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Issue 1.3

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The Victim Support Creative Toolkit

Getting young victims of crime to talk can be challenging. That’s why Victim Support Norfolk gives its volunteers a ‘creative toolkit’ – a messenger bag crammed with toys, stationery and puppets – to make therapy sessions less threatening. Heidi Sweeney and Kara Shingleton explain.

  • 10 Mar 2010
  • 24mins
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Picture book

Taking and looking at photographs can help children talk about their feelings. Del Loewenthal shares three European case studies which used ‘phototherapy’ in both schools and counselling sessions.

  • 10 Mar 2010
  • 24mins
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Valuing grandparents

Grandparent’s have little legal status – often losing custody after a divorce, or getting burdened with caring duties with no fnancial support. Dr Clifford Hill and Matt Buttery report on their research with grandparents and children - and explain why they are campaigning for grandparents’ rights.

  • 10 Mar 2010
  • 24mins
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Online health visitors

A new website gives parents 24-hour access to Health Visitors. The website’s founders, Chamaine Lovett and Liz Costagliola, explain why their service is so effective.

  • 10 Mar 2010
  • 24mins
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Early support: helping sight-impaired preschoolers

Babies learn about their new world through sight. So parents of blind children often struggle to communicate with their children and measure their development. Julie Jennings investigates the practitioners using progress journals to help parents.

  • 10 Mar 2010
  • 24mins
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Can a school event help to keep kids healthy?

Bad school dinners, playing felds sold off for offce blocks, kids who think football is something on the telly – schools have to accept some responsibility for rising obesity rates. Louise Gilbert explains how a Whole School Focus Theme Event (WSFTE) based on health education can be used to show primary school kids the importance of diet and exercise.

  • 10 Mar 2010
  • 24mins
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The BEACHES project

Encouraging healthy eating and exercise with young children can promote lifelong good health. Gemma Knowles, Dr Peymane Adab, Miranda Pallan, Dr Eliot Marston and Dr Neil Thomas discuss their work with 5-7 year olds to prevent obesity in deprived South Asian families in Birmingham.

  • 10 Mar 2010
  • 24mins
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Improving the health and well-being of children

Children spend on average a quarter of their waking lives in school. The school environment, attitudes of staff and other children and young people, as well as what children learn in the classroom, have a major influence on the development of their knowledge and understanding of health.

  • 10 Mar 2010
  • 24mins
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Acting up

Using ‘Restorative methods’, or mediation, to resolve teacher-pupil conficts can prevent exclusion, says Graham Sharrock. He describes a pilot project in Scotland using drama to show teachers how it works.

  • 10 Mar 2010
  • 24mins
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Report update

We’re all supposed to be keeping up with the latest industry thinking. But there’s just not enough time. That’s why Lucy Busuttil summarises the surveys, reports and government policy changes you need to brief yourself on in every issue of Every Child journal.

  • 10 Mar 2010
  • 24mins