Events

Children's outcomes can be adversely affected by bad parenting; they can also be adversely affected by poverty.  But if being a parent is one of the hardest jobs any of us can do, how much harder is it when you're also struggling with the stresses of poverty?

Date: Wednesday 10th November 2010

Venue: Edinburgh Corn Exchange

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Do you or your staff need a better understanding of issues to do with children's rights or the law regarding children?

The Scottish Child Law Centre can tailor a course to suit you and your needs.  Courses can include:

• Parental rights and responsibilities
• The Children's Hearing System
• Children in care
• Anti social behaviour legislation
• Children, sex and the law
• Children's rights
• Child protection

Date: Various dates throughout the year

Organisation: Scottish Child Law Centre

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This conference brings together four renowned experts in the field of relational development and growth.

The conference will explore 'why attachment matters' from birth onwards.

Date: 10th September 2010

Venue: Inchyra Grange Hotel, Falkirk

Organisation: Adoption UK

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A one-day conference to discuss the value of early childhood education and care, with a particular focus on the implications for future practice and policy in Scotland.

Date: 11th September 2010

Venue: Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh

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Given the recent change in Government, the conference provides the opportunity to address the new priorities and challenges ahead.  The conference will focus on key issues:

Early intervention, commissioning strategies, safeguarding and information sharing, parental engagement and joined up working with health services.

Date: 14th September 2010

Venue: Edinburgh

Organisation: Capita conferences

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This one-day workshop explores the shared experiences of participants to develop a broader understanding of the issues and indicators of the impact of different family lifestyles on children.

Date: 15th September 2010

Venue: Glasgow

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Opportunities for outdoor play and activities contribute hugely to children's learning and creativity, social relationships and physical well-being.  This comference explores some of the issues raised by Children in Europe's issue 'Playing Outside: Why does it matter?'  which examines the use of outdoor space in services for children 0-10 years.

Date: 16th Sepetmber 2010

Venue: Balbirnie House Hotal, Fife

Organisation: Children in Scotland

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This conference will focus on how to help children whose emotional wellbeing is adversely affected by troubled parents. Presenters will address the effects on children of family breakdown, separation and divorce, witnessing parents fighting, parents who suffer from mental or physical ill-health, depression or anxiety, and those who are addicted to drugs or alcohol.

Date: 18th September 2010

Venue: London

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This conference provides a unique opportunity to hear directly from children and young people about their views and experiences of violence and to gain an insight into the concerns and perspectives of parents.  It will examine the causes and impacts of violence against children and suggest practical and policy implications for the future.

Date: Wednesday 29th September 2010

Venue: The Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow

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The conference aims to support early years professionals across all sectors deliver improved outcomes for Scotland's children and families.  The objectives of the conference are:

To provide opportunities from practitioners working in the early years to share practice across local areas and sectors

To share current evidence in the early years and encourage the use of evidence based practice in local service development

To extend awareness on the scope of the early years from pre-conception to 8 years and the impact of work at this life stage

To support the implementation of transition change to improve Scotland's outcomes for children and young people

Date: 5 -6 October 2010

Venue: Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot Watt University Campus

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This training will look in more depth at the policy and practice implications of the new guidance and also provide an overview of where the guidance sits in relation to homelessness legislation and the 'Getting it Right for Every Child' agenda.

Date: 7th October 2010 (half day)

Venue: Edinburgh

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This one day workshop acknowledges that everyone working with children and young people will be aware of the importance of promoting mental health to achieve an overall sense of wellbeing and aims to explore how this can be achieved. It will discuss how participants can be more aware of issues relating to mental ill-health and how to promote positive mental wellbeing.

Date: 5th October 2010

Venue: Edinburgh

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This major conference brings together a range of international experts who will examine issues related to children and space from aspects of how children and young people relate to their environment and its impact on their development, to what makes a good learning environment and what we need to focus on in the future. As well as plenary sessions, delegates will be invited to join one of three study tours visiting inspiring and innovative buildings and projects in Central Scotland and hearing from those directly involved in their design and planning.

Date: 7-8 October 2010

Venue: Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh

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A major conference to explore what the Big Society will mean for children and families. From a greater role for community groups and charities to the involvement of individuals and communities as volunteers, mentors and community champions, this conference will look at the opportunities to develop a new approach to building the capacity of communities and highlight some of the ideas and developments that are leading the way.

Date: 13th October 2010

Venue: London

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This event will introduce Scottish organisations to leading edge thinkers, enhance participants' understanding of well-being and develop an understanding of the factors that contribute to worklessness, health inequalities and acute social problems.

Date: 29th October 2010

Venue: Concert Hall, Glasgow

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Children in Scotland’s 2010 annual conference will challenge your thinking about the way we organise and deliver our services, how we work with families and whether we can develop workforce roles and qualifications which reflect smarter thinking.

Date: 4-5 November 2010

Venue: Stirling Management Centre

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