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John Diamond 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
When I was a child, I loved the idea of having an adventure. I lived in the country in a time when it was acceptable for a child to remain away from their home for a full day without anyone getting overly concerned. I had freedom in a way that children of today don’t. One … Read more
When we married, we lived in Lincolnshire. I was a midwife and health visitor and my husband was a self-employed carpenter. William was born and I looked after him for the first three months. At the time I had him, my employers gave women a compulsory return-to-work contract for at least six months if they … Read more
As a write this column I am preparing to give a paper at the Children’s Spirituality Conference in Chicago. This means I have a growing collection of books, articles and papers around me in every available place, surface and on the floor, and that every day the nature of “children’s spirituality” (and therefore what I … Read more
Joey’s parents died while he was young, and when his grandmother could no longer look after him, the Lady at the Big House intervened and he was sent to a children’s home. Read the first two episodes – Joey 1, Joey 2 I did write to the staff at the Big House a few times … Read more
I wonder what you associate with the term “life skills”? In British social work and residential child care it usually means things like cooking, shopping, washing and ironing clothes, travelling, elementary budgeting and the like. School and the education system are supposed to take care of maths, English, science, history, IT and geography in preparation … Read more
There is a revolution in the Child Care Industry. It isn’t anything new, but its significance will become more apparent in the next few years. It is interesting how trends and legislation affect our views. At one time, this particular aspect of parent-carer alternative was decidedly the poor relation. I am talking about the work … Read more
Hello, everyone. This is my first article for the magazine, and I hope that there will be many more, as I love to share information on learning and development; which of course is the life blood of the services that we offer to clients. Without learning and development of services, we can not improve on … Read more
Should some professionals have exemption from the practice principles and the code of ethical conduct of their profession and immunity from the disciplinary procedures? In February of this year, Dr. Roy Meadow appealed to the High Court regarding a finding by the General Medical Council that evidence he gave in criminal proceedings was seriously flawed … Read more
Recently we had a residential training course based at Mill Grove for twenty or so people engaged in work with children and young people. It lasted for a week, and from what we can gather seems to have been greatly appreciated. You can probably guess that having a group this size coming to live in … Read more
It’s hard for anyone to believe now that back at the beginning of the 1970s there were still villages in England like the one where I grew up until I was between thirteen and fourteen years old. There were a few farm workers’ cottages, and when I sit at Council meetings now and hear phrases … Read more