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.

Date: 1st June 2010
Category: Right to life, survival and development
Author: International Labour Organization

In 2006, the International Labor Organization (ILO) laid out a Global Action Plan designed to eliminate the worst forms of child labor by 2016. The plan represented the most ambitious agenda since the 1999 ILO Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention 182.

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.

Date: 1st June 2010
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Susan Elsley

This report presents the findings from a scoping study into advocacy support for children and young people in Scotland.

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: 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.

Date: 24th May 2010
Category: Children with disabilities, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Policies & procedures
Author: World Wide Web Consortium

Do you remember a time when people around you broke out in laughter, but you didn't hear the joke? Be careful not to leave out information for some people in your audience. For example, if you say 'you can read it on the slide', you are probably excluding people who cannot see the slide.

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'.

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: 2nd April 2010
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Fife Voluntary Sector Children’s Forum

Fife is the first Local Authority to develop a Children's Rights Strategy and Action Plan. This was done in partnership with children and young people involving Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People - Tam Baillie - who came to Fife to consult with children.