Individual budgets for families with disabled children

Aug 15 2011 12:00AM

This report seeks to present a detailed assessment of the progress made by the pilot sites over the original two-year programme. The report focuses on the means by which the pilots were set-up and delivered, and the resource and infrastructure requirements associated with the budget approach.

Aspirations article in Every Child Matters

May 23 2011 12:00AM

Please find the online mag ‘Every Child’ Update. The article about Aspirations is in the features section

Children in the News

Feb 14 2011 12:00AM

Children in the News is a daily and weekly round-up of issues affecting children and young people as reported in the national press. The digest of news stories, social commentary, editorial opinion and relevant law reports covers a wide range of issues

Riven Vincent had no choice but to cry for helpTo get support, families with a disabled child are forced to describe their lives as thwarted and unhappy

Jan 21 2011 12:00AM

Are you happy? Imagine if, in order to be able to do the simplest things – from popping out to the shops to taking a shower, you had to answer, "No" to that question. Imagine if you had to emphasise this unhappiness to complete strangers, who then wrote it down on a sheet to copy and distribute to other strangers. This is what my teenager daughter has had to do, time and again, over the last few months. She is disabled and has just turned 18, which means she has to be assessed for support by adult social care. "Are you happy?" is one of the questions on the assessment form. Unless she repeatedly says "No", she won't get any support.

Does every child still matter as much?

Nov 24 2010 12:00AM

Although the core schools budget has been largely protected from public spending cuts and the pupil premium will be allocated to the most vulnerable children, Chris Waterman FRSA remains concerned about how austerity measures will impact on children.

Childhood Wellbeing: A brief overview

Sep 14 2010 12:00AM

This briefing paper provides an overview of recent evidence in the field of childhood wellbeing. It includes details of key studies that are relevant to children and young people in the UK.

Fears of learning disability 'institutionalisation' unfounded

Aug 12 2010 12:00AM

A freedom of information request to primary care trusts found that only 1% of people who have left NHS campuses since 2001 have received assessment or treatment in private learning disability hospitals.

Concerns that private hospitals were effectively replacing NHS campuses were raised in April this year after the Department of Health said the use of such hospitals was increasing.

Who will advise young people if Connexions goes?

Aug 3 2010 12:00AM

There is still no sign of what will replace Connexions when it has been decimated by cuts. As the current tranche of young people leaves schools and colleges with an increasingly uncertain future, the position of the Connexions service looks equally fragile.

Aiming High for Young People: Evaluation feasibility study

Jul 5 2010 12:00AM

This is a research brief for a comprehensive, area-based longitudinal evaluation of the aiming high strategy.

Person Centred Approaches in Mainstream Schools

Jun 14 2010 12:00AM

The usefulness of Person Centred Approaches is being utilised by twelve mainstream schools across Wirral. Wirral Children and Young People’s Department have undertaken a project with Paradigm to train and enable teaching staff in mainstream primary and secondary schools to plan with their students.

A Brighter Future for Alex

Jun 2 2010 12:00AM

Following recent news stories about an increase in the number of
mothers who continue with their pregnancies after a positive test for
Down’s Syndrome in their unborn children Seán Kelly met Paola
Nono, mother of Alex, an 18-month old boy with Down’s Syndrome.
She told Seán about what she decided and why.