Unnatural / institutional support for infants with very special needs & their families. What is it like in your locality (on a 13-point scale)?

‘there can be a prevalent medical/institutional hangover that we need to become aware of and address’

Extracts from Bringing up babies and young children who have very special needs:

“In the UK and some countries I know of, when a baby or young child has a multifaceted condition, the child, p

Negative mental states shared by parents and practitioners of babies and young children who have very special needs

‘Then there is hope, worry and guilt. These states of mind will surely be familiar to parents of all children and to practitioners and managers’

Extract from 'Bringing up babies and young children who have very special needs':

“There are many negative mental states practitioners can suffer in

Caring Activism to protect vulnerable children and adults. Could you be in a caring activist team in your neighbourhood?

Where do you go for help when public services have to turn you away because of cuts in their finances and when charities can no longer help because they are struggling to survive?

If you are concerned about a vulnerable child, adult or family because they are not getting effective support, what do y

The Helping Relationship: Understanding Partnerships. Essay by Professor Hilton Davis

In this article Hilton Davis, Emeritus Professor of Child Health Psychology, describes his Family Partnership Model

In this Model, the relationship between parents and those helping them is a partnership defined in terms of mutual participation and involvement, being parent-led, involving the

Race equality and justice in the charity sector UK

‘The charity sector prides itself on being values driven. But are we doing all we can to embody the values of equality and justice?’

October is Black History Month. Here, Kimberly McIntosh, Senior Policy Officer for Runnymede Trust, the UK's leading independent race equality thinktank, asks h

A parent speaks of her family’s journey in early childhood intervention and says some therapy sessions work well when the child is not present

Denise Luscombe writes from Australia:

I thought TAC Bulletin readers might like to see this video. It was from the ISEI Conference and I introduced a parent speaker at the Welcome Reception. Stacey was the parent and she talked about her journey in ECI (early childhood intervention).

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OneSky: Early Childhood Education in Mongolia

By Maya Bowen, Global Programs Coordinator, OneSky for all children

"Due to mass migration and urbanization, the population in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, has increased exponentially.

"With this rise in population has come a growing number of families in desperate need of child care

Life in Afghanistan for a teacher and her students

Nargis teaches 4th-6th-grade language arts at Abdul Rahim Shaheed school in Dasht-e-Barchi. She explains that her students often miss school because they are afraid to leave their homes. Many of her students have lost family members to bombings

“My sister Nargis Turkmani was born and raised i