every child matters

spacer

Deaf children and social care provision

Research commissioned for the National Deaf Children's Society by the University of Manchester, and published in Every Child Journal, has revealed that social care and child protection services across England are failing deaf children and their families. As a result, deaf children are more likely to be abused, suffer mental health problems, struggle learning to read and become unemployed.
 
 

Too many cooks

Looked After children can have ten social workers at a time and are often shipped to a new children’s home every year. But a new model being piloted - ‘Social Pedagogy’ – is claimed to give children stability and security. Martin Thomas reports.
 
 

Case Study: Accessing the right equipment for SEN

How do you access the right equipment to support pupils with diverse needs when you need it? Ensuring that all pupils have access and full entitlement remains a challenge for many schools. In this article we learn how Treloar School and College is reaching out.
 

feature

 

Healthier, happier children

In ten years, Healthy Schools has established itself as the most widely embraced non-statutory government initiative in English schools - an achievement which Richard Sangster, Head of the National Healthy Schools Programme, believes has helped create a firm foundation for moving the health and wellbeing agenda further on in schools...

Further Features

Every Child/Youth Matters: a programme for welfare reform

What difference has the Every Child Matters agenda made so far? Christine Hough shares her research findings.

Generation game

Is it time to change the way we organise children’s care? Michelle Shewring explores the benefits of looking after children in mixed age group environments as a way of accelerating development.
 

essential reading

Creative Art Activities For the Early Years image

Creative Art Activities For the Early Years

A book of Art Activities for Childrenage 3 – 5 that matches Early YearsFoundation Stage Curriculum Workwith different media.
A Practical Guide to Pre-School Inclusion image

A Practical Guide to Pre-School Inclusion

This book is essential for those working with the 0-5 age range, including pre-school practitioners, nursery managers, advisory teachers, SENCO's and Inclusion Officers.
login
Login
spacer
in the latest issue
Every Child Update (emailed subscription) cover image
Where next for pupils excluded from special schools
Early education pilot for two year olds
Deployment and impact of support staff in schools
Parental experience of services for disabled children
Healthy Schools programme
spacer
spacer