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A New Deal for Children?
In England, Scotland and Sweden, early childhood, education and care, childcare for older children and schools are now the sole responsibility of education departments. This book examines, cross-nationally, this change in policy which follows the Climbie Inquiry and Laming report.
Space to Develop
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Caring for Children
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Children's Services
Throughout the United Kingdom and Scandinavia demographic, economic and social changes have contributed to growing demand and need for many children's services, as well as new expectations of their delivery. This book examines the changes which are affecting children's services in the United Kingdom and Scandinavia. A wide range of services providing care, protection, education, health and recreation for children are covered, with examples drawn from the United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark and Sweden.
Caring for Children
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Taking Stock
As part of the devolution process, a range of powers was granted to the newly formed Scottish Parliament in 1999. These powers principally governed social welfare where there was already a degree of Scottish autonomy. Welfare has thus been central to the devolution project. The book looks at why social welfare issues were central to the devolution process in Scotland; explores the particular social and financial circumstances in which Scottish policy makers operate; reviews and assesses Scottish policies for children, education and lifelong learning; examines health policy, including care for the elderly, an especially controversial example of 'policy divergence' from England and provides an invaluable overview of the Scottish welfare state is as it is, and discusses how it might develop in the future. This book is essential reading for all those concerned with the contemporary and historical dimensions of social policy in Scotland and how they relate to developments in other parts of the United Kingdom.
Supporting Children and Young People's Learning
A parent's guide to additional support and learning, presenting the key features of the 'Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004'. It gives an overview of the planning processes involved with a child with additional support needs, how the different plans relate, and focuses on the Co-ordinated Support Plan (CSP).
Northern Neighbours
This edited collection of essays covers various elements of the analysis of Norway and Scotland including land ownership, politics, agriculture, industry, money and banking, local government, education, religion, access and the outdoor life, as well as se
Up-helly-aa
Up-Helly-Aa is Europe's largest and most spectacular winter fire festival. In the biting Arctic wind on the last Tuesday of every January, a Guizer Jarl leads one thousand men in guising costumes with flaming torches through the streets of Lerwick, the capital of the Shetland Isles, accompanying a Viking galley to its ceremonial burning.
