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Here we go again. The Home Secretary has sent his Minister, Gerry Sutcliffe MP, to America to see what the impact of Megan’s Law has been. The law related to circulating information about paedophiles to their neighbourhoods so that parents could be aware of the threat they might pose. Care will need to be taken, … Read more
Sign language use with babies and young children is an area of growing interest from families and those who work with pre-school youngsters. The use of signing is now believed to be beneficial to a whole range of children – pre-verbal hearing babies – children who are autistic, dyslexic, have specific speech and/or language difficulties … Read more
Race Equality Teaching Volume 24 has been published to cover Spring 2006. This journal, published by Trentham Books, used to be MCT Multicultural Teaching, which has a history of twenty years focusing on race and education. The issue has a Guest Editor, Jane Lane, who is a member of the Editorial Board. Jane’s theme is … Read more
Over the last month, the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children held two meetings: Tuesday 13 June 2006: Paediatric Medicines (joint meeting with the APPG for the Pharmaceutical Industry) Monday 26 June 2006: Directors of Children’s Services Unfortunately, the meeting arranged for Tuesday 27 June on the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill was cancelled due to … Read more
One of the few Shakespearean quotes I will always remember is one taken from Hamlet which is, “To thine own self be true”. This is a maxim that has stayed with me throughout my life. Although the great bard was not, as far as I am aware, a registered therapist, it does pose the question, … Read more
In April 2001, Keith White wrote an early piece about Mill Grove, but his major contribution that month was titled Reflections on the History of Child Care in the United Kingdom and of the Current Context. It was the paper he had given at the Radisson Workshop run by the Social Education Trust. The Webmag … Read more
Some recent research findings about admissions to residential care This article is based on a presentation made at this year’s national SIRCC conference held in Aviemore on 5-6 June. Recently myself and a colleague have completed two separate but complementary pieces of research into the pattern of admissions to local authority residential units in Scotland. … Read more
Youth Welfare Act (JWG) 1989 – Introduction In the nineties of the last century, youth welfare underwent a notable improvement in Austria. An important basis for the re-orientation of youth welfare was the Youth Welfare Act (JWG) of the Federal Government. After ten years of discussion, this Act was passed by the Parliament in 1989. … Read more
Well, I am back, so the first article could not have been too bad! This month’s article is titled, Knowledge and understanding for childcare awards – what candidates could and should know who are undertaking NVQ Awards against the new standards. The revised NVQ standards have brought much more clarity in enabling everyone to understand … Read more
Click For The Book It occurs to me that some readers may wonder why the Editor of the Webmag chose to title this regular column In Residence. After all, it seems as if I am never at home. Last month I was getting ready to leave for a conference in Chicago, and this month I … Read more
Most parents and early years practitioners will be familiar with the tantrum of a child at around the two-year level. It is that developmental period when the child is beginning to understand that life doesn’t revolve around them in the way they previously believed. They want to be able to put on their own clothes, … Read more
A mixture of news items, future events, sales pitches, comments and whimsies, including dealing with paedophiles, things to do this summer, honours, sign language, children’s mental health, CRB checks, tantrums, emergency admissions and black role models. Megan’s Law Here we go again. The Home Secretary has sent his Minister, Gerry Sutcliffe MP, to America to … Read more