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20 November 2009In January, a Curriculum for Excellence toolkit to support all practitioners as they engage with parents and carers will be launched.
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18 November 2009A new approach to help tackle and prevent the bullying of young people across the country has been put forward.
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13 November 2009Parents have the right to express a preference for a particular school that they want their children to attend.
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09 November 2009This year’s SERA Annual Conference takes place from 26 to 28 November 2009 at the Royal George Hotel, Perth.
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03 November 2009A new national campaign has been launched to encourage and empower parents to find out about the help available to support children through difficult periods in life.
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28 October 2009We invite your ideas of how we can highlight the work that is being done across Scotland to celebrate together National Care Leavers week 2010.
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28 October 2009This Guidance Note has been produced to accompany the Scottish Government's National Domestic Abuse Delivery Plan for Children and Young People (The Delivery Plan) published in June 2008.
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26 October 2009The Independent reports that dyslexic teacher Edward Vickerman was told he would never have a future in the classroom. But last night the 26-year-old proved his critics wrong by winning a national award for the UK's outstanding new teacher of the year.
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15 October 2009An opportunity to submit your proposal for a workshop or presentation for the SIRCC National Conference June 2010.
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14 October 2009The Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum wanted to learn how the Pathways planning process has evolved across Scotland since the leaving care regulations 2003 introduced it, and get some measure of what difference it has made for young people leaving care. Here are the results.
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14 October 2009This October and November, 25 young people aged 15-22, together with adult supporters, are taking part in a trek in the Annapurna region of Nepal. In the lead-up to the trek, young people have been experiencing the challenges of fundraising and getting fit.
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14 October 2009Three publications have recently been published covering a wide-range of guidance on child protection practices across Scotland - helping to ensure stringent safeguards are maintained.
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13 October 2009Parents and carers are being offered insights into the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children in a pioneering programme being launched by the City of Edinburgh Council. Raising Children with Confidence is part of the city's feted Growing Confidence initiative and is based on latest evidence around the science of child brain development.
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13 October 2009The Herald reports that Nicola Benedetti, Scotland’s leading classical music star, is to apply her lauded talents to a revolutionary music programme.
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08 October 2009The Scottish Government has announced that a project to tackle health inequalities in schools has been launched.
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01 October 2009The Scottish Government announces that Scotland's youngest pupils are to benefit from the new approach to learning and teaching being embedded in the nation's classrooms through materials being issued to every pre-school establishment and primary school from today.
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01 October 2009This HMIE report shows where effective practice already exists across Scotland in making positive starts for children to help them have positive future outcomes. The examples highlighted show the benefits in learning, inclusion and improved access to services for children, families and communities that result from participation in early intervention and family learning programmes. The report also shows the need for better co-ordination of services and resources.
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30 September 2009This series of reports identifies and promotes the sharing of good practice in empowering children and young people to have their views listened to and respected in order to help services to meet their needs more effectively.
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22 September 2009The Herald reports that an international research project to teach children English as an additional language is being trialled in a Scottish school.
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15 September 2009Details of a recent (May 2009) Law Lords Judgement in England which has considered the definition of 'child in need' in English legislation.
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11 September 2009Scotland’s first campaign to specifically tackle the stigma and discrimination experienced by young people in the care system will be announced by Children’s Minister Adam Ingram today.
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08 September 2009The Scottish Government is calling for more volunteers to join the Children's Panel and help improve the outlook for young people in their area.
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04 September 2009Join the debate is the message for early years service providers in Scotland as early years specialists from across Europe meet today (Friday 4 September) in Edinburgh for a seminar marking the end of a 4-day study visit examining diversity in disability, gender, race and culture in early years provision.
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01 September 2009The Herald reports that a new report from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) says the potential for using the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme in schools is 'very significant indeed' and urges councils to ensure that all young people in Scotland have the chance to take part.
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25 August 2009Sexual health in Scotland must be improved, not just for young people, but for people of all ages.