For over a decade and with the best of intentions, the U.K. government has spent millions attempting, but largely failing, to improve personal, social and educational outcomes for children and young people in public care. In this book, the authors explain why the problems of this highly vulnerable group have resisted such effort, energy and expenditure and go on to show how achieving positive outcomes for children in care is possible when the root causes of failure are tackled.

Topic covered include:

- The power of parenting

- The impact of parental rejection...

If we want to help children in the primary school to achieve the positive outcomes set out in the Every Child Matters agenda, we need to ensure all children have a healthy self esteem. This book seeks to give adults in schools tools to look at the way they could enhance self esteem in children.

The book comes with an accompanying CD-Rom which contains: Inset sessions for all adults in the schoolWorkshops specifically aimed at non-teaching personnel, including mid-day supervisorsSessions for teachers and classroom assistantsClassroom lessons and activity sheets for the children which can...

HIGHLY COMMENDED TES/NASEN TEACHING AND LEARNING AWARD

This pack encourages young people to explore the subject of equal opportunities, considering issues such as prejudice, stereotyping, discrimination and racism.

There is a strong story line about a space creature called Gorm who travels around the galaxy and finds that being different can be very difficult.

There are five sections:

- being the same

- being different

- good and bad things about being the same and different

- being treated...

Involving children in discussing, planning and reviewing their targets for learning and behaviour is a key element of Every Child Matters (2003) and the Children's Plan (2007). This new edition of Gillian Shotton's best selling book, has been updated to include new templates for teachers looking to involve children in writing their Individual Education Plan (IEP), as well as the introduction of target sheets applicable for all primary and secondary students. The resource provides a useful tool for helping teachers put some of the Assessment for Learning strategies into practice.

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Providing learning mentors with all the information they need in their role, this is the ultimate kit for supporting children with a variety of issues.

Tried and tested approaches to help students who are at risk of exclusion.

Guidance from an experienced Educational Psychologist for practitioners involved in SEN and disabilities

This book demonstrates how musical activities can support the development of literacy skills for young children aged from birth to 8 years. The relationship between music and literacy is investigated, and through a wealth of ideas and resources, guidance is given on how to use music as a practical tool to develop skills vital to literacy. As music is naturally inclusive, the activities are suitable for all children.

Each chapter includes activities to explore, and the book covers:

- the myriad of skills which may be elicited through music making

- the...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject Business economics - Business Ethics, Corporate Ethics, grade: 1,7, University of Hohenheim (Institut fur Agrarpolitik und Landwirtschaftliche Marktlehre), course: Management in der Ernahrungswirtschaft, language: English, abstract: In many ways water is of vital importance for humanity. But 1.1 billion people in developing countries today have inadequate access to water. While competition for water increases worldwide, agriculture - the major user of water - is challenged to manage water in a more efficient and environmentally sustainable...