Systematic review of tools to measure outcomes for young children with autism spectrum disorder - Report from SPRU

A systematic review of tools and outcome measures used on children up to the age of six years with autistic spectrum disorders. The team sought to identify outcome areas regarded as important by the children and their parents.

The research collaboration included ASD experts and review methodolog

Planning interagency teamwork around disabled babies and children: Tasks for managers. An essay by Peter Limbrick

Summary: Effective interagency collaboration for babies and young children who require on-going support from plural agencies, services and practitioners is very often an aspiration rather than a reality. In the author's experience, a major limiting factor in achieving joint working can be the reluct

Moolaadé – film about female genital mutilation

Written and directed by Ousmane Sembene. This is a powerful and moving drama. When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.

Go to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416991/

Possessing the Secret of Joy – novel by Alice Walker dedicated 'with tenderness and respect to the blameless vulva'

Publisher: When Alice Walker finished writing The Color Purple she realised that she needed to tell the story of Tashi, a minor character, who had 'left Africa but had taken her wound with her to America'.

This is Tashi's story, told in her words and the voices of the people who loved her. This ext

Free online series from Geneva Centre for Autism: Introduction to Autism

The Training Institute of Geneva Centre for Autism was created in 1991 to address the need for wider public awareness and education on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

For twenty-four years the Training Institute has been a world leader in providing cutting edge training and education to professi

State of inequality: Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health – WHO report

The State of inequality: reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health report delivers both promising and disappointing messages about the situation in low- and middle-income countries. On the one hand, within-country inequalities have narrowed, with a tendency for national improvements driven by

Wired Child: Debunking Popular Technology Myths – new book by Dr Richard Freed and including common-sense tools to protect children

Amazon: Claims that technology brings families closer together seem out of sync with kids who retreat to their mobile devices for hours at a time. Assurances of amazing technology learning opportunities are contradicted by kids' obsessive use of entertainment technologies—video games, social network

But it's not fair – book by Aneeta Prem about forced marriage

From Amazon: Sofia and Vinny are sisters who live in the East End of London. Sofia 10 loves bling, celebrities and wants to be on the cover of the glossy magazines. Vinny and Sofia's safe world is turned upside down when Abby Kambi and her very traditional family move into the neighbourhood.

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