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Ombudsman criticises council for respite care failures

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

| CYP Now

A third of families of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in South Gloucestershire have not been receiving the respite care they are entitled to, a local government and social care ombudsman (LGO) investigation has found.

Waiting lists for parental support services impacting children's mental health programmes

News

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

| CYP Now

Focusing on parent-child relationships and scrapping waiting lists for parental support with mental health can prevent children from experiencing anxiety and depression later in life, psychologists have found.

King’s Speech 2023: Key points for children and young people and what was missed

News

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

| CYP Now

King Charles III has laid out the government’s plans for legislation impacting children and young people as part of his first King’s Speech as monarch.

Webinar to examine impact of vision and hearing problems on child development

News

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

| CYP Now

Leading experts will discuss the impact of vision and hearing problems on children’s development and how to improve support in schools, during a webinar hosted by CYP Now and its sister titles.

Councils raise concerns over impact of EYFS reforms

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Monday, October 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Half of local authorities say changes to early years development assessments introduced two years ago have damaged the quality of early years education, according to latest research.

Former Health Secretary raises issue of universal autism screening for young children

News

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has asked the government if it is looking into carrying out universal screening in primary schools for autism and other neurodivergent conditions.

The value of measuring SEND impact

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Changes in the way data is collated provides a more holistic view of provision, but still fails to capture a child’s outcomes, expert says.

Inspections Clinic: Homes for Disabled Children

Features

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Recommendations from a review of residential provision for children with disabilities include changes to regulation to prevent safeguarding concerns being missed, reports Jo Stephenson.

Blackpool helps children with additional needs

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

Group-based activities focusing on developing social and emotional skills help support children with additional needs to move into mainstream youth offer.

Maternity care for migrants, Sweden

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

CYP Now has teamed up with the Churchill Fellowship to publish a series of articles summarising key findings from studies undertaken worldwide by Churchill Fellows. This is an abridged version of Migrant access to maternity care: Lessons from Sweden by Ella Johnson.

Children worst impacted by long waits for community health services, NHS figures show

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Monday, October 23, 2023

| CYP Now

One in five patients impacted by a 10 per cent increase in waiting lists for community health services over the last year are children, latest data from NHS England finds.

Barnardo’s calls for national social prescribing strategy

News

Monday, October 23, 2023

| CYP Now

Children’s charity Barnardo’s is urging the government to introduce a national plan for social prescribing in a bid to tackle rising mental health issues among children.

Deaf children call on MPs to increase access to specialist services

News

Thursday, October 19, 2023

| CYP Now

Deaf children have lobbied cross-party MPs in parliament, calling for greater access to specialist support for those with hearing loss.

More families using informal lenders amid high inflation

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

| CYP Now

Families with children are six times more likely to have resorted to using informal lenders or loan sharks, analysis from Action for Children on the cost-of-living crisis finds.