Baseline report on Angus GIRFEC Learning Partnership for children affected by parental substance misuse (CAPSM)

Date: 1st March 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish Government

A Baseline Report of the action research project in Angus to inform the development of Getting it right for every child and the work of the ADP/CPC to address the needs of Children Affected by Parental Substance Misuse (CAPSM).

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Perspectives of children and young people with a parent in prison

Date: 1st March 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People

The findings of a small pilot study to explore the experiences of children and young people who have had a family member sent to prison.

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Participants, not pawns: Guidance on consulting with children and young people on school closures (and other significant changes)

Date: 1st March 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Policies & procedures
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People

This guidance has been launched to help local authorities ensure that their consultation with children and young people is meaningful, credible and commands the respect of children and young people, their parents/carers and the wider community.

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Lothian and Borders Police Youth Strategy for 2010 - 2013: Hearing the Views of Children

Date: 1st March 2010
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Children's Parliament

Lothian and Borders Police are currently developing their Youth Strategy for 2010-2013 and asked the Children's Parliament to bring together children from the policing area to give them an opportunity to contribute their knowledge and ideas. The Children's Parliament approached eight schools to represent the diversity of the five local authorities in the area. Participating children were aged 8 to 14 years old.

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Children's Hearings Reform - The views of children in Scotland

Date: 1st February 2010
Category: Policies & procedures, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Children's Parliament

The Scottish Government Children's Hearings Reforms Team asked the Children's Parliament to speak with children who had been to a Children's Hearing to find out what that was like and what could be improved.

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Dealing with bullying and the importance of friends

Date: 4th January 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: ChildLine in Partnerships

A pack for teachers working with young people who are not accessing mainstream education. It can also be used in informal educative settings such as youth clubs. This pack aims to raise awareness of bullying and help students to recognise that friends can be a good form of support.

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Single Outcome Agreements for Scottish Local Government, 2009-10: A thematic analysis by the Children's Voluntary Sector Policy Officers' Network

Date: 4th January 2010
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People

This report looks at the extent to which children's issues have been addressed and priortised in Single Outcome Agreements for 2009-10. The review finds that there has been some improvement in relation to the treatment of children's issues since the first round of SOAs.

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Improving education for children living in poverty Scotland Policy Brief 2010

Date: 4th January 2010
Category:
Author: Save the Children

This is a research to help better understand how poverty affects children and their families, and what needs to change to end child poverty in Scotland for good.

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Children of Conflict

Date: 1st January 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Right to life, survival and development, Children in situations of exploitation
Author: World Vision UK

A Children of Conflict website prepared by the BBC World Service reporters who visited war zones on several continents to investigate what is happening to children.

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Not Just a Phase: A Guide to the Participation of Children and Young People in Health Services

Date: 1st January 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Not Just a Phase provides information to ensure the safe, meaningful and ethical participation of children and young people within the delivery of quality child health services and practically demonstrates how we can contribute towards creating a culture of participation.

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What does Art. 3 Par. 1 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child mean for the domestic application of the law?

Date: 1st January 2010
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: National Coalition (Germany)

Appraisal on art. 3 CRC from Professor Ralph Alexander Lorz, that was lately published by the German Child Rights Coalition, after the withdrawal of the Reservations to the CRC by the German Government.

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Children's Hearings Reform and GIRFEC Paper

Date: 2nd December 2009
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish Government

Written for the Children's Hearings Reform Conference in October 2009, a paper that sets out Getting it right for every child in the context of the Highland Pathfinder, and implications for the Children's Hearings System.

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Analysis and Getting it right for every child: A discussion paper

Date: 2nd December 2009
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish Government

Analysis of information plays a vital role in the Getting it right for every child practice model of assessment, planning and review of children.

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Changing Professional Practice and Culture to Get it Right for Every Child

Date: 2nd November 2009
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish Government

An evaluation report of the development and early implementation phases of Getting it right for every child in Highland 2006 - 2009.

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The Autism Toolbox: An Autism Resource for Scottish Schools

Date: 2nd November 2009
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Scottish Government

The Autism Toolbox is designed to support Education Authorities, Schools and Pre-schools in the delivery of service and planning for children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

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The six categories of crimes against children in situations of armed conflict

Date: 1st October 2009
Category: Armed conflict
Author: United Nations

The six grave violations against children during times of conflict, enumerated by the Security Council in its resolutions, form the basis of the Council's architecture in protecting children during war. Monitoring and Reporting mechanisms set up around the world use this framework to gather evidence of grave violations against children in reporting to the Council. This Working Paper attempts to analyse the six grave violations more deeply, exploring their basis in international law.

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GIRFEC: Electronic information sharing workshop report

Date: 30th September 2009
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish Government

A report on the issues discussed and suggested actions arising from three workshop events on information sharing involving front line practitioners representing all services for children.

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Sexual bullying in education settings

Date: 1st September 2009
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Children in situations of exploitation
Author: National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)

This policy points out how important is to uphold every child's right to protection from all forms of violence and exploitation and to a safe education, and to increase recognition that sexual bullying prevents the full enjoyment of these rights.

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Do the Right Thing - Scottish Government Action Plan

Date: 1st September 2009
Category: UK 1st periodic review
Author: Scottish Government

In response to the UN Committee's Concluding Observations, the Scottish Government published a children's rights action plan, "Do the Right Thing". This action plan sets out how Scottish Government will take forward work to address the Concluding Observations and focuses on 21 key areas of work, from promoting positive forms of parenting and providing better support for young carers to improving outcomes for looked after children, tackling child poverty and improving children's involvement in their schooling.

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A critical review of the literature on children and young people’s views of the factors that influence their mental health

Date: 1st September 2009
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: NHS Health Scotland

This study was commissioned in order to examine what children and young people themselves perceive to be important in affecting their mental health for good or ill and was undertaken in the form of a systematic review of both published peer-reviewed and 'grey' literature.

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