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O'Donnell, Chloé; Sandford, Rachel; Parker, Andrew – Sport, Education and Society, 2020
In recent years, there has been unprecedented awareness within policy and research of the disadvantageous trajectories that looked-after children and young people (LACYP) often face; particularly in relation to their education, health and wellbeing. Despite the perceived capacity of sport, physical activity and physical education to contribute to…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Athletics, Child Welfare, Child Health
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Komulainen, Sirkka – Child Care in Practice, 2005
This paper reports findings from fieldwork in situations that brought young children and child welfare practitioners together with the aim of diagnosing and treating children's communication difficulties. The findings suggest that communication difficulties tend to be treated as a property of the individual child rather than as an emergent,…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Language Acquisition
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Barnes, Jacqueline; Belsky, Jay; Broomfield, Kate A.; Dave, Sapna; Frost, Martin; Melhuish, Edward – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Disadvantaged communities are increasingly the target for interventions. Sure Start was launched in England in 1999 to tackle child poverty and improve child and family services, with Sure Start Local Programmes (SSLPs) targeted at relatively small areas of marked deprivation. However, they are located in a range of different types of…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Poverty, Educational Attainment, Child Welfare
Davis, Mary Dabney – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1936
As plans for expansion of the emergency nursery school program were being considered in 1934, opportunity was offered for the author of this bulletin to visit some of the European countries and observe their programs. The Office of Education accepted this voluntary offer and the author, who had been loaned by the Office to the Federal Emergency…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, School Activities, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries
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Roberts, Ian – Children & Society, 1996
Examines relationship between family support and health of children. Reviews the impact of the decline in structural support for child rearing, examines the health effects of support provided in home visitation programs, and considers the health and welfare effects of the provision of day care services for children. Emphasizes results of…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Safety, Child Welfare, Day Care