Resources
Find information and links to resources which will assist you in your work with young people who are disengaged from school.
Some of these resources may be PDF documants which may take some time to download, depending on individual size.
In this section you will find a range of resources which provide invaluable insights into dealing with challenging behaviour and establishing and maintaining positive relations with young people
Ten best behaviour management resources
From TES, these include ideas about sanctions and rewards, posters, stickers and postcards.
Available HERE
Tackle Homophobia website
Tacade has launched this website aimed at helping primary and secondary schools deal with homophobic bullying. Resources are suggested and Scottish legislation and guidance is referred to.
Available HERE
Out of Sight: a new racism educational pack
Show Racism the Red Card has a new education pack designed to tackle racism towards Gypsy, Roma and Travellers. It includes reference to Curriculum for Excellence and exercises about exploring stereotypes, the diversity of travellers, examines ‘headline stories’ and uses scenarios.
Available HERE
Dealing with Homophobia and Homophobic Bullying in Scottish Schools: Toolkit for teachers
Launched by the Minister of Schools and Skills, this resource was funded by the Scottish Government, managed by Learning and Teaching Scotland and developed by LGBT Youth Scotland.
E-mail info@lgbtyouth.org.uk with the subject “Schools Toolkit Information” to find out more,
or go here
Learning Teaching Scotland: Positive Behaviour
Positive Behaviour is a central resource for everyone committed to the Scottish Governments aim of improving relationships and promoting positive behaviour in Scottish schools. The website includes information about the work of the Positive Behaviour Team, training/conference opportunities and a collection of resources which aim to support positive behaviour.
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Respect Me
Respectme, Scotland’s anti-bullying service, is driven by a focus that it is the right of every child and young person not to be bullied. The website includes practical advice about anti-bullying policies and initiatives and the best ways to put these into practice; training opportunities; useful publications and information for parents, children and young people.
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Hands on Scotland
This website is a one-stop shop for frontline workers, giving practical information and techniques on how to respond helpfully to children and young people’s troubling behaviour, build up their self-esteem and promote their positive mental wellbeing.
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Find links to resources which provide information about improving and developing schools, including curriculum flexibility
Publication of Building the Curriculum 4 paper: skills for learning, life and work
4 Nov 2009, LTS. This new guidance is now available online. It is part of a series of Building the Curriculum papers and is intended to further support planning, design and delivery of the curriculum and it sets out skills for learning, life and work in Curriculum for Excellence and shows how they are embedded in the experiences and outcomes and the senior phase.
To download go HERE
Enquire factsheet: Exclusion from school
Enquire is the Scottish advice service for additional support for learning. Factsheet 12 explains what exclusion means, outlines exclusion procedures and gives information on the responsibilities of education authorities including alternative provision.
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Education Maintenance Allowances in Scotland
EMAs provide financial support to all eligible young people from low income families who undertake a full time course at school or college. The programme is managed by Local Education Authorities, or Colleges.
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What to do:
A guide to resources for outdoor learning and award schemes HERE
'Getting Ready to Leave School' Young people's advice guide.
Enquire is the Scottish advice service on additional support for learning. We give advice and information to families, professionals, children and young people. This new guide gives young people questions to think about and suggests people they can talk to. It also explains what schools may be able to do to help young people through this transitional stage of their lives.
Call or email Enquire to order copies, or download from Enquire
Working effectively with young people and their families can often have a positive impact on their experience of school. In this section you will find a range of resources which will help you in developing your knowledge and skills in working with young people and their families
NEW - A guide for parents about school attendance
Dec 2009, Learning and Teaching Scotland. This is a comprehensive booklet for parents and carers which explains legal responsibilities regarding children’s attendance at school. It also explains the responsibilities which schools and local education authorities have in making sure children are happy, safe and doing their best at school. The booklet describes the support a child is entitled to if school attendance is a problem and lists a number of support agencies as well.
