Published by The International Centre for Therapeutic Care
A mixture of news items, events, comments and whimsies, including National Citizen’s Service, crime and the causes of crime, dealing with young offenders, labelling, computer software for teachers, compulsory cooking, the cycle of deprivation, computer-generated back pain, meningitis, and babies’ skin. National Citizens’ Service David Cameron has apparently been proposing that young people should do … Read more
Children Webmag is in the process of registering as an educational charity. It has been largely supported to date by charitable funding, and it is needing additional funds if it is to fulfil its potential. We have all sorts of ideas about ways in which we would like to improve the service we offer, and … Read more
A hundred years ago, children in schools were taught about heroes and heroines. They were people to be admired. They had shown bravery and courage, or devotion and compassion. They were selfless, sometimes unassuming, sometimes talented and brilliant. They were often people who had made Britain great in the days of the Empire. Admiral Nelson, … Read more
A mixture of news items, events, comments and whimsies, including the Government’s new Children’s Plan, Dolly Parton in Rotherham, parents in prison, social exclusion, justice, Good Enough Caring, early education in New Zealand, grading in Scotland, grading in England, IASSW in South Africa and social pedagogy in Slovenia New Year Happy New Year! We hope … Read more
If you work with children and young people, do you consider yourself to be professional? If so, what profession? Do you consider that your profession is properly valued and recognised by society? If not, what should you do about it?This issue contains details of a couple of new ideas, and you have the chance to … Read more
A mixture of news items, events, comments and whimsies, including creature discomforts, childminding registration charges, listening, a contentious Bill, school size, data base size, and risk-taking. Creature Discomforts If there are Oscars to be awarded to charity advertising, one needs to go to Leonard Cheshire Disability for their partnership with Aardman animations in producing the … Read more
“No man is an Island”, said John Donne. It is one of those statements which looks obvious once it is said. Man is a social animal, brought up in families, living in neighbourhoods and wider communities, working in teams of varying sizes, forming partnerships, agreeing complex laws and regulations and codes of conduct about acceptable … Read more
A mixture of news items, events, comments and whimsies, including Balls and education, exclusion and education, crime and the media, Philippa Russell and disabled children, global fears and apophthegms. Balls at Bournemouth At the Bournemouth Annual Social Services Conference, Ed Balls spoke of the need for collaboration between central and local Government. He re-iterated the … Read more
Date: 21 November 2007 Time: 9.30 to 12.30 Venue: The Knowledge Centre, Park Campus, University of Northampton. Cost: £15 per person booked in advance by emailing [email protected] or calling 01733 844803 and leaving a voicemail message Please note: The maximum number of delegates is 30. Booking is essential as we cannot guarantee a place on … Read more
There are some phrases which we find incredibly irritating. We class “blue skies thinking” and “thinking out of the box” among them. They are the sort of jargon used in management-speak, to encourage people to try ideas which they might not like. On the other hand, how do we get people to think laterally or … Read more
This Manifesto was developed by six Scottish organisations with expertise in looked after children and young people: Aberlour Child Care Trust, British Association of Adoption and Fostering, Fostering Network, Scottish institute for Residential Child Care, Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum, Who Cares? Scotland. We think that the consortium have done a really good piece of … Read more
A mixture of news items, events, comments and whimsies, including the DNA data base, an NCMA survey of parents’ knowledge about services, sport for children with disabilities, foreign food, drink, truancy, poverty, boarding schools, CEIEC, Interconnections Electronic Bulletin, and advice on nutrition and children’s behaviour. 1984 We know that 1984 was 23 years ago, but … Read more