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Daily roundup: Child poverty, teacher training, and youth social enterprise

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

| CYP Now

Researchers find ADHD link with low income and single parent families; Just one in five trainee primary school teachers are men; and a work focused social enterprise in Leeds gets £1m, all in the news today.

Councils sign up to test SEND reforms

News

Thursday, November 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Ten local authorities are to test new ways of helping parents understand how personalised budgets for children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) will work.

Government unveils plans for 'streamlined' SEN needs assessments

News

Monday, October 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Long-term outcomes for children and young people with complex special educational needs (SEN) will be at the heart of a new needs assessment system, the government has announced.

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, alcohol abuse and serious case review

Other

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Scottish children's commissioner condemns welfare reform, children as young as seven hospitalised by alcohol use, and Philpott deaths prompt serious case review, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax concession, sexual abuse and child trafficking

Other

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Severely disabled children exempted from bedroom tax, Barnardo's to study girls who commit sexual abuse, and calls for the government to protect victims of trafficking, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: 'Conflicts of interest' at the DfE; child poverty measurements, and safeguarding in Medway

Other

Friday, February 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Fresh warnings over potential conflicts of interest at the Department for Education, experts criticise proposals for a new child poverty measure, and Ofsted rates Medway's child protection services 'inadequate', all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Free schools, HIV education and housing benefit

Other

Friday, November 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Government moves to stop teaching of creationism in schools, calls to improve HIV education, and pressure applied to Chancellor over housing benefit plans, all in news roundup today

Daily roundup: 400 primary academies, 'secret' database, and school exclusions

Other

Monday, November 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Plans to turn 400 primary schools into academies announced, concerns over "secret" database of children's details, and the number of special educational needs exclusions rises in Wales, all in the news roundup today.

Daily roundup: Disability payments, Youth Work Week and SEN support in Bromley

Other

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Fears that the new disability payment system could hamper independent living for young people, MPs urged to spend time with local youth workers, and Bromley berated over delays in SEN support, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Asylum-seeking children, a mobile youth club and antisocial behaviour

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Friday, September 21, 2012

| CYP Now

The Children's Society warns that the asylum processes is frightening children, a mobile youth scheme expands, and a study into dealing with antisocial behaviour, all in the news today.

Families win right to personal budgets for SEN support

News

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Parents are to be given the legal right to personal budgets to pay for their children's care, under the biggest shake up of the special educational needs (SEN) system in 30 years.

SEN legislation ‘built on quicksand'

News

Thursday, May 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Campaigners for disabled children have warned ministers that legislation aimed at simplifying processes for children with special educational needs (SEN) will falter because of widespread reductions in specialist support services.