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After Baby Peter: overcoming the barriers to effective team
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- The Every Child Matters agenda demands that agencies work together. But how? Philippa Sully shares what she thinks the barriers are – and how to overcome them.
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- 09/10/2009
Hearing young children’s voices
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- Hearing young children’s voices in the common assessment framework: There are more ways for children to express their needs than just talking. Sonia Mainstone-Cotton and Dr Janet Rose report.
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- 09/10/2009
Reports
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- We’re all supposed to be keeping up with the latest government thinking. But there’s just not enough time. That’s why Raspal Singh-Chima and Lucy Busuttil summarise the surveys, reports and government policy changes you need to brief yourself on in every issue of Every Child journal.
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- 09/10/2009
Back on track
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- At the moment, permanent exclusion is a death knell for young people. But the ‘Youth Achievement Foundation’ in Macclesfeld is trying to turn that around with its vocational focus. Eliza Vogel-Sharron reports.
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- 09/10/2009
More time to listen to children
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- Professionals must be given more time to listen to children. The Social Work Taskforce was set up by the government to do something very diffcult. Its mission is to improve the quality and status of the social work profession in both adult and child services, boost recruitment and retention.
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- 09/10/2009
Staying together
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- Staying together: how indirect contact keeps children in touch with their fathers. Many children understand that family in-fghting means they can’t meet their father. But not receiving a birthday card can be heartbreaking. Salli Ward and Katherine Small explain, through a case study, how their charity Pro-Contact uses letters and pictures to encourage meaningful family relationships.
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- 09/10/2009
Building career aspirations at primary schools
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- Most schools take a half-hearted stab at careers-education with their teenage students. But a new government-funded programme, Headstart, says higher education needs to be promoted at primary-level. Gavin Bradshaw shares his research on the project.
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- 09/10/2009
Editorial - Notions of Childhood
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- Listening to children is not something we are very good at in the UK. This isn’t simply a bad cultural habit. It has its roots in two differing but connected notions of childhood, each of which gains dominance at different periods and provokes backlashes against the previously dominant concept.
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- 09/10/2009
Sensory integration through sport
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- Sport can be a brilliant way for children to develop sensory co-ordination - as well as lasting friendships. Sandy Eifon-Jones looks at ways of involving children with disability in fun physical activity within mainstream schools.
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- 09/10/2009
The limits of inclusion - Voices
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- With the growing government emphasis on inclusion, the role of special schools has become marginalised in education policy. Yet for many children, inclusion in the mainstream is a route to failure. a Head teacher of a special school, who has asked to remain anonymous, discussed three children who failed to make it in the mainstream with Howard Sharron.
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- 09/10/2009
Empowering the bullied child: three case studies
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- Many teachers feel helpless to stop the bullying they see in their classrooms. But with surveys, workshops and pupil engagement, schools can change, says Richard Sangster.
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- 09/10/2009
Social pedagogy: the practice
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- Social pedagogy is storming Europe as the leading social care philosophy of our time. But the UK is a long way behind. Sylvia Holthoff and Gabriel Eichsteller introduce the practice and its unique results.
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- 09/10/2009
The young depressed - how teachers can help
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- Numerous studies have shown how much teachers can do to help depressed young people. But, in reality, most teachers don’t have enough time, enough support from parents or enough health service support. Dr Cathy Street shares her research into teacher’s views on mental health.
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- 09/10/2009
Designated Teacher: a critical but daunting role
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- Every school should have a ‘Designated Teacher’ to advocate for Looked After students. It’s an enormous, daunting responsibility – but not if you’re brave enough to ask for help. Chris Stanway shares battle stories from her years as a Designated Teacher.
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- 09/10/2009
Every Child/Youth Matters: is it working?
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- Research suggests that indicators of need used by agencies are not directing resources to the right children, says Christine Hough.
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- 09/10/2009
Social Pedagogy: the UK context
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- Looked after children can have ten social workers at a time and are often shipped to a new children’s home every year. But a new model being piloted - ‘Social Pedagogy’ – is claimed to give children stability and security. Martin Thomas reports.
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- 09/10/2009
