This cross-government plan which includes Education, Health, and ‘Social Policy’, will lead to a more joined-up approach to engaging with families… Read More
Addressing adolescent to parent violence and abuse: Restoring respectful families
Mention Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse (APVA) to professionals who work with families and/or young people and the response is often that they are aware of… Read More
Speech, Language and Communication (SLC) in the early years
This presentation gives an overview of the work taking place across Wales, within Flying Start and Families First, as well as more widely, to address the needs of children… Read More
Screen use, anxiety, and depression in teenagers: Are they linked?
Screen-based devices (smartphones, tablets, computers) are now an ever-present part of our lives. Young people in particular use them for many daily activities… Read More
Family and friends are big risk factors for child smoking
The good news is that smoking among children in the UK is declining, but the bad news is that lots of children do still smoke… Read More
My Creative Voice: Young people’s priorities for policy and practice
The recent ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) Festival of Social Science included the CASCADE Voices research advisory group ‘My Creative Voice: Young people’s priorities for research, policy and practice’… Read More
Putting local services information in the hands of frontline staff
The new App – ‘Health and Well-being Wales’ is available to registered users and provides access to service details and contact information for over… Read More
Educating AGENDA: embedding and evaluating AGENDA in schools
Since 2016 AGENDA has expanded into an interactive online resource for practitioners and young people with additional new case studies and activities from England and Wales… Read More
Using creative methods for health research
Creative methods include drawing, collage, sandboxing, emotion stickers, photo-elicitation, artefacts and plasticine modelling. These methods can be used to engage… Read More
Funding, Grants & Jobs
Review the latest in funding, grants and job vacancies. Read More
