Great little film about autism…
It’s great for explaining the basics and raising awareness of the challenges and delights of being autistic…
Really good for use with kids, parents and in training – and it’s free. Enjoy!
Sam’s Story – Children’s Experiences of Bullying
Image courtesy of ©Child Com. Wales
This month, the Children’s Commissioner for Wales published her report into a consultation with children about bullying.
The report is called, “Sam’s Story” and contains the views of 2000 children.
The state of youth custody in 2017
Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Prisons
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“Children” not “young people”
Language matters...
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Teenagers & Neglect – new report
Image courtesy of ©️The Children’s Society
In November 2016 the Children’s Society published its Troubled Teens report (I missed it back then! :0)
It’s the result of a study into the causes, extent and impact of neglect for teenagers.
I’ll be summarising the report in a blog post shortly, but in the meantime you can download it yourself here.
How Safe Are Our Children? 2017
Image courtesy of ©️NSPCC
The NSPCC have published their annual statistical report into child protection – How Safe Are Our Children? 2017
I love this report – it’s a brilliant source of information, as well as giving the broad UK-wide picture of where things stand in child protection.
“Attachment is a small person, learning to be a person, from a big person.”
Jonny Matthew
Indecent images of children
Guidance for young people...
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Sharing content online and across social networks is easy!
No-one knows this better than young people – they are the digital generation.
Image courtesy of ©Home Office
The government has now published some guidance to help young people understand the dangers of indecent images…
Instant – but lasts a lifetime…
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My Name is Leon (Penguin, 2017)
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Title:
My Name is Leon
Author:
Kit de Waal
Review…
Opinion in short:
This one is a beauty.
It’s about the journey of an 8 year old boy into foster care. It’s both a moving and uplifting book. It might be about “work stuff” for many of us – but it reinforces all the reasons why we do the job – to help troubled kids get through tough stuff!
Hidden Ambitions
Giving care leavers a chance to realise their goals...
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TRM-related books…
Easy access to books recommended during our training!
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I’ve been training a lot on the Trauma Recovery Model recently and frequently get asked for further reading and pointers to good books…
Photo courtesy of ©123rf/damedeeso
So I thought I’d put together a quick guide to some of the main ones so that folks can easily get through to them for a nosey – and buy them if you wish.*
Check these out…
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Involving children in decisions
Where we go wrong and how to do it better...
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Following our recent mini-series on handing disclosures, reader and social worker Ben Tomlinson shared the findings of his research into the involvement of children in decision-making.
Images courtesy ©️123rf/IKO & Mikhail Malyugin
Here’s what he found…
Over to you, Ben:
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