Dr Raja Mukherjee (National Clinic for Fetal Alcohol, UK) explains why diagnosing FASD is important.
Barry Carpenter Education
International Educational Consultant
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This week a new EU funded Erasmus Project was launched in Graz, Austria. This Project will take the extensively trialled Briefing Sheets for the UK CLDD Project (Engagement4Learning) and translate them into several European languages.
The briefing sheets will then be used to support Inclusion of children with Special Needs in the representative EU countries. The Project will go through
various trial and development phases, through to 2018.For more information please go to http://early-inclusion.eu
The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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This briefing from the Office of National Statistics, (ONS) offers a useful profile of the latest trends in child mental health, and confirms a dramatic increase in mental ill health in Britain’s children.
Insights into children’s mental health and wellbeing – Office for National Statistics (Click to download & view) -
This new Study form the Centre for Mental Health, gives current and very relevant facts and information on the current State of Mental Health in Britain’s children and young people.
Click the link below to view;
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Following on from my earlier challenge to schools and service about their male engagement strategies, this magazine from CAF is full of useful ideas, insights and stories.
http://www.cafamily.org.uk/media/901809/connected_autumn_2015.pdf
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This two part article, recently published in the new SEND magazine, gives an overview of the phenomena that many school are experiencing , namely that the children they identify with SEND today, are increasingly different to those they identified yesterday.
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NOFAS-UK is pleased to announce the release of the 13th Issue of the FETAL ALCOHOL FORUM with the latest FASD research and articles from our experts.To download Issue 13, click on this link
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It will not come as a surprise to most women to know that men are different! In fact women probably have a strong evidence base in support of this statement. But when it comes to thinking through how we engage Dads in our schools there is often a one size fits all approach for both parents regardless of sex. Men don’t do Coffee Mornings!
So as you think ahead to the next academic year, before you start complaining that Dads don’t turn up to anything, please think about the channels through which you are asking then to become involved. There may be issues around time of day, or content of a session / meeting , or just that coming into a school holds memories of their own unsuccessful and unhappy times at school.
Below is a research summary of current thinking in this area , and also an article I have written on this topic which contains helpful suggestions for appraising your school’s male engagement strategies.
RiP: Are we including fathers? What we say, what we assume and what we’re not asking
This blog post discusses how practitioners can assess whether they are engaging with fathers effectively, and how they can improve the way they work with them.
Barry Carpenter Education 