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News Views

Including the recession, generations, social workers’ attitudes to residential child care, working methods, Catholic adoption societies, bouncers and voluntary work

April 2009: In This Issue

Disability is this month’s focus. An article by Keith White valuing the special qualities of individuals with disability; a description of OAASIS, a helpful advice service for parents, by Susannah Kirkman; Aleesha’s story about the way her mother gradually learnt about her disabilities; a couple of Robert Shaw’s Key Texts on residential care for children … Read more

March 2009: In This Issue

The big issue in this edition is parenting, and we have looked at it from lots of angles – adopting, bringing up daughters as a single father, learning to parent, grandparenting, a review of A Good Childhood, a poem, men in caring roles with little children, and a few more points in News Views. We … Read more

News Views

Including young fathers, first-born children, substance abuse and new mores, primary education, gangs, social workers, bureaucracy and UNISON, residential care and the voluntary sector, zerotothree, the 9th TICICC conference, travelling, snow, schools and sledging.

Feb 2009: In This Issue

The theme for this month is health, and we have articles arguing for a holistic approach and considering how we teach children about sexual health. There is an article by Keith White looking at what home means – especially to those children who have to live elsewhere or do not have one. we have a … Read more

News Views

Including MMR and the media, well-being, eating for two, coughs and sneezes, emergency care, nanny-sharing, expeditions, whistle-blowing and communication