The Voluntary Sector and GIRFEC Implementation

Date: 4th October 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Pupil Inclusion Network Scotland

PINS works to connect voluntary sector practitioners with developments and debates in Scottish education; with a particular focus on the most vulnerable, disaffected and excluded pupils.

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Self-directed Support: A National Strategy for Scotland

Date: 4th October 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Government

This report presents a 10 year strategy for self-directed support in Scotland which aims to set out and drive a cultural shift around the delivery of support that views people as equal citizens with rights and responsibilities.

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Disabled children: a legal handbook

Date: 1st October 2010
Category: Children with disabilities
Author: Luke Clements and Janet Read

Disabled children: a legal handbook is an authoritative, yet accessible, guide to the legal rights of disabled children and their families in England and Wales. The authors expertly navigate the many, often overlapping, sources of law, explaining the difference between what public bodies must do to support disabled children and that which they may do.

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How Fair is Britain?

Date: 1st October 2010
Category: Policies & procedures
Author:

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published its first Triennial Review, 'How fair is Britain?', reporting on equality, human rights and good relations in 2010.

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Positive Images Toolkit

Date: 1st October 2010
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: British Red Cross

The Positive Images toolkit is an educational resource for teachers, youth workers and other educators that can be used to teach young people, aged 12 and over, about migration and development.

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Statistics Publication Notice: Health and Care Series: Children's Social Work Statistics 2009/10

Date: 29th September 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish Government

This publication contains the latest statistics in relation to child protection, secure care accommodation and close support care accommodation.

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Young People and Children in Mental Health Services Report

Date: 1st September 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Mental Welfare Commission

Since 2005 the Mental Welfare Commission has been monitoring what happens to children or young people under 18 if they are admitted to non-specialist settings, such as adult mental health or general paediatric wards, for the treatment of mental illness. The Commission made this a priority because of the duty placed on NHS Boards to provide age appropriate services and accommodation, and because of the particular vulnerability of young people with a mental illness.

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Child Health – Early Years FNP Core Briefing

Date: 1st September 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Family Nurse Partnership

This briefing paper provides us with the evidence on FNP in England and implications for Scotland and describes the programme's background, benefits and outcomes.

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Know Your Rights Game

Date: 1st September 2010
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Children's Commissioner for Wales

This is an interactive game for children and young pepole on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

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TrueTube

Date: 1st September 2010
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: CTVC

TrueTube is an online, multimedia resource which helps educators focus on hard to teach subjects. With a particular focus on English, RE, PSHE and Citizenship, TrueTube features over 70 hours of short-form, hard hitting pieces of media designed specifically to start discussion on a broad range of social topics: Faith and Conflict, Cyber Bullying, Human Rights, Gangs and Homelessness to name but a few.

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