Read the pdf HERE
The Lone Parent Helpline
A free, independent helpline for lone parents and anyone affected by the issues surrounding one parent families. Freephone 0808 801 0323 or go HERE
Parent Line Scotland
At some time all parents find that parenting can be difficult or stressful. ParentLine Scotland is the free, confidential, telephone helpline for anyone caring for a child in Scotland. You can call about any problem, however big or small. More for parents HERE
or Tel: 0808 800 2222
Invisible Dads: Working with Young Dads Resource Pack
Young fathers are often marginalised. This pack promotes an approach to working positively with young dads. Available on line from the Fatherhood Institute. Take me to this resource hereNo Place Like Home
This is a US based web site that promotes the parents role in sex and relationship education. More hereThe Early Years Framework (pre-birth to 8 years old)
A ‘transformational framework to improve the life chances of Scotland's children and tackle inequalities by targeting the early years’. The Executive Summary identifies that single outcome agreements and the community planning process will be the key local mechanisms for putting this framework into practice.
Go to the Scottish Government website here
Bullying – You can make a difference
A practical guide for parents and carers. This new downloadable booklet was issued in November 2008 by ‘Respectme’ as part of anti-bullying week.
To find this resource go here
The Campaign to End Child Poverty
A coalition of more than 130 organisations including Barnardo's, Unicef and the NSPCC. According to their recent research, there were 428,000 children in Scotland living in poverty, and 174 of the 646 parliamentary constituencies in Britain have 50% or more of their child population in, or close to, the poverty line. Their website includes more poverty statistics for Scotland.
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Learning and Teaching Scotland: Parents as Partners in Learning
This website outlines the importance of involving parents in education and includes a number of practical tools, practice examples and relevant organisation that can help develop strong parent-school partnerships.
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Parentzone
Parentzone is a practical resource for parent’s that aims to develop partnerships between parents and schools. The website is organised into distinct user-friendly areas covering issues that affect parents during the different stages of their children’s education.
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Young carers
Young carers offers practical advice and support to children and young people who look after someone in their family who has an illness, a disability, mental health problem or substance misuse problem.
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NCH: It’s not your fault
This NCH website provides practical information for children, young people and parents going through a family break-up.
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E-Learning resource: Poverty, parenting and social exclusion
These resources will be useful for people working in social care to understand the link between poverty, parenting and social exclusion.
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In this section you will find resources which can help to provide guidance in respect of working with young people and families who may be affected by substance misuse.
SNAPY is the Scottish Network of Alcohol Practitioners for the Young
It is estimated that at least 65,000 children in Scotland are living with the effects of parental alcohol misuse. Studies have identified that improved, earlier identification, better multi/inter-agency working and better informed practitioners will be key to improving these children’s lives. The Network will allow for the sharing of good practice, skills and resources and the advancement of new and innovative approaches to service development when working with children and young people affected by alcohol misuse.
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‘Know the Score’ Information booklet 'Drugs - What Every Parent Should Know'
Suggests ways to engage with young people, gives information about drugs and identifying drugs use, and what to do in an emergency.
Visit the website for general information,
or call the helpline on 0800 587 5879, for copies of the leaflet.
Talk to Frank
'Talk to Frank' is a web-site and telephone helpline offering advice, information and support to anyone concerned about drugs and solvent/volatile substance misuse, including drug misusers, their families, friends and carers.
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Fast Forward
Fast Forward is a national organisation promoting health and well being through education by, with and for young people, focusing on the prevention of drug, alcohol and tobacco misuse.
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Alcohol: What every parent should know
This guide is mainly for parents with teenage children, but may also be useful when talking with younger children.
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Young people experiencing emotional distress often have difficulty with schooling. In this section find out how best to work with young people affected by mental health issues.
Cancertalk
The Cancertalk website is Macmillan’s resource guide for teachers and youth group leaders. Here you'll find all the information, support and resources you need to talk about cancer with children and young people.
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A specialist library designed to provide the latest research and information on ethnic minority health has been set up. Its free to access. Take me to this resource hereSexual Rights
The International Planned Parenthood Federation ahs produced a declaration on the sexual rights that every person should have. Take me to this resource hereRU Thinking About It: Sexual health and relationship website for young people
RU thinking has a new look to it’s website here
Beat - Eating disorders website
Beat is a UK charity for people with eating disorders and their families. Beat is the working name of the Eating Disorders Association.
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Samaritans Youth Pack
This pack helps introduce young people to a range of issues that affect emotional health and wellbeing and addresses emotional confusion commonly associated with puberty and adolescence. Provides resource materials and suggests ways these may be used. It contains a series of practical workshops and information in the following areas:
- Helping you to help Young People
- Emotional health and wellbeing
- Stress Anxiety and Fear
- Isolation
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Self-Harm Leaflets available in 6 different languages
Penumbra now has self-harm leaflets in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Polish and Russian.
