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SEND Review: Do we already know the answers?

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  • Friday, July 22, 2022
    • | CYP Now
The political turmoil of the last few weeks has left question marks about the timetable for the Government’s major education reforms, including its special educational needs and disability (SEND) review.

A start-up approach to reimagining fostering

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  • Friday, July 15, 2022
    • | CYP Now
The Independent Care Review has highlighted what most of us already knew. The current fostering system is broken – there are not enough foster carers; too many siblings are separated; too many children are moved miles away from their communities, too many young people leaving care struggle in life; and private independent fostering agencies and residential care homes are making a profit on the back of the public sector.

Rock-solid principles in an uncertain world

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  • Monday, June 27, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Ferocious storms, a virulent pandemic, volatile stock markets, airline failure… I almost want to ask what more could possibly go wrong this year. But even I, the least superstitious of people, would feel uneasy about tempting fate like that.

What is to be done about children's advocacy?

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  • Thursday, June 23, 2022
    • | CYP Now
The so-called Bill of Rights introduced into Parliament yesterday will make it even harder for breaches of children’s human rights to be challenged, especially when children or their parents were born outside the UK or have broken the law. This is a sobering moment to reflect on the care review’s proposals for advocacy.

Understanding early trauma

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  • Monday, June 13, 2022
    • | CYP Now
The term ‘trauma’ is much used but less understood. It’s become commonly adopted by those discussing mental health, given that understanding trauma’s causes and effects, particularly for children, is a key component of the challenge we face.

No time to lose in implementing review recommendations

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  • Wednesday, June 1, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Last week the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care called for a “radical reset” and the National Review into the murders of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson said child protection needs to “change fundamentally”.

Why we can’t turn our back on EdTech

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  • Monday, May 16, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Despite its overwhelmingly devastating impact for many across the world, many moments of connection, progress and collaboration were discovered amongst Covid-related disruption.

The need for early age-appropriate RSE

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  • Friday, April 29, 2022
    • | CYP Now
In my work as programme and training manager for relationships and sex education (RSE) at Coram Life Education charity, I regularly hear from distressed primary school teachers who feel under-equipped to deal with the increasingly urgent issues of misogyny, sexism and sexual harassment in schools.

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