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Research: Secret Loves, Hidden Lives? Exploring Issues for People with Learning Disabilities who are Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual
Secret Loves, Hidden Lives? Exploring Issues for People
with Learning Disabilities who are Gay, Lesbian.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)
Web review: www.practicelearning.org.uk
www.practicelearning.org.uk
STAR RATING: 4/5
The Practice Learning Taskforce (PLTF) has.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)
Book Review: Goodbye, Mr Wonderful - Alcoholism, Addiction and Early Recovery
Goodbye, Mr Wonderful - Alcoholism, Addiction and Early
Recovery
Chris McCully, Jessica Kingsley.... more
(08 September 2005 14:45)
Book Review: The Genesis of Artistic Creativity: Asperger's Syndrome and the Arts
The Genesis of Artistic Creativity: Asperger's Syndrome
and the Arts
Michael Fitzgerald, Jessica.... more
(08 September 2005 14:20)
Book review: Community Music: A Handbook
Community Music: A Handbook
Edited by Pete Moser and George McKay
Russell House Publishing
ISBN.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)
Book Review: Mental Health Aspects of Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Mental Health Aspects of Autism and Asperger
Syndrome
Mohammad Ghaziuddin
Jessica Kingsley.... more
(02 September 2005 13:35)
Tenants face uncertainty as Scope is accused of money-grabbing
When disability charity Scope decided to shut a sheltered housing scheme and sell the site, some residents were left with nowhere to go. Derren.... more
(08 September 2005 13:48)
Question Time
A race awareness course at Lancashire Council highlighted the extent of misunderstandings and stereotyping among staff. Blair McPherson looks at.... more
(08 September 2005 13:38)
Thursday 8 September 2005
CSA in meltdown
Tax credit system slammed as 'nightmare' more
(08 September 2005 10:40)
How to
How to job share
By Nathalie Towner
Job sharing is frequently overlooked when people think of
flexible working. Yet it’s a great.... more
(08 September 2005 09:23)
Schools need funding for extended schools agenda
Schools must receive an adequate level of direct funding for the extended schools agenda to succeed, delegates warned today at a conference in.... more
(07 September 2005 16:07)
Children’s rights campaigners attack truancy sweeps
Truancy sweeps are a waste of valuable resources that should be concentrated instead on tackling the problems facing the “hard core” of pupils who.... more
(06 September 2005 07:53)
Alarm bells ring over extended schools agenda
Extended schools present opportunities and threats for the children’s workforce but there is work to be done to ensure the agenda does not result.... more
(07 September 2005 15:19)
Ecstasy tablets sold for 50p
Ecstasy pills can be bought for 50p in Portsmouth it emerged today, writes Clare Jerrom . more
(06 September 2005 10:14)
Wednesday 7 September 2005
Teaching unions criticise Kelly's plans
Ageism is rife more
(07 September 2005 10:06)
Stone by stone
An environmental restoration project is helping drug and alcohol misusers gradually restore self-belief and motivation as they travel on the path to.... more
(01 September 2005 00:00)
Langdon - supporting people with learning difficulties into employment
Scarce employment opportunities, poor support in making the transition from childhood to adult life, and lack of provision for minority groups are.... more
(06 September 2005 15:04)
Scottish legislation will reform children's hearing system
Legislation to protect Scotland’s most vulnerable people will be at the heart of the executive’s work for the next two years, writes Gordon Carson .... more
(06 September 2005 14:52)
Campaigners warn of "forgotten" human rights
Human rights have been “forgotten” in the Youth Justice Board’s draft code of practice on managing children and young people’s behaviour in the.... more
(06 September 2005 11:28)
Survey findings reveal extent of gun culture
Almost four in 10 young people across the UK and the Republic of Ireland know someone who has a gun, according to a survey commissioned by the music.... more
(06 September 2005 07:42)
Outcry over dyslexia myth claims
Experts claiming that dyslexia does not exist have been accused of making a “damaging and irresponsible” attempt to undermine decades of work on.... more
(06 September 2005 07:50)
Schools accused of failing to meet young carers’ needs
Schools are failing to support young carers, new research published today by the Princess Royal Trust for Carers has revealed. more
(06 September 2005 07:46)
Truancy rates remain stable despite initiatives
Truancy rates have not changed in a decade despite more than £1 billion being spent on initiatives to tackle poor attendance, it emerged today, .... more
(06 September 2005 10:44)
Poor pupils at risk of isolation and bullying
Children from low income families risk being bullied at school or falling behind with their work because their parents cannot afford school trips or.... more
(01 September 2005 16:08)