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HeadsupScotland
HeadsupScotland is a national organisation aiming to make a major contribution in terms of improving the mental health of children and young people across Scotland. The website includes relevant links and resources to help support the mental health of children and young people.
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Young Scotland in Mind Forum
Young Scotland in Mind is led by Barnardos. The forum brings together voluntary organisations from across Scotland to communicate more effectively, build on collective strengthens and influence the development of policy and practice. The website includes a forum, a ‘what’s going on’ and resources section.
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Penumbra
Penumbra is one of Scotland’s leading mental health charities providing a range of support and services to adults and young people.
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About self harm: A guide for young people: Why you self-harm and how to seek help
This Barnardos resource has been written to help young people who self harm reflect on why they do it and also how they can seek help.
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Depression in Teenagers
This website is intended to be used by young people to help them recognise the symptoms associated with depression as well as offering some suggestions about ways to combat these symptoms.
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There is a shared concern to improve the school experience of children and young people who are looked after. This section highlights some resources which will help inform practice.
Learning and Teaching Scotland: Looked after children and young people
This website is aimed at looked after young people, professionals, foster carers, residential workers and parents. It aims to support improved outcomes for all looked after children, young people and care leavers through the provision of information, useful resources and networking opportunities to those who support them.
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Who Cares Scotland
Who Cares Scotland is an independent organisation who work with children and young people with experience of being looked after in Scotland. They provide a range of services including: Advocacy, Advice, Information and Support.
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Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum
The Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum aims to improve support for young people leaving care by influencing the development of national policies and supporting local services. The website includes links to key contacts, information about forthcoming events, and a range of resources for those supporting young people leaving care.
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In this section you will find resources which provide young people with the opportunity to have their say about issues which affect them.
Having a Say at School
University of Edinburgh and Children in Scotland project due to be completed during 2009.
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Living with social evils: The voices of unheard groups
In a contribution to the JRF's 'social evils' series, Chris Creegan focuses on the social evils of British society experienced by people whose voices are not usually heard.
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Young campaigners are encouraging their peers to make their voices heard through the media
The Respect? Campaign, supported by online charity YouthNet and the British Youth Council, has launched an online guide to help young people comment on news stories by emailing, posting on forums, writing to editors and calling TV and radio programmes.
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Scottish Youth Parliament
The Scottish Youth Parliament represents and proposes innovative solutions to issues affecting young people in Scotland today. The SYP think that young people in Scotland have the right to have their views listened to and acted upon.
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The Children’s Parliament
The Children’s Parliament aims to provide sustainable and meaningful opportunities for children and young people who are 14 and under to engage in local, national and international democratic processes.
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Scottish Commissioner for Children and Young People: Participation
SCCYP’s participation portal brings together a wide range of information and resources on participation for those working with children and young people. The site aims to keep anyone interested in participation work up to date with new and relevant resources, case studies and events.
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Involving children and young people in decisions about their education
This Enquire guide is about involving children and young people with additional support needs in decision making, from whole school issues to personal learning and support.
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In this section you will find resources which support the development of children and young people’s services in Scotland.
10 Things We Do To Make A Difference launched
This new publication highlights the voluntary sector’s pupil inclusion work. Available HERE
To order hard copies contact us at info@pinscotland.org
Working for Inclusion
Taking place from Feb 2009 – Jan 2011, Working for Inclusion is “a cross-European programme to examine how improving the qualifications and skills of those working with our youngest children can help reduce poverty and improve social inclusion.” The four partner countries each take a lead on these themes:
- Working with the child as an active agent in their own learning (Italy)
- Working with diversity, in particular ethnicity, language, disability and gender (Scotland)
- Inclusive workforce models for rural and remote areas (Norway)
- Working in an inclusive way with children and families, across agencies and age groups (Poland)
You can view resources and reports on the website and participate in discussions.
To view the website go HERE
Using Inland Waterways to Combat the Effects of Social Exclusion
The Inland Waterways Advisory Council has a publication (April 2009) which shows how inland waterways can be used to combat social exclusion and includes examples of benefits such as young people at risk of offending gaining transferable skills to help them find work and young people from different ethnic backgrounds learning to live and work together on a canal boat.
