Baseline report on Angus GIRFEC Learning Partnership for children affected by parental substance misuse (CAPSM)

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).

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Perspectives of children and young people with a parent in prison

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.

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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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Lothian and Borders Police Youth Strategy for 2010 - 2013: Hearing the Views of Children

Date: 1st March 2010
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Children's Parliament

Lothian and Borders Police are currently developing their Youth Strategy for 2010-2013 and asked the Children's Parliament to bring together children from the policing area to give them an opportunity to contribute their knowledge and ideas. The Children's Parliament approached eight schools to represent the diversity of the five local authorities in the area. Participating children were aged 8 to 14 years old.

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Children's Hearings Reform - The views of children in Scotland

Date: 1st February 2010
Category: Policies & procedures, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Children's Parliament

The Scottish Government Children's Hearings Reforms Team asked the Children's Parliament to speak with children who had been to a Children's Hearing to find out what that was like and what could be improved.

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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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Single Outcome Agreements for Scottish Local Government, 2009-10: A thematic analysis by the Children's Voluntary Sector Policy Officers' Network

Date: 4th January 2010
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People

This report looks at the extent to which children's issues have been addressed and priortised in Single Outcome Agreements for 2009-10. The review finds that there has been some improvement in relation to the treatment of children's issues since the first round of SOAs.

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Improving education for children living in poverty Scotland Policy Brief 2010

Date: 4th January 2010
Category:
Author: Save the Children

This is a research to help better understand how poverty affects children and their families, and what needs to change to end child poverty in Scotland for good.

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Children of Conflict

Date: 1st January 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Right to life, survival and development, Children in situations of exploitation
Author: World Vision UK

A Children of Conflict website prepared by the BBC World Service reporters who visited war zones on several continents to investigate what is happening to children.

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Not Just a Phase: A Guide to the Participation of Children and Young People in Health Services

Date: 1st January 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Not Just a Phase provides information to ensure the safe, meaningful and ethical participation of children and young people within the delivery of quality child health services and practically demonstrates how we can contribute towards creating a culture of participation.

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