Discussion paper on why the underpinning notion of self directed support seems to have failed in its ambitions. It also looks at how the concepts of personalisation and personal budgets associated with self-directed support may retain value if interpreted in an appropriate way, delivered through an appropriate strategy.
Evaluation of the Triple P parenting program.
Results of a survey of English care homes and integrated working practices.
Guardian article which explains how a project in Scotland involved young people in planning and designing care leavers' services.
Article that describes developing programmes matched to workforce needs that allow students to translate theory into professional practice.
Paper that explores the concepts of adversity, risk, vulnerability and resilience in the context of child protection systems with the aim of contributing to the debate about the ways in which risk of ‘harm’ and ‘abuse’ are conceptualised at different stages of the lifespan and in relation to different groups of people.
Article and video explaining the use of dolls for working with children.
Paper that describes the background to personalisation and then goes on to offer an analysis of the different policy options that will open up citizens, professionals, families, communities and policy-makers to its potential.
Cross-sectional analysis of self-reported questionnaire data collected from members of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) birth cohort, England. Respondents (n = 4810) were aged 16–17 years old and have been followed up since birth.
Article that looks to determine the association between area and individual measures of social disadvantage and infant health in the UK.