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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'Advocacy makes you feel brave': Advocacy support for children and young people in Scotland

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.

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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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How to Make Presentations Accessible to All

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.

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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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Fife Children's Rights Strategy and Action Plan for 2010 - 11

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.

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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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