What is Regulated Activity? 3rd May 202225th April 2022 by Louise Woffindin If you’ve been wondering about Regulated Activity, the chances are that you’ve been looking at safeguarding vulnerable adults or children.
Transition into Secondary School 29th April 202222nd April 2022 by Rose Winter With more than 3,400 secondary schools in England, it can be a hard decision when it comes to selecting the
What are the Principles of Confidentiality in Childcare? 14th April 202213th April 2022 by Rose Winter Confidentiality encompasses a number of ways that you can respect an individual’s privacy or personal wishes, in which you would
What is a Stammer? 5th April 2022 by Rose Winter Stammering is a disorder of fluency, meaning that the flow of speech is disrupted, resulting in disjointed words and sentences.
What is Organisational Abuse? 5th April 202229th March 2022 by Evie Lee Organisational abuse is where poor working practices and inadequate care in a specific setting leads to the mistreatment and/or harm
What is Foetal Alcohol Syndrome? 24th March 202223rd March 2022 by Rose Winter Foetal Alcohol Syndrome, sometimes referred to as Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), is a term given to a wide range
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder? 16th March 202215th March 2022 by Louise Woffindin Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is a neurological condition and developmental disorder. This condition primarily affects communication, learning and behaviour.
Is Home-schooling good or bad? 15th March 20228th March 2022 by Louise Woffindin The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about lots of permanent changes as well as many temporary ones. One change has been
GDPR Compliance in Schools 18th February 2022 by Laura Allan For those of us in education, GDPR has become a buzzword in recent years. Since its introduction in May 2018,
What is Human Trafficking? 28th February 202218th February 2022 by Evie Lee The recent trial in New York of Ghislaine Maxwell for recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by
Child Bereavement 17th February 202210th February 2022 by Evie Lee Bereavement has probably touched everyone’s life at some point, especially after the last couple of years that we have all
Instructional coaching 9th February 20229th February 2022 by Evie Lee The term coaching has, in the past, been mostly associated with sports professions. Coaching has been central to elite sporting
Online Abuse 17th February 20228th February 2022 by Laura Allan According to the Alan Turing Institute, online abuse is receiving much more attention in the UK these days. The Institute’s
What is Breast Ironing? 2nd February 20222nd February 2022 by Evie Lee Although no official study into the practice has been conducted, a Guardian revealed dozens of cases of Breast Ironing in
Safer Recruitment in Schools 1st February 20221st February 2022 by Evie Lee When parents or carers send children to school every day, they have a very reasonable expectation that the child(ren) will
What are County Lines? 3rd February 202231st January 2022 by Evie Lee Research undertaken by the Mayor of London’s office in 2020 estimated that between January 2018 and April 2019, 4,013 young
Different Types of Hay Fever 28th January 2022 by Nicole Murphy A quarter of all people in the UK currently have hay fever – equating to a huge 16 million people.
Reporting Non-Recent Abuse 25th January 202225th January 2022 by Evie Lee Non-recent abuse allegations have often made front-page news within the last decade where victims of historic abuse have made allegations
What is Dehydration? 12th May 202221st January 2022 by Nicole Murphy Many people do not realise how prevalent dehydration is in the UK. According to Water Logic, people in the UK
What is the Local Offer? 7th January 20227th January 2022 by Evie Lee Since September 2014 every local authority has been required to publish information about services that they expect to be available
How can Teachers Support their Mental Health? 24th January 20224th January 2022 by Eve Johnson Research funded by the Nuffield Foundation is the first to examine the mental health and wellbeing of teachers in England
How to make your workplace disability friendly 8th March 202225th November 2021 by Nicole Murphy Did you know that 18% of the working-age population are classified as disabled, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010?
How to implement the new Early Years Foundation Stage changes 19th November 2021 by Evie Lee What remains the same? It is important to know what is remaining the same and what the changes are, this
How to support children with dyslexia in their education 1st December 202119th November 2021 by Evie Lee The first step to helping identified children with dyslexia, is for everyone who works with the child to be updated