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In Focus: Family support

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  • Tuesday, February 17, 2015
  • | CYP Now
All the research shows that it is never too early to transform a child's life chances. The school readiness gap between disadvantaged children and their peers can be as wide as 19 months on their first day of school and once children have fallen behind, their chances of catching up are slim.

Legal Update: Scrutiny of private fostering

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  • Tuesday, January 19, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines changes to data collection on private fostering arrangements and what further work is needed to safeguard children and young people.

Adult problems made in childhood

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  • Tuesday, May 24, 2016
  • | CYP Now
A growing body of research on the impact of adverse childhood experiences is starting to shape the planning and delivery of services for vulnerable families in the UK. Charlotte Goddard investigates.

Volunteers absent among first family champions

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  • Monday, October 31, 2011
  • | CYP Now
One of the first areas to trial the government's flagship scheme to get families into work has revealed it has no plans to recruit volunteers to boost provision, despite the founder of the programme wanting to "see thousands" of volunteers supporting the initiative.

Total therapy

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  • Monday, May 14, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Following its success in the US, the multisystemic therapy programme is catching on here in working with families to tackle antisocial behaviours. Janaki Mahadevan investigates how it can change young lives

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