Opening Doors – Strengthening families. Ending institutional care across Europe. What is the situation in your country?

The latest compilation of data from 16 European countries document why institutional care – unnecessary, outdated and harmful type of care – still remains a problem for hundreds of thousands of children within EU borders and beyond.

Through recommendations addressed to poli

Getting children out of nappies is about dignity, and about saving valuable time and money

If you have a child still in nappies beyond infancy in your family, school or residential setting, you will know how much time it takes up and how much of your money it drains away.

You will also know the limits it can put on socialising and self-esteem.

These books by learning disability nurse, Cha

Applying systems thinking to support an infant with ‘multiple disabilities’, Part 2. Designing a multifaceted intervention system for each child

This follows How to apply systems thinking in support of an infant with ‘multiple disabilities’ – moving on from the old ways in TAC Bulletin 196

In that earlier piece I suggested that separate diagnoses of hearing or vision impairment, le

How to apply systems thinking in support of an infant with ‘multiple disabilities’ – moving on from the old ways

Peter Limbrick writes: First of all, when we are involved in helping a baby or young child to develop new skills and understanding, I believe the phrase ‘multiple disabilities’ has no validity – hence the single quote marks in the title. C

Let's talk about infant and early childhood mental health! Resources to download

From the website of Ottawa Public Health: Infants and young children have mental health. It is the developing capacity of the child from birth to six years of age to form close and secure adult and peer relationships, experience, manage and express a full range of emotions, and explore the e

Team Around the Child (TAC) empowers parents and gives disabled children a better deal - in any country

Peter Limbrick writes:

Dear Parent,

Do you worry because the people helping your child do not talk to each other?

Do you feel they make decisions without involving you properly?

Do you have several plans for your child instead of a single u

France bans Wi-fi in nurseries - to protect young children from “possibly carcinogenic” electromagnetic waves

Extract from a story in Connexion, 27/5/17: Restrictions imposed to protect young children from “possibly carcinogenic” electromagnetic waves

WIFI has been banned in nurseries, schools, kindergartens and childcare centres across France that

Video of lecture: Childhood intervention in an international perspective

This lecture by Professor Rune Simeonsson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA was given as part of CHILD’s 10-year celebration at Jönköping University in 2016.

Watch: https://play.hj.se/media/Childhood+intervention+in+an+international+perspective/0_fa8ywfb9