Resources
Children's Rights
- Scottish Government overview of Children's Rights
- Parenting and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
Early years
- Maternal and Early Years
- Universal health visiting pathway (Scotland)
- Zero Tolerance - Just a child guide
- Setting the table - Nutritional guidance and food standards for early years childcare providers in Scotland Start
- Speech, language and communication - NHS Education for Scotland
- Best Start Grant - The Pregnancy and Baby Payment is a cash payment for the parents, or carers, of a baby
- Gender equal play in early learning - This resource has been co-produced by the Care Inspectorate and Zero Tolerance in order to help practitioners enhance gender equality for children across all ELC settings.
- Understanding maternal mental health - NHS Education for Scotland
- Early learning and childcare - resources toolkit, Scottish Government
- Realising the ambition - pre-birth to three, Education Scotland
Education
- Scottish Book Trust Learning Resources
- Engaging parents and families - A toolkit for practitioners
- Learning through Landscapes
- Additional support for learning guides (Enquire)
- Addressing dyslexia - for teachers, schools and local authorities on inclusive practice, literacy difficulties and dyslexia
- Cost of the school day toolkit - poverty proofing resources for schools
- Out to play - Practical guidance for creating outdoor play experiences in early learning and childcare
- Additional support for learning - Inclusion resource from Education Scotland
- Improving Gender Balance and Equalities resources and research for practitioners
- Cost of the school day films - How can schools address the financial barriers to learning for children from families on low incomes?
- Preterm birth information for educational professionals (PRISM Study team)
- Looked after and learning - Improving the learner journey of looked after children (CELCIS)
- Young carers in education - A resource on supporting young carers in education
Health and wellbeing
- Fast Forward gambling education toolkit
- Improving children and young people’s understanding of their wellbeing - A resource for teachers and practitioners working with children and young people
Equality
Family support
- Supporting Prisoners' Families: What can schools do?
- NHS Health Scotland - adverse childhood experiences
- National trauma training framework - trauma informed practice for anyone working with children and young people (NHS Education for Scotland)
Resources for digital safety and privacy
- Parent Zone
- My Data and Privacy Online - A toolkit for young people, teachers and parents
Family finances
- NHS Health Scotland's financial inclusion referral pathway toolkit
- NHS Health Scotland - Child poverty: causes, scale, national delivery plans and local actions to reduce child poverty
- Lone Parent Helpline, for single parents in Scotland (OPFS)
- Advice guides for single parents in Scotland (OPFS)