The publication can be viewed HERE
In Scotland, there are several charities which use the canals such as the SEAGULL TRUST which offers boat trips to the disabled, and REUNION which has built a boat at Fountainbridge teaching new skills to young people, run canoe building projects for young people and promotes use of its boats for non-profit groups. If you have ideas for projects, Margaret Horn in the Scottish Government’s Freight and Inland Waterways is the person to contact for help developing it.
See Me, Hear Me: A guide to using the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to promote the rights of children
This is the first book to look at how this Convention can be used to support disabled children, alongside the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This guide's analysis of the inter-relationship of the two Conventions, together with practical guidance on advocacy strategies and illustrations of good practice, make it an invaluable tool for child and disability rights advocates.
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Early years Matters Newsletter
The latest edition is now available: covering such issues as transitions for pre-school to primary, a new forum for staff with responsibility for quality improvement in early years, links to A Curriculum for Excellence and CPD opportunities.
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The Recruitment Pack: Involving children and young people in the recruitment of staff
Save the Children and the Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights with The TASC Agency have produced this pack for organisations wishing to involve children and young people in the recruitment and selection of staff. Take me to this publication HERE
Fact File 2009-2010
Action for Children have produced a new update on their invaluable guide to key facts and information about Scotland’s children.
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Evaluation Support Scotland works with voluntary sector organisations and funders so they can measure the impact of their work. The organisation provides practical support through web based tools/resources/case studies and regular training and workshop events. ESS aims to build evaluation and learning into funding and policy making processes.
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Youth Link
Youth Link is the national youth agency in Scotland. It promotes the well being of young people in Scotland in a local, national and global context.
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LGBT Charter of Rights
LGBT Youth Scotland’s Charter of Rights is an opportunity for organisations to demonstrate their commitment to LGBT young people and set a benchmark for the mainstreaming of equal rights for LGBT young people.
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Youth Scotland: Volunteering Resource Bank
Youth Scotland’s Resource Bank is an online searchable database of resources that provide guidance in terms of attracting more volunteers to the youth work sector and to improve support and development opportunities for youth work volunteers.
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Walk the Talk
Walk the Talk is a national website designed to help health professionals and make health services more youth friendly.
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Working with hard to reach young people: a practical guide
This guide was produced by Street Work for the Scottish Government and provides practical guidelines for organisations seeking to improve their outreach work and engagement with hard to reach young people.
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In this section you will find resources which are relevant to your work with young people with additional support needs
The Autism Toolbox
The Autism Toolbox will help everyone involved in delivering education to those with autism. All schools, partner provider nurseries and local authorities have been provided with a copy of the new guidance.
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Framework for inclusion
This resource identifies the values and beliefs, professional knowledge and understanding and the skills and abilities, in terms of inclusive education, to be expected of both student teachers and qualified teachers. In the future, a further web-based resource will give support by providing relevant, high quality materials and documentation.
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'Getting Ready to Leave School' Young people's advice guide.
Enquire is the Scottish advice service on additional support for learning. We give advice and information to families, professionals, children and young people. This new guide gives young people questions to think about and suggests people they can talk to. It also explains what schools may be able to do to help young people through this transitional stage of their lives.
Call or email Enquire to order copies, or download from Enquire
Learning and Teaching Scotland: Inclusive Education
The aim of Learning Teaching Scotland’s Inclusive Education resource is to promote equality and support learners. The website includes a range of relevant resources and case studies from across Scotland that showcase effective and emerging examples of inclusive practice.
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Enquire: The Scottish Advice Service for Additional Support for Learning
Enquire is a national service that provides information to families of children who need extra help at school, to children and young people themselves and to professionals who work on their behalf.
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The Scottish Society for Autism
The Scottish Society for Autism works together with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), their families, carers, and other organisations, agencies, and individuals in Scotland to promote and provide exemplary services and training in education, care, support and life opportunities for individuals of all ages with ASD.
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LGBT Youth
LGBT Youth Scotland is a national organisation working towards the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people in the life of Scotland. LGBT Youth provide a range of services and opportunities for young people, families and professionals in order to proactively assist with increasing awareness and confidence, in turn reducing isolation and intolerance.
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Barnardