This course examines the teenage years in terms of physical, psychological, emotional and social development. Examining the issues and looking at how that understanding can help with engaging with and affectively supporting young people… Read More
Understanding and supporting mental health in infancy and early childhood
UNICEF UK and the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development & Learning (PEDAL), have developed a resource to support local areas in a shared understanding of mental health in infancy and early childhood… Read More
Voice of the Infant: best practice guidelines and infant pledge
Co-produced by a short-life working group, on behalf of the Infant Mental Health Implementation and Advisory Group, which is part of the Scottish Government’s Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Programme Board… Read More
Child Participation Assessment tool
Indicators for measuring progress in promoting the right of children and young people under the age of 18 to participate in matters of concern to them. By the Council of Europe Children’s Rights Division and Youth Department… Read More
State of Children’s Rights in Wales
The second report prepared by the Wales UNCRC Monitoring Group has launched. This is the second report prepared by the Wales UNCRC Monitoring Group, which is a civil society coalition facilitated by Children in Wales, to inform the 94th Session and the examination of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Read More
Research on the early implementation of Curriculum for Wales
This report presents findings of the first wave of qualitative research with 64 senior leaders in schools and Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) which examined schools’ early experiences of roll-out of Curriculum for Wales (CfW)… Read More
People & Homes Conference 2023
For more than twenty years Shelter Cymru’s People & Homes conference has been a key national housing event in Wales. This year they are going bigger and better than ever before, hosting Wales’s biggest conference on homelessness. This will be their first ever hybrid event, enabling them to reach more people and share more learning from across Wales and further afield… Read More
Calling care-experienced young people and professionals who work with care leavers
Despite ongoing efforts to bridge the gap between care-experienced young people and their peers, there is still much that we do not know about the factors that contribute to these inequalities. This research aims to develop a better understanding of how policies and support structures can be effectively developed to address the specific needs of care-experienced young people… Read More
ADHD: An understanding for practitioners
This one-day training aims to enable frontline staff who work with children and young people have a solid understanding of ADHD, an appreciation of its differing presentations affecting assessment and diagnosis of children and young people as well as an understanding of global risks associated with ADHD, the need for integrated medical and therapeutic interventions to improve life outcomes… Read More
Supporting young people’s mental health and well-being
The course aims to explore the various difficulties young people experience with mental health and look at how to build resilience and improve well-being. The course will examine the different types of mental health, the behaviours that can accompany them and how to support the young person. Various ways of building resilience will be introduced and how to maintain well-being will be demonstrated. Read More
