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Promoting positive behaviour: a study based upon the introduction of a behaviour scheme in S1
- Author:
- MOWAT Joan G.
- Publisher:
- The Scottish Council for Research in Education
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
Children with disabilities, whose responsibility?
- Author:
- THOMSON Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Now: the Practice Journal of Child, Youth and Family, 6, April 1997, pp.6-11.
- Publisher:
- Child, Youth and Family (Department of Child, Youth and Family Services, Te Tari Awhina I te Tamaiti, te Rangatahi, tae atu ki te Whanau)
Looks at the history and situation in New Zealand with regard to the state's role in caring for children with disabilities, discussing also the roles of institutions, voluntary organisatiions, the community and the Children, Young Persons and their Families Service, ending with guidelines for social workers.
Annual reports of area child protection committees 1995/6
- Author:
- ARMSTRONG Helen
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report highlighting areas of key importance in the annual reports of area child protection committees for 1995 to 1996, focusing in particular on the response to the publication of 'Child protection: messages from research'.
Building trust again in the victims of man's dark heart
- Author:
- LITTLE Elizabeth
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, December 1997, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
The influx of refugees from the Czech Republic and Monserrat into Southern England has hit the headlines in the past two months. But social work teams in West Sussex have also been working with refugees from African countries for some time. Their work with orphaned children can be complex, delicate and emotionally devastating. It also suffers from its own form of stigma, as the author, Local Area
Dyslexia: the early warning signs
- Author:
- TOWNEND Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Coordinate, 62, November 1997, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- National Early Years Network
Outlines some warning signs that may point to a future diagnosis of dyslexia and explains how early years workers can help children who give cause for concern.
A garden of the imagination
- Author:
- GARTLAND Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 19.11.97, 1997, pp.29-30.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Explains how the creation of a sensory garden was used to treat children with severe learning and health disabilities.
Polish social services to families of children with disabilities: practice in an emerging setting
- Authors:
- GAMMON Elizabeth Ann, DZIEGIELEWSKA Jolanta
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 40(4), October 1997, pp.393-406.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Discusses a pilot study of the roles that social workers in Poland perform as they attempt to assist families whose children have disabilities. Barriers to service provision were examined, as were the cultural, economic and political frameworks in which those services are provided. Results demonstrate the emergence of a dynamic group of workers interested in clarifying the mission
Expenditure on children in Great Britain
- Authors:
- MIDDLETON Sue, ASHWORTH Karl, BRAITHWAITE Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 139, September 1997, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Presents a summary of the findings of the author's report, 'Small fortunes: spending on children, childhood poverty and parental sacrifice', which looks at the lifestyles and living standards of British children.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Author:
- SILVER Raphael
- Journal article citation:
- Family Law, 27, August 1997, pp.547-550.
- Publisher:
- Jordan
Explains in simple terms what attention deficit hyperactivity disorder really is and the difficulties that might arise from its diagnosis from a child care lawyer's point of view.
Children and their fathers
- Author:
- BURGESS Adrienne
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 137, June 1997, p.19.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Discusses the importance of the father-child relationship.