In this approach to disabled children, a small individualised team or TAC (the Team Around the Child) is established around each child and family. Each child’s TAC is more effective, creative, wise and powerful than the individual people in it. Typically, the members of a TAC might include, in addit
A paper by B K Srinath, J Shah, P Kumar and P S Shah
Abstract
Objective: To compare physiological and biochemical responses in stable preterm neonates and their parents following kangaroo mother care (KMC) and kangaroo father care (KFC).
Study Design: We conducted a prospective cross-over design st
What first comes to mind when you think of your life as a 12-year-old? Perhaps you got your first girlfriend or boyfriend? Your family moved to a flash new house? Or, maybe, you had it slightly harder and your parents got divorced. When I reflect on my life at 12, this is what I remember most: i
iRights is an initiative in England to make the digital world a more transparent and empowering place for children and young people. It offers a universal framework of digital rights to help young people access digital technologies ‘creatively, knowledgeably and fearlessly’.
Peter Limbrick write
Read more: iRights – wanting to protect children online but doing less than half the job. Very sad
Peter Limbrick writes: In every country there are teenagers with physical, learning or sensory disabilities (or a combination of them) who have left school and now have no study, employment or social activities.
They are stuck at home with none of the learning, play and social activity they had
Introduction: The Team Around the Child approach as a whole ‘system’ of intervention
In this approach to disabled children, a small individualised team or TAC (the Team Around the Child) is established around each child and family. Each child’s TAC is more effective, creative, wise and
Tom Rickert and Paul Ajuwon write: We are pleased to launch this important survey on transportation needs of children with disabilities in developing countries. People around the world are working hard to provide better education for children with disabilities, either as part of regular schools
Read more: Survey – getting disabled children to school in developing countries
5 October 2015 Thistle Hotel, The Royal Angus, Birmingham
Keynote speakers include:
Read more: Beautiful Minds: Nurturing and Promoting Mental Wellbeing in Children and Young People
Cartoon © Martina Jirankova-Limbrick 2011