No improvement in levels of mental illness among young people
One in 10 young people had a mental health problem in 2004 the Office for National Statistics has revealed and, according to the figures, the level.... more
(05 September 2005 09:28)
Tuesday 6 September 2005
DrugScope survey released
50p for an E more
(06 September 2005 09:52)
Discipline drive could see schools applying for parenting orders
The expert group set up to advise the government on effective school discipline is considering allowing schools to apply for parenting orders, the.... more
(02 September 2005 16:26)
PM criticised over parenting order pledge
The government has been warned against pre-empting the work of a new taskforce set up to deliver the respect agenda with its plans for the wider use.... more
(05 September 2005 17:42)
Women should be moved from Durham prison
The chief inspector of prisons has called for inmates at the women’s unit of Durham Prison to be moved “as a matter of urgency” following an.... more
(05 September 2005 17:24)
Churches must improve child protection procedures
Churches must ensure their child protection procedures are the best possible, Nigel Williams warned today, writes Clare Jerrom . more
(03 September 2005 11:01)
Monday 5 September 2005
Jail threat for families who force marriages
Prince's Trust made little impact more
(05 September 2005 09:55)
Casey to head respect agenda
A Respect Task Force to deliver the government’s respect agenda was announced today by Home Secretary Charles Clarke, writes Clare Jerrom . more
(02 September 2005 16:29)
Book Review: Career Success of Disabled High-flyers
The title of this should really be Career Success of Physically
Disabled High-flyers . In it, Sonali.... more
(02 September 2005 13:42)
Book Review: An Introduction to Childhood Studies
An Introduction to Childhood Studies
Edited by Mary Jane Kehily,
Open University Press
ISBN.... more
(02 September 2005 13:32)
Web review:
www.uklearningdisabilities.co.uk more
(01 September 2005 14:01)
Research Review: Health, Well-being and Social Inclusion: Therapeutic Horticulture in the UK
This book provides evidence from a large research project that the health, wellbeing and social inclusion of vulnerable adults is improved from.... more
(01 September 2005 00:00)
Friday 2 September 2005
Child left in lodger's care is murdered
ID check failures put children in risk more
(02 September 2005 09:57)
Death report flags up Ofsted mistakes
The death of a toddler who drowned in the bath could have been prevented by tighter government regulations and guidance for agencies working with.... more
(02 September 2005 08:23)
Exams? pass on that one
Four years after Merton Council in London was put on special measures its looked-after children are achieving remarkable GCSE results. Natalie.... more
(02 September 2005 08:16)
Tool developed to help detect mental health problems
A new screening tool could lead to more effective identification of young offenders with severe mental health problems, a study has found, writes.... more
(01 September 2005 18:54)
‘He is learning about the community’
Caroline Hunter’s 14-year old son Kevin has only just been diagnosed as autistic. more
(01 September 2005 00:00)
'I would include everyone in their neighbourhood school'
Louise Adkins found out that her third son Ben had Down's syndrome before he was born. But when she learned that many children with the condition go.... more
(01 September 2005 00:00)
Special school is the right option
"It's frightening that some people are of the opinion that all children can go into mainstream school. more
(01 September 2005 00:00)
N Ireland plans 24-hour helpline
Foster carers in Northern Ireland will be able to access round-the-clock helplines under plans unveiled by the country's four health and social.... more
(01 September 2005 00:00)
Job review prompts staff strike threat
Some of Aberdeen Council's most experienced social workers have been offered reduced employment terms and conditions as part of a council-wide job.... more
(01 September 2005 00:00)
Nearly one in 10 have conviction
Almost 6,000 social workers have declared criminal convictions in their applications for registration, the General Social Care Council has revealed. more
(01 September 2005 00:00)
Newham to lure students with £10k
Newham Council has launched a scheme offering final-year social work students a £10,000 grant as it tries to tackle staff shortages.
more
(01 September 2005 00:00)
Family first to lose home under section
A mother and daughter have become the first family to lose their home under the government's policy that stops benefits to failed asylum seekers. more
(01 September 2005 00:00)
More use of person-centred plans urged
The Department of Health should issue new guidance to local authorities and primary care trusts on implementing person-centred planning for people.... more
(01 September 2005 00:00)
Residents rubbish 'hoodie' sculpture
A newly erected sculpture of a "hoodie" in Montrose, Scotland, has provoked an antisocial response from some residents who hit out at Angus Council.... more
(01 September 2005 00:00)
