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Additional Family Costs for Children on the Autism Spectrum

    Research
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
  • | CYP Now
Children on the autism spectrum and their families face high financial costs but cost estimates to date have not included everyday items such as clothing, furniture and toys. This study, by Loughborough University and children’s disability charity Family Fund, set out to explore the additional cost of providing everyday goods and services that meet children’s needs.

Inspections Clinic - social care provision

    Features
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
  • | CYP Now
Ofsted’s latest annual report highlights improving standards across children’s social care but raises concerns about increasing numbers of children in unregistered provision, reports Jo Stephenson.

Empathetic practice, North America

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 (see below). This is an abridged version of "Toward a System that Heals: Exploring empathy and its application to youth justice, and children’s education, health and social care services" by Anne-Marie Douglas, who founded the charity Peer Power, which supports young people dealing with trauma.

County council publishes SEND improvement plan

    News
  • Thursday, December 21, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Oxfordshire County Council has released its priority action plan to improve services and support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Youth workers have key role in reforming secondary education, peer says

    News
  • Tuesday, December 12, 2023
  • | CYP Now
A shift away from the current secondary school education system to a “more well-rounded” curriculum designed to equip children for the modern world would require input from “the entire children’s workforce”, with a particular focus on youth workers, a peer has said.

School system discouraging inclusion, ADCS warns

    News
  • Wednesday, November 29, 2023
  • | CYP Now
The education system is blighted by “greater competition between individual schools” which is “coming at the expense of inclusion”, a new paper by the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) is warning.

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