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Daily roundup: Bedroom tax concession, sexual abuse and child trafficking

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Severely disabled children exempted from bedroom tax, Barnardo's to study girls who commit sexual abuse, and calls for the government to protect victims of trafficking, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Pupils 'go hungry', whooping cough and missing children

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Friday, September 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Teachers warn that pupils are suffering the impact of recession, pregnant women to be given the whooping cough jab, and an online campaign to find missing children, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Early years, domestic violence and child protection

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

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Childcare groups disappointed by worker entry requirements decision; health watchdog calls for better training on domestic violence; and schools reminded about female genital mutilation risk, all in the news today.

Ask the Experts: Christmas activities at nursery

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on Christmas activities at nurseries, tackling self-harm, managing budget proposals and secret engagements.

Young people and communities hold the key to ending FGM

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

The issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) is climbing up the ladder of political priorities. The knowledge that there has not been a single successful prosecution since the FGM Act was introduced in 2003 is causing much soul-searching - in government, in the crown prosecution service and in local safeguarding boards across the country.

Daily roundup: Underperforming academies, the ‘bedroom tax', and Virgin health services in Devon

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

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The Department for Education writes to seven academies over poor standards, charities warn the 'bedroom tax' will hit disabled children, and a vote over plans to privatise child health services in Devon, all in the news today.

Research Report: The Impact of Multiple Risk Factors on Young Children's Development

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Study aims to reveal the extent, and combinations, of multiple risk factors faced by young children in the UK.

Legal Update: Queen's Speech - What's in it for children?

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Monday, June 8, 2015

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Kamena Dorling, Policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the new government's proposed policy and legislative agenda for children and young people.

Keep up the momentum on raising awareness of FGM

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been illegal in the UK since 1985, but it is clear that the practice has persisted.

Violence at home: When children abuse their parents

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Growing recognition of the problem of child-to-parent violence has prompted new government guidance. Eileen Fursland looks at a range of approaches designed to tackle this complex issue.

Ask the Experts: Support academies to improve

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on problem academies, whole-family assessments, supporting parents at nursery and a squatting protest.

Daily roundup: Care applications, sexual offence cases and cyberbullying

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Care application figures have dropped, the Crown Prosecution Service suspends a barrister from working on child sex abuse cases, and the Prime Minister calls for a boycott of websites that don't tackle cyberbullying, all in the news today.

Skills for the Job: How to spot victims of FGM

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Female genital mutilation often stays hidden within families, but there are warning signs that practitioners should look out for.

Ask the Experts: Help a child suffering from OCD

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on coping with OCD, inducting a lead member, helping a child whose mother drinks and learning from weather.

Daily roundup: Playing fields, High Court ruling on social workers and Northamptonshire children in care

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Friday, August 17, 2012

| CYP Now

A government apology over inaccurate school playing fields figures, social workers breach mum and baby's rights, and children missing from care in Northamptonshire, all in the news today.

Daily round up: Blackburn DCS drafted into Rochdale, Ofsted complaints, and profit-making schools

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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Rochdale appoints an interim head of children's social services, Ofsted is criticised over its new complaints framework, and a call for profit-making firms to take charge of the worst schools, all in the news today.