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Good Idea: Young UK cancer sufferers to benefit from holistic support

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Following a successful pilot project in the North West, a support service for young cancer patients that focuses on their social and emotional needs during and after treatment is to be launched nationally.

Research Report: Out of School Activities - Understanding Who Does What

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

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Researchers at NatCen Social Research and Newcastle University are taking part in a 15-month study programme investigating out-of-school activities, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

Research Report: Patterns and Trends in Sources of Information About Sex Among Young People

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Monday, March 30, 2015

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A team of researchers set out to discover whether young people have changed the ways they find out about sex.

Multi-agency response needed to tackle female genital mutilation

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Monday, April 13, 2015

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Guidance issued by the Department of Health outlines the type of issues commissioners need to take into account when setting up services across different parts of the country to treat and support FGM victims.

Guide to supporting deaf children

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Monday, May 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Chris Kang-Mullen explains what councils need to do to meet their duties to support deaf children.

Skills for the Job: Promoting sexual identity tolerance

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Monday, May 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's professionals have a duty to celebrate diversity and educate children and young people to respect same-sex relationships.

How bereaved children learn how to manage feelings

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Monday, June 8, 2015

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Programme helps bereaved children cope with the death of a close relative.

Ask the Experts: Developing projects for all ages

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Monday, June 22, 2015

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Our panel offers advice on inter-generational programmes, handling donations, compromising situations and the importance of drawing.

Councils and charities absorb the impact of Whitehall spending cuts

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Monday, June 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Recent cuts to government department budgets look set to be the start of a new round of austerity in public sector spending. Three experts outline the impact these cuts will have and offer ideas on how the effect can be minimised.

Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for improving young lives

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Monday, July 6, 2015

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Anne Longfield outlines her plans to shape the policy agenda in five key areas including children's use of the internet, tackling child abuse, overcoming inequalities, looked-after children and better cross-government working.

Ask The Experts: Tackling summer scheme cuts

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Monday, July 20, 2015

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Our panel offers advice on summer schemes, preventing terrorism, supporting young mums and promoting "deeper thinking"

Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

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Monday, September 28, 2015

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Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the UK government's response to the refugee crisis and foster care provision for refugee children.

Skills for the Job: Understanding revenge porn

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Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Revenge porn can be a devastating experience for young people, with victims needing to receive specialist support and advice.

Children must play key role in building peaceful nation

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Many might look on with a sense of despair at the political disagreements in Northern Ireland. They are symptomatic of a young political process overcoming the challenges of sharing power when the parties are often diametrically opposed.

Commissioner calls for action to tackle in-family child sex abuse

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Analysis by the Children's Commissioner for England concludes that many cases of child sexual abuse go unreported because children's professionals struggle to recognise and act on the signs of in-family abuse.

Review: Life on the Autism Spectrum - A Guide for Girls and Women

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

Councils face increased pressure to respond to child refugee crisis

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Kent Council is struggling to cope with a major rise in the number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children it is caring for, to the point where the government is preparing to force other authorities to share the burden.

Information sharing is the key to success of alternative provision

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

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An Ofsted report highlights the importance of schools and councils sharing information about excluded pupils with alternative providers, but experts warn the fragmentation of the education system has made this more difficult.

The future of children's services: proactive, predictive and digital

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

| CYP Now

If children's services are to deliver improved outcomes with declining resources, the sector must embrace technology, joint working and volunteers, says Pillars and Foundations, a radical paper from the ADCS.