Research

The latest research published relating to issues affecting children and young people, their families and those who work with or for them in Scotland. For past research visit the directory or use the search facility.

Deprivation and risk: the case for early intervention, 03/03/10 [E/NI/S/W]
Action for Children has published a report on deprivation and risk and the case for early intervention.

Protect, support, provide: examining the role played by grandparents in families at risk of poverty, 02/03/10 [E/NI/S/W]
Grandparents Plus and the Equality and Human Rights Commission have published a report which reveals that grandparents who are filling the ‘care gap’ in some of Britain’s most vulnerable families are risking hardship themselves.

Recognising Achievement: Literature review and model for managing recognition processes, 26/02/10 [S]
The Scottish Government has published a summary of the key findings from a review of literature on approaches to the recognition of achievement.

Sexualisation of young people review, 26/02/10 [E/NI/S/W]
This review for the Home Office looks at how sexualised images and messages may be affecting the development of children and young people and influencing cultural norms, and examines the evidence for a link between sexualization and violence.

When times are tough: tracking household spending and debt through diaries: interim findings, 26/02/10 [E/NI/S/W]
This briefing from the Institute for Public Policy Research presents the interim findings from their research, undertaken over four months with low-income families across the UK, which aims to produce in-depth understanding of the dynamics between spending, saving and debt.

Staying Safe Survey 2009: young people and parents’ attitudes around accidents, bullying and safety, 25/02/10 [E/NI/S/W]
This survey for the Department for Children, Schools and Families was intended to to measure and track parents’ and children’s awareness, attitudes and reported behaviour across the various safety issues covered within the Staying Safe Action Plan and the Byron Review; inform further campaign development and priorities; and provide quantitative data for the DCSF to adequately measure progress of the collective communications efforts.

2009 Scottish Survey of Achievement, 23/02/10 [S]
The Scottish Government has published the results of the 2009 Scottish Survey of Achievement - Reading and Writing.

Millennium Cohort Study, 17/02/10 [E/NI/S/W]
The Second Millennium Cohort Study book has been published. The book documents the first five years of life of the children of the Millennium Cohort Study, looking at the their lives and development as they begin formal education and the implications for family policy, and service planning in health and social services.

Strength against shocks: low-income families and debt, 07/02/10 [E/NI/S/W]
The Institute for Public Policy Research has published a report on low-income families and debt.

Curriculum for Excellence Briefing, 03/02/10 [S]
The Scottish Parliament Information Centre has published a briefing on the Curriculum for Excellence, which provides an overview of the new curriculum, changes to assessment and qualifications and outlines some of the debate surrounding these changes.

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