December, 2008

Dec 2008- In This Issue

Achieving Rights for Children in the UK

by Prospera Tedam

A brief analysis of the report by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

The Virtues and Limits of Rights

by Dr Keith J. White

What A Christmas Carol offers that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child does not

The Right Not to be Hit

by Rachel Harrington

Children need to be heard and not hit.

The Chance to Make Choices

by Valerie Jackson

How children’s rights relate to circumstances

Children’s Rights and Responsibilities

by Maureen O'Hagan

The debate about whether they should be linked

Race Equality Teaching

by Jane Lane

Knowing what racism is (and is not) - a prerequisite for putting racial equality into practice in the early years

The Impact of Quality4Children on Children’s Rights

by Monika Niederle

And Children’s Rights as the basic principle for developing the Quality4Children standards

Children’s Rights : Quid pro Quo

Advisory Council in Child Care : Care and Treatment in a Planned Environment

Digest by Robert Shaw

Who Cares? Young People in Care Speak Out by Raissa Page and George A Clark

Digest by Robert Shaw

Scene in the Post Office Queue: Sally’s View

by Kathleen Lane

Same scene, but Sally’s View

Baby P: The Lessons

by David Lane

What can social work learn from this case?

FICE in Bulgaria

The impact of armed conflict on children around the world

Social Care Association Reaches 60!

by Nick Johnson Nick Johnson

An invitation to the Annual Seminar in March 2009

News Views

A mixture of news items, events, comments and whimsies, including men in childcare, confidentiality, Andrew Rowe, Barack Obama, bullying, Court …

The Shame of Britain’s Intolerance of Children

Findings of a public opinion survey commissioned by Barnardo’s