by diviadmin | Oct 12, 2014 | Child Devmt, SHB/CSE, Training
There’s not much I like more than really good quality free stuff! This webinar from NEARI Press is exactly that. It’s quality and it’s free. The speaker in this video is Dr Robert Kinscherff who co-wrote an excellent booklet of the same name. The...
by diviadmin | Jun 8, 2014 | Child Devmt, Safeguarding
On my way home in the car tonight, I listened to Any Questions on BBC Radio 4. Someone asked what the panel thought about a couple being arrested by the Police because their child was obese. Apparently the...
by diviadmin | Jun 5, 2014 | Child Devmt, Practice
I’ll never forget my very first case as a youth justice social worker. My boss called me in, gave me the lad’s name and said I’d be taking over the case from a colleague. I left his office feeling elated. Fresh out of college, I finally had my first...
by diviadmin | Mar 13, 2014 | Child Devmt, Parenting
Home is supposed to be a safe place. A refuge from the challenges of life. But for some children, it’s the opposite. It’s a place of threat. Of danger. NICE, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, has recently published it’s guidance for...
by diviadmin | Nov 24, 2013 | Child Devmt, Parenting
In a previous post we looked at attachment, asking the question: What is it? The conclusion was that it is the mechanism by which children learn to be people. And they get it through their interactions with those who care for them. It effects everything. How they...
by diviadmin | Oct 25, 2013 | Child Devmt, Parenting
It’s been a tough year! In fact it’s been the toughest year of my life to date. For all kinds of reasons. This is relevant here because of one thing that’s happened as a result. Get the audio version of later posts on ‘Jonny 24/7’ –...
