Events

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 Hearings 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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Children in Scotland (CiS) provides training for staff across the children's sector. CiS can tailor a course to suit the needs of different organisations.

Training categories include:

• Play and outdoor learning
• Resillence and wellbeing
• Additional support for learning
• Child protection
• Curriculum for excellence
• Working with families
• Practitioner skills
• Behaviour management
• GIRFEC

Date: Jan 2012 to June 2012

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Find out what the children and young people's workforce (not just health professionals) can do to help prevent the permanent brain damage sometimes caused by alcohol consumed during pregnancy.

Date: 1st February 2012

Venue: The Mitchell library, Glasgow

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Parents and professionals - supporting positive parenting

The conference will give delegates to share knowledge about programmes that support families, as well as hear international speakers and researchers. The event will focus on effective positive parenting approaches.

Date: 8th, 9th and 10th February 2012

Venue: Glasgow

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Around 10,000 children and young people (0-17) across Scotland have been harmed by exposure to alcohol during pregnancy. Find out what has been learned about what kinds of help seem to make a positive difference.

Date: 9th February 2012

Venue: Edinburgh

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This NSPCC event will explore cutting-edge approaches to protecting children from violence and physical abuse in high-risk families. 

It will feature presentations on policy and theory from world leaders in the field of child protection, panel discussions with audience participation and a range of practice-focused workshops.

Date: 6th March 2012

Venue: Glasgow

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In recent years, there has been an increase in research which fully explores the impact that early physical, social and emotional influences have on a child’s social and cognitive development. However, whilst this research and the resulting findings that the very early years (0-3yrs) have the most long term impact on a child’s life is widely accepted, there is still more work to be done in terms of developing, evidencing and supporting programmes currently underway and linking up the numerous initiatives designed to help provide the best start in life for Scotland’s Children.

Date: 7th March 2012

Venue: Central Scotland

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This conference aims to highlight and build on existing best practice in relation to infant mental health, raise its strategic profile and identify challenges and opportunities for the future. There will be an emphasis on 0 – 3 years and the need for a strong foundation in mental health and wellbeing from the very start of a child’s life.

Date: 7th March 2012

Venue: Irvine

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Additional support for learning: sharing the lessons from across Scotland. An annual gathering of key people connected to additional support for learning across Scotland, the Enquire conference intends to spark ideas and actions that will further the understanding and appreciation of practice in the field.

Date: 8th March 2012

Venue: Edinburgh

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This free event will provide a forum for practitioners from different backgrounds to share their experiences of working with fathers and male carers, and learn about new and developing approaches being used when providing support to families.

Date: 14th March 2012

Venue: Edinburgh

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This conference will provide an opportunity to hear from policy makers and practitioners from around Europe on how to improve transitions.

Date: 20th March 2012

Venue: North Ayrshire

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Supporting brain development in the early years. A one-day training seminar facilitated by Dr Suzanne Zeedyk, Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Dundee.
This session will explore what we now know about children’s brain development, focusing in particular on the impact of social interactions.

Date: 1st May 2012

Venue: Edinburgh

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