Date: 12th February 2020
Category: Child poverty, Social security and childcare
Author:

The ‘Talk.Act.Change.’ toolkit is designed to get people talking about social rights and the change they would like to see in their local area.

Date: 9th December 2019
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Children's Parliament

The toolkit builds on the learning from the project Children as Human Rights Defenders and it is designed for individuals and organisations who wish to explore the role children and adults can play to defend children’s human rights and what support children need from adults in order to be empowered and protected as human rights defenders.

Date: 9th December 2019
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Nourish Scotland

The 90 second animation explains what the right to food means, and what’s needed to make it real for people in Scotland.

Date: 19th November 2019
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Protection from abuse or neglect
Author:

The resource “Rights! The missing piece to childhood adversity” was designed by young people, to raise awareness of a rights-based approach to tackling childhood adversity.

Date: 19th November 2019
Category: Equal protection from violence, Right to life, survival and development, Protection from abuse or neglect
Author: Police Scotland

The content of this film is aimed at providing supportive information for adult survivors of childhood abuse. The advice can also be considered relevant in circumstances of current child abuse.

Date: 29th October 2019
Category: General measures of implementation, Awareness-raising, Incorporation
Author: Equality and Human Rights Commission

The Human Rights Treaty Tracker is a searchable online tool for civil society organisations, academics, parliamentarians, legal professionals and anyone with an interest in human rights to learn about the UK’s international human rights obligations, and to track how the UK Government is performing against them.

Date: 29th October 2019
Category: Child poverty
Author:

The report looks at the impact that governments have had on poverty in Scotland over the past 20 years and how this evidence can be used to inform policy development for the future.

Date: 7th October 2019
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) has reviewed and updated a range of fact sheets about the Children’s Hearings System.

Date: 7th October 2019
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author:

The resource provides a comprehensive set of learning activities for use in early learning settings, primary and secondary schools, colleges and in community-based learning to support relationship, sexual health and parenthood education.

Date: 18th September 2019
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author:

The guidelines are aimed to be a useful resource for children and young people who can no longer live with their parents, as well as for their families and peers.  

Date: 18th September 2019
Category: Awareness-raising, Training, General measures of implementation
Author: Child Rights Connect

The guide describes why and how stakeholders can work with children to adapt the existing child-friendly version of the UNCRC so that it is understood by the children in the relevant context.

Date: 18th September 2019
Category:
Author:

The free course ''Supporting children with difficulties in reading and writing'' is aimed at helping teachers understand why some children have so much difficulty with reading and writing, often called 'dyslexia', and learn more about best practice in teaching literacy to all in light of recent scientific discoveries.  

Date: 11th September 2019
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author:

Scottish Women’s Aid has published good practice guidance for social landlords to help them prevent women and children’s homelessness and provide a service that is sensitive to their needs.

Date: 11th September 2019
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Social security and childcare
Author:

This webinar, originally held in September 2019, explores the development of relationship-based practice in Local Authority children’s social work.

Date: 26th August 2019
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Children in Scotland

Children in Scotland has produced a new resource for teachers and practitioners to support children and young people’s understanding of their wellbeing.

Date: 26th August 2019
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

SCRA has launched a new short film aimed at helping young people with autism attending Children’s Hearings.

Date: 15th August 2019
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children, Child trafficking
Author: Centre for Excellence for Looked after Children

The Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection (CELCIS), based at the University of Strathclyde, launches a free online course on unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children next month.

Date: 14th August 2019
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

CYCJ has produced a literature review considering children’s views and experiences of their participation in justice.

Date: 14th August 2019
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

This new publication summarises findings from five years’ worth of policy, practice and research by CYCJ, Barnardo’s Scotland and the University of Strathclyde, informing the development of trauma-informed approaches.

Date: 14th August 2019
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Education, including vocational education
Author: Children's Parliament

Aberdeen children advise on how to get the transition from primary to secondary right for them.