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Issue 1.4
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Implementing Integrated Working
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- Anne Houlihan explains how shared responsibility is producing better outcomes for children.
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- 26/05/2010
An alternative to drugs for ADHD?
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- The growth in use of powerful drugs to treat ADHD and other newly discovered syndromes is phenomenal. Professor Karen J Pine describes a pilot trial of a new, less toxic, approach for treating the condition.
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- 26/05/2010
Editorial - The Medicalisation of Childhood
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- ADHD is one of the ‘new’ diseases of childhood, although some claim its scientific observance goes back to the 18th Century. In its present virulent conceptual form it dates from the 1960’s...
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- 26/05/2010
The role of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court
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- ‘The Family Drug and Alcohol Court’ is a new type of family court. A team of workers support, rather than punish, parents with addiction problems – helping them to get clean and keep custody of their children. Sophie Kershaw reports on the British pilot.
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- 26/05/2010
Living with addiction
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- The media are obsessed with teen binge drinking statistics – but mostly ignores the plight of children living with alcoholic parents. Louise Hill interviewed 30 Scottish children about their experiences. They described the sad details of living with addiction.
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- 26/05/2010
Attracting men to volunteer work
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- There are more boys in care than girls, but far fewer men volunteering to befriend them. Alison Millar explains how she tried to recruit male ‘independent visitors’ in Bedfordshire.
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- 26/05/2010
Can nature heal children’s emotional problems?
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- Tish Feilden and Ruth Carney, who work at Jamie’s Farm – a charity offering problem students a week-long stay on a working farm – believe it can.
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- 26/05/2010
Eradicating gender differences in literacy
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- International studies have revealed time and again that boys don’t learn to read as quickly as girls. Dr Julia Carroll examines why this is the case – and shares how teachers can help boys catch up.
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- 26/05/2010
Learning to read: Have psychologists got it wrong?
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- The failure by psychologists to fully take on board the ideas of Diane McGuiness on Synthetic Phonics has done children with reading problems a grave disservice. Mike Lake challenges Educational Psychologists to put aside their doubts.
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- 26/05/2010
Motivation through sport
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- Inspiring children and young people to improve their behaviour, concentration and achievement is a key challenge for schools, but one initiative in St. Helens is using physical activities like boxercise, climbing and outdoor pursuits to help get vulnerable students back on track.
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- 26/05/2010
Projects in Action
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- In this section we publish short reports about projects under-way in the UK. In future issues we hope to bring reports from international projects on well. This issue features reports on: The Obesity, Ambassadors Active For Life Y5 and Hearing Dogs.
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- 26/05/2010
Trafficked children
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- Practitioners miss opportunities to help trafficked children time and again. Lisa Nandy analyses Children’s Society research to find out why.
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- 26/05/2010
Age suitable environments - the new duty of care
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- For too long, under 18s have been forced to stay on adult psychiatric wards. Now, hospital managers must provide them with an ‘age suitable environment’ – but what does that mean? Susan Thompson explains the legal details.
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- 26/05/2010
Report update
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- Raspal Singh-Chima and Lucy Busuttil summarise the surveys, reports and government policy changes in the field.
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- 26/05/2010
Implementing Integrated Working
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- Anne Houlihan explains how shared responsibility is producing better outcomes for children.
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- 26/05/2010
Why e-safety is an Every Child Matters issue
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- Bill Jenkins suffered abuse as a child – which drove him to protect other children by setting up a schools' e-safety company. He explains what makes the internet dangerous - and what schools can do.
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- 26/05/2010
