Panel discussion on children and the environment

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.

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Podcast series created by care experienced young people

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.

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New website for children on advocacy for children’s hearings

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.

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Advice for professionals supporting children and young people with additional support need

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.

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A guide to youth justice: policy, practice and legislation

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.

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Activate your rights

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.

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Video resources on preventing accidents at home

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.

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Activities to do at home

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!

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Outdoor classroom resources

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.

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UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill resources for adults working with children

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.

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