Published by The International Centre for Therapeutic Care
In This Issue The Editorial this month draws together a number of points in other articles and points up the responsibilities facing the child care profession. News Views has its usual mixture including the recognition of social education/ pedagogy as a profession, allergies, children’s savings, attainments and the school year, choice of school, Raissa Page, … Read more
It is for the child care profession to get things moving.
Including the recognition of social education/ pedagogy as a profession, allergies, children’s savings, attainments and the school year, choice of school, Raissa Page, and interprofessional co-operation.
In This Issue The Editorial this month urges everyone who has an interest in high standards of residential child care to sign the ICSE’s e-petition to re-establish NCERCC. Later in this issue there is a fuller statement from ICSE of the reasons for their petition. We have two child protection articles – the first by … Read more
If you think residential child care services need a good support system, sign the e-petition to the Government.
Including riots, long summer holidays, residential child care statistics, street work, Wellesley Nautical School, Gerd Schemenau, laughter, remembering residential care, and FunMats
We have something of an international flavour this month, with contributions from the Republic of Ireland, Slovenia, Australia and Pakistan. – Noel Howard has written about developments in child care in Ireland, a country whose services have been rocked by scandals, but where there are encouraging signs of new developments. – Meredith Kiraly has been … Read more
Including time out, Sir Paul Ennals, social pedagogy and kinship care
The Roman Catholic Church still has lessons to learn if it is to be trusted with children.
Another mixture of articles this month, with some emphasis on residential care and some on parenting. The Editorial focuses on the need for a fundamental review of our schooling system and raises a lot of question. News Views covers work-based crèches, mealtimes, playtime supervision and travel. In Teacher Diaries, Valerie Jackson has focused this … Read more
It is time for a major rethink about the way we educate our children and young people. We argued in a recent editorial that time needs to be spent debating the major social policy issues we face, so that a consensus can be built up among the major stake-holders – in the case of education, … Read more
Work Based Crèches This month’s article on the proposal to develop a new crèche in an office park in Leeds does not cover some important child care issues. Is it better for a baby, toddler or little child to commute with its parent to the work area, or to be cared for near the family … Read more