Date: 19th November 2020
Category: COVID-19, Mental health, Education, including vocational education
Author: Youthlink Scotland

This latest edition explores youth work's response to COVID-19, spanning from the rush to implement digital youth work practice to efforts across the sector to provide online mental health and wellbeing support.

Date: 19th November 2020
Category: Additional support for learning, Education, including vocational education
Author:

Three free online learning modules provide information for teachers, schools and local authorities on inclusive practice, literacy difficulties and dyslexia. It guides learners through a child-centred, collaborative process of identification, assessment, support and monitoring.

Date: 19th November 2020
Category: Bullying
Author: Respectme

The #whatmadeitbetter campaign aims to provide a platform for children, young people and adults to share what helped and did not help them when they experienced bullying behaviour. The resources are designed to support adults to have meaningful discussions with children and young people about how bullying incidents are managed, and the ways in which adults can best support young people in the future.

Date: 19th November 2020
Category: COVID-19, Mental health, Child poverty, Social security and childcare, Health and health services, Education, including vocational education
Author: UNICEF

The library contains global scientific research and evidence on children and the coronavirus pandemic, building upon UNCEF Innocenti’s existing COVID-19 rapid research response microsite.

Date: 12th November 2020
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author: British Academy

As part of its Childhood Policy Programme, the British Academy has recently hosted a panel discussion on children’s engagement with the environments around them, now available on YouTube.

Date: 28th October 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author:

The podcast started as a way of reflecting on experiences of Covid-19 and later developed into deep discussions about what it means to be care experienced. There are four episodes in our first season so far.

Date: 27th October 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author:

The website aims to help children find and access both support and representation from a children’s advocacy worker for children’s hearings.

Date: 27th October 2020
Category: Additional support for learning
Author: Enquire

Enquire has put together information and resources on practical ways to support pupils with additional support needs and tips for working with parents, carers and young people.

Date: 12th October 2020
Category: Children in conflict with the law
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

The guide covers a wide variety of themes, including children’s rights, early and effective intervention, risk management, diversity, restorative justice, adversity and justice, mental health, and speech and language communication needs.

Date: 12th October 2020
Category: Awareness-raising
Author: Children in Scotland

‘Activate your rights’ is a resource pack that aims to  raise children and young people’s awareness of their rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Its launch comes as Scotland moves to incorporate the UNCRC into Scots law.

Date: 12th October 2020
Category: Health and health services
Author:

ROSPA has released a series of webinar recordings on preventing accidents at home. These cover a range of safety-related topics including how to keep a child safe around water, fire safety, Halloween and firework safety, discussions about inequalities and unintentional injuries.

Date: 12th October 2020
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:

Children’s University (CU) Scotland has created hundreds of free home learning activities and sheets sparking ideas for wellbeing-boosting learning at home. With a range of topics to choose from, from sport to STEM, history to creative arts, they are designed for leisure and learning outside of school lesson time. Minimal technology and other resources are needed to take part, and whether you’ve got 30 minutes or a few days, they’re full of boredom-busting fun!

Date: 12th October 2020
Category: Education, including vocational education, Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:

When learning is taken outdoors it can improve children’s behaviour and children can become more engaged with their learning. These resources range from play ideas to do at home to outdoor lesson ideas for school.

Date: 22nd September 2020
Category: Training, Incorporation, Awareness-raising
Author:

Licketyspit has created some Lickety-tips for adults working with children which highlight the importance of children being included in decisions which affect them and adults engaging with children in a meaningful way.

Date: 22nd September 2020
Category: General measures of implementation, Awareness-raising, Training, Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:

Starcatchers has developed a suite of resources and online events to help early years professionals put arts and creativity at the heart of practice.

Date: 22nd September 2020
Category: Access to appropriate information, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author:

YouthLink Scotland has created a resource hub for youth workers and young people to advance climate emergency issues in communities across Scotland.

Date: 4th September 2020
Category: Health and health services, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People

This resource answers commonly asked questions in relation to Scottish Government’s new face coverings guidance, that has been implemented from 31st August 2020.

Date: 4th September 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author:

Within this toolkit are new ways for parents and carers to promote wellbeing, health, and respect in both themselves and their children. The toolkit is intended to help all parents and carers with children of all ages, cultures, backgrounds or beliefs.

Date: 4th September 2020
Category:
Author: Human Rights Consortium Scotland

The first episode of new podcast series #HumanRights2020 has been launched by the Human Rights Consortium Scotland. The first episode features a discussion from Susie Fitton from Inclusion Scotland and Andrew Strong from the Health and Social Care ALLIANCE on the impact of Brexit on social care.

Date: 4th September 2020
Category: Domestic Abuse
Author: Education Scotland

This resource is suitable for all staff in early learning and childcare; community learning and development settings; and school staff including senior leadership teams. It outlines the nature of domestic abuse, the indicators and impact on children and young people, and how to respond to potential cases of domestic abuse.