How you can help build a child’s brain - VIDEO

From Center on the Developing Child

Did you know that you can help build a child’s brain – starting even before babies can talk? Simple serve and return interactions between adults and young children help make strong connections in developing brains. And, it’s easy and fun to do!

This how-to video b

Matt Hancock facing legal challenge over 'repeated failures' in autism care - UK

Equality and Human Rights Commission takes first legal step over the 'inappropriate inpatient care' of more than 2,000 people

Extract from article by Paul Gallagher in the i newspaper on Wednesday, 12th February 2020:

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is facing legal action over the "repeated failure" t

S.H.I.F.T. Guide to help the movement away from institutional care for people with disability

I fear in the UK we might be going in the reverse direction with some of our children and young people (Ed)

According to the Academic Network of European Disability Experts, institutional care continues to consume disproportionate levels of public expenditure, far outweighing that invested in commun

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

Care of pregnant and breastfeeding women in relation to COVID-19

'it is critical to note that at this time, for the general public in the United States, the immediate health risk from COVID-19 is considered low'

From the website of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists:

Practice Advisory: Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

Introductory paragraph:

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism. Recording by Dr Robin DiAngelo

Dr Robin DiAngelo discusses how to better understand how we can engage and partner more effectively in cross-cultural dialogue, anti-racist action and change.

Dr Robin DiAngelo’s area of research is in Whiteness Studies and Critical Discourse Analysis and she has a PhD in multicultural educati

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