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The Department for Education has released a raft of new research reports; among them are three which readers may find particularly interesting:
This week saw the passing of the Academies Act 2010, the piece of legislation which will enable the setting up of 'free schools' (see previous post for details). To date, 153 schools have applied to become academies, with the expectation that around 50 will do so in time for September.
To read the full text of the Act, click here.
A new study from the US has found that autism can be detected by the unique noises that babies make. The research, which was carried out at the University of Memphis, concluded that early pre-verbal sounds made by very young autistic children are distinct from those made by typically developing children.
To read more details of the project, click here.
A new survey from SkillsActive has found that many playwork employers say that they cannot find staff with the skills they require; 44% of the playworkers who took part in the research did not have a playwork specific qualification. Other issues raised by the report include the difficulty of finding sufficient finance for staff training, and a lack of familiarity with the playwork principles.
To look at the research for yourself, click here.
Two new publications if you have an interest in child protection issues:
Smoking, Drinking and Drug use Among Young People in England in 2009 is a new report from the NHS with detailed information and statistics about children's use of harmful substances.
Safeguarding Young People: Responding to Young People Aged 11 to 17 Who are Maltreated is a joint publication from the Children's Society, the NSPCC and the University of York. The report found that the needs of 11-17 year olds were not always met by child protection processes which are more geared to protecting younger children.
To get regular updates on child protection issues, you can sign up to the NSPCC Caspar service; once you have set up an email alert, you will receive a weekly email with details of news, research and events in this area.
Birmingham's children's services are unfortunately once again in the national headlines for the wrong reasons. Yesterday saw the publication of Inspection of Safeguarding and Looked After Children Services: Birmingham, an Ofsted report which summarised the findings of an inspection that was carried out last month. Among the conclusions is a statement that Birmingham City Council is failing to protect children; the news comes just a week after Tony Howell, the Council's current strategic director for children, young people and families announced that he will retire in January.
Further information about children's services in the city is available here, while the Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board has a separate website. Readers may also want to look at this previous post, which deals with a 2009 report into social care in the city.
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Two months in for the coalition government, and some of their policy proposals are becoming a little clearer. This previous post dealt with the issue of free schools, while other recent posts have covered speeches by Michael Gove and early announcements.
Now the new children's minister Sarah Teather has given an interview to Nursery World to discuss such issues as the EYFS review, qualifications for those who work with children, and more. To read the interview, just click here.
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Exam season is almost upon us, so the Family and Parenting Institute has entered into the spirit of things by awarding the UK a report card for different areas of family policy. Overall the country gets a C- grade for family friendliness, but the brief report also contains some interesting facts on the cost of raising a child, maternity leave, neighbourhoods and more. To view the card, click here.
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Childhoods Today is a free-to-access, online peer-reviewed journal, which publishes two issues a year and is produced by the Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth at the University of Sheffield. The journal has an international focus, and provides an opportunity for postgraduate students to publish academic articles.
The latest Social Trends (No 40) has just been published. For those who don't know, Social Trends is an annual publication which takes a very detailed look at society in the UK - frankly, it's quite scary how much they know about us! If you're interested in topics such as education, health, welfare or any other social issues, then this is a wonderful resource for information on the state of the nation.
As it's the fortieth edition of the report, this year's version also contains some fascinating details on how British society has changed and evolved during this period, which are summarised in this BBC article. To access the full text of Social Trends 2010, just click here.
Bear with me, today's update is going to be a monster. I've been away for a week, during which it seems that the childcare sector has gone into overdrive, so here's a simple update of significant news stories and new research with summaries where available:
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