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Inspectors slam quality of SEND support in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Thursday, September 2, 2021

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Support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole is blighted by a “blame culture” and “lack of urgency” to improve, inspectors have found.

Peer support for parents of disabled children part 1: perceived outcomes of a one-to-one service, a qualitative study

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

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Parents of disabled children are encouraged by health services to seek peer support. Delivering one-to-one support services is resource intensive and so it is important their effectiveness is evaluated. This qualitative study considers the impact on both recipients and befrienders.

Permanence for disabled children and young people through foster care and adoption: A selective review of international literature

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

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Review discusses concerns and policy directions regarding permanency, policy shift towards adoption and how this is seen as the gold standard of permanency, despite warnings to avoid such a hierarchy.

Beyond symptom control for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: what can parents do to improve outcomes?

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

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This narrative review of literature aimed to highlight the need for more quality research on the effectiveness of parenting interventions to treat ADHD and and potential alternative benefits.

Breaking autism's work barrier: Jolanta Lasota, chief executive, Ambitious about Autism

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

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Jess Brown meets Jolanta Lasota, chief executive of Ambitious about Autism.

More cash to support SEN plans

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

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Extra funding alone will not improve the transfer of SEN children to integrated care plans, warn campaigners.

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

Thursday, October 1, 2015

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Qualification requirements and training provision for working with children and young people is continuously adapting in line with changes in policy and practice. Charlotte Goddard provides a comprehensive overview.

Legal Update: Caring for refugee children

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.

Timescales hinder SEN reforms

Monday, September 28, 2015

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Councils struggle to provide education, health and care plans within the required deadlines, say campaigners

Rebuilder of Slough: Nicola Clemo, chief executive of Slough Children's Services Trust

Monday, September 28, 2015

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It seems wholly appropriate for an organisation charged with rebuilding the reputation of children's services in Slough that it will be doing so from offices next door to those of the giant Lego corporation.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Monday, September 28, 2015

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Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

Focus on market risks losing sight of the child

Monday, September 28, 2015

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There has been the scent of revolution in the air recently. First, Jeremy Corbyn won a landslide Labour leadership election on an anti-austerity ticket that was the antithesis of New Labour (Analysis, p10). Then the man he hopes to one day replace in Downing Street, David Cameron, used a speech on the "smarter state" to outline the government's intention to pick up the pace of reform in children's services by handing "failing" children's social care services to third-party providers (Analysis, p8).

Specialist residential care for successful foster and adoptive placements

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

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Daily roundup: SEN guidance, academies and youth services

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

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Government approves new SEN code of practice; Ofsted issues warning to academy trust of failing schools; and Wiltshire Council rejects a bid to provide street-based youth workers, all in the news today.

Fighting for disability rights

Monday, July 21, 2014

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Neil Puffett talks to Amanda Batten, chief executive, Contact-a-Family.

Daily roundup: Children's commissioner, voodoo and bullying

Friday, June 20, 2014

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Review into Welsh children's commissioner role begins; United Nations' report warns of children being trafficked for witchcraft rituals; and children with special needs more likely to be bullied, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Troubled families, physical education and Labour policy

Monday, June 16, 2014

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Troubled Families programme not delivering lasting change data shows; Wilshaw to issue warning to councils on physical education; and Labour urged to drop protection for health and education budgets, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Safeguarding, school security, and children in care

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

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Campaigners warn over risk to children of drug addict parents; school security concerns raised after teacher death; and Norfolk Council struggles to reduce looked-after children numbers, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Out-of-work benefits, school preparedness, and legal system

Monday, April 28, 2014

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New sanctions introduced for long-term unemployed; schoolchildren still wearing nappies study finds; and children to give evidence away from court through pilot study, all in the news today.

Your guide to the Children and Families Act

Monday, March 31, 2014

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What the act means for everyday practice across the children's workforce.

Persistent truanting continues to decline

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

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The number of children that persistently truant from English schools has continued to decline over the past year, latest figures show.

Daily roundup: child poverty, reading habits and autism support

Thursday, September 12, 2013

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Child poverty could rise by 800,000 by 2020 warn Oxfam; reading for pleasure link to child academic achievement; and teachers struggle to access autism support, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Wiltshire inspection, health guidance and teaching qualifications

Friday, August 16, 2013

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Ofsted upgrades children's services in Wiltshire; Scotland's children's commissioner calls for urgent review of teachers' health guidance; and an early years professional complains over teacher training rejection, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Norfolk council, charity pay, pre-school support

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

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Norfolk council unveils recovery plan for children's services; Charity Commission chief issues warning on voluntary sector pay; and Southampton council hire private company to deliver early years support, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Carers allowances, Daniel Pelka, and safeguarding

Thursday, August 1, 2013

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An investigation by the Local Government Ombudsman has found 340 carers in Liverpool were underpaid by the council; the serious case review into the death of four year old Daniel Pelka will be published shortly; and the SNP wants to bring in state-appointed guardians for all children, in the news today.

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