Children learn from experience – sometimes this is very harmful. Such as witnessing domestic abuse. Play Therapy UK offers help

A minimum of 750,000 British children and young people a year are witnesses to domestic abuse. Also 62% of children living with domestic abuse are directly harmed by the perpetrator of the abuse, in addition to the harm caused by witnessin

Risks of Cannabis on Fertility, Pregnancy, Breastfeeding and Parenting – Booklet from Best Start Resource Centre, 2017

This resource is for women and men, who are thinking about becoming parents, are pregnant, or who are new parents.

It provides information about the effects of cannabis on fertility, pregnancy, breastfeeding, on children and adolescents wh

Rethinking early childhood intervention services: Implications for policy and practice. Paper by Tim Moore

Presented by Dr Tim Moore* as the Pauline McGregor Memorial Address at the 10th Biennial National Conference of Early Childhood Intervention Australia, and the 1st Asia Pacific Early Childhood Intervention Conference. Perth, Western Austra

Video of lecture ‘Children's rights and childhood intervention’ about children with disabilities

This lecture by Professor Juan Bornman, University of Pretoria, South Africa was presented at Jönköping University as part of their 10-year celebration.

Video: https://play.hj.se/media/Childens+rights+and+childhood+intervention/0_88nn6b5r

Six UK councils sign up to named social worker scheme aimed at improving user outcomes

Article in RCNi Learning Disability and Practice – (subscription required)

A new social worker pilot scheme has been unveiled to tackle the lack of continuity of social workers for people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health.

Video of lecture: Childhood intervention in an international perspective

This lecture by Professor Rune Simeonsson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA was given as part of CHILD’s 10-year celebration at Jönköping University in 2016.

Watch: https://play.hj.se/media/Childhood+intervention+in+an+international+perspective/0_fa8ywfb9

1.2 million old people in England do not get the care they need. Could you start a Caring Activist Forum in your neighbourhood?

Peter Limbrick writes: Public services are leaving frail elderly people to struggle on their own – alone and without support services. Charities cannot meet the demand. The situation can only get worse.

A Caring Activist Forum in your neigh

10 ways to improve the quality of care for mothers and babies – from WHO

Nine African and South Asian countries committed to halving preventable deaths of pregnant women and newborns in their health facilities within the next 5 years.

They will work to improve health care using WHO's guide: Standards for improvi