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We need support too
- Author:
- THORP Samantha
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 25.05.05, 2005, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
The Parenting Fund was set up as a way to get voluntary and community parenting support programmes to a wider audience. Reports on some of the projects that have benefited from the fund so far. Includes details of the Parent Support Project at Asperger East Anglia; the Centre for Fatherhood in Durham and the Speakeasy project which helps parents talk to their children about sex and relationships.
With compassion
- Author:
- GILLEN Sally
- Journal article citation:
- 0-19, June 2005, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business
The author looks at how professionals should work with parents who have lost a child to sudden death.
Research casts doubt on theories
- Author:
- GOVEAS Asha
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 12.1.05, 2005, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
A large-scale study has cast further doubt on the presumption of parental guilt in families that have suffered more than one cot death. While the findings have been broadly welcomed, some believe that more needs to be done.
Real lives: personal and photographic perspectives on albinism
- Authors:
- ROY Archie W.N., SPINKS Mackenzie
- Publisher:
- Albinism Fellowship
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 154p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Burnley
The two authors take the reader through a number of sections that provide an introduction to albinism, followed immediately by a ‘Chapter for Parents’. This is a well constructed summary of the main issues that affect parents of children with albinism, guiding them through important childcare issues including ‘sun and skin protection’ and ‘support in school’. Chapter 3 offers a succinct review
The lost child
- Authors:
- BUZZWORD FILMS, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Lancashire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- (30 mins.), DVD
- Place of publication:
- Preston
The Lost Child looks at the life of a child growing up in a family where there is parental mental illness. The story is told through Tina, 16, who shares her thoughts and feelings about her understanding of the problems of her parents and the variety of health and social care professionals she encounters. This dvd purports to raise awareness and encourage pro-active debate on a variety
Supporting children and young people's learning a handbook for parents when their child needs additional support
- Authors:
- GRAY Shelley, WALLACE Jennifer
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 182p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide is aimed at helping parents get the best out of the new Additional Support for Learning Act. The handbook is being published at a time of significant change in the system for children and young people in need of additional support to benefit from education. The Education (Additional Support for Learning) Act 2004, which came into force in November 2005, replaces entirely the old system of Special Educational Needs. This guide aims to help parents through the system, explaining key terms and processes, to ensure that they can get the best for their children.
Parents' reactions to transgender youths' gender nonconforming expression and identity
- Authors:
- GROSSMAN Arnold H., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 18(1), 2005, pp.3-16.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Fifty-five transgender youth described their gender development and expression, parents' reactions to their gender nonconformity, and initial and current mothers' and fathers' reactions to their transgender identity. All of the youth reported feeling different from others in early childhood. Forty-three of the participants' mothers and 26 of their fathers knew about their identities. The youth
Substance misusing parents and their children
- Authors:
- MCINNES Karen, NEWMAN Tony
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's; Safer South Gloucestershire
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 27p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Ilford
A review of the current support structure in South Gloucestershire for substance misusing parents and their children. The review identifies how the current support network operates within the region, and makes recommendations for how services may be coordinated in a more coherent way.
Evaluation of Barnardo's Northern Ireland Parenting Matters prison development work
- Authors:
- HEALY Julie, KELLY Margaret, HART Caroline
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 61p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Young people who have a parent in prison could be helped by the NI Prison Service and the charity Barnardo's. Parenting Matters provides group-based parent support programmes across Northern Ireland. Parenting Matters also offers targeted support to parents in prison. This work has been ongoing for eight years and supports fathers to stay in touch with their children as well as helping them
National occupational standard for family learning
- Author:
- VALLENDER Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Outlook, 29, Winter 2005, pp.13-14.
- Publisher:
- National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations
The Parenting Education and Support Forum, with funding from the DfES and under the aegis of Lifelong Learning UK, has developed National Occupational Standards for Family Learning. This article outlines the new standards.