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Around in circles
As more children are being diagnosed with autism, parents are finding that there are either too few trained staff at mainstream schools or a lack of specialist schools in their area. Kendra Inman reports.
Stand by me
Sarah Wellard reports on a school where the students themselves are trained and supported to combat bullying.
Taken on trust
Islamic schools, known as madressahs, provide invaluable services for the communities they serve. In West Yorkshire a new project is improving child protection in these schools. Graham Hopkins reports.
Injection of clarity needed
Researcher Kirsten Stalker finds that health and social services are confused over the legal obligations towards children who undergo a lengthy stay in hospital.
Overcoming class barriers
Full-time education is the main way for young asylum seekers and refugees to better themselves and to integrate into their new country. So how are schools coping with this challenge? Anabel Unity Sale investigates.
Wednesday 20 August 2003
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Children of asylum seekers set school test
Full-time education has been described as the door into the culture and society in which asylum-seeker and refugee children live. So how are schools coping with this challenge? Anabel Unity Sale investigates.
Drive to put child protection online leads to array of emerging systems
Confusion reigns as different agencies develop databases for vulnerable children. Mark Hunter reports on social services' fears of fragmentation and incompatibility.
Parents welcome?
Participation of parents in the day-to-day life of a school can reap rewards, particularly in the child's academic performance. But this input is too often restricted to primary education, says Lisa Harker.
Teenage picks
Service user inclusion and participation are worthy goals but putting them into practice needs careful thought, as was shown when young people took part in a recruitment and selection process in Torbay, writes Nigel Hinks.
Children trafficked in UK may number thousands
The hundreds of known cases of trafficked children in the UK are just the "tip of the iceberg" and thousands of children may be trafficked each year, according to a Unicef report, writes Clare Jerrom.
Schools fail to protect gay children from bullying
Bullying is the most common problem mentioned to staff on the ChildLine helpline. Yet schools, despite having policies in place, can be reluctant to challenge the specific issue of homophobic bullying.
Natalie Valios reports.
Don’t forget daddy
Support for teenage parents is improving but involving young fathers remains a challenge, writes Gill Frances.
Faulty connexions
Inspectors have reported worrying inconsistencies in Connexions services across the UK, as some partnerships struggle to become more than just careers advice bureaux. Sarah Wellard reports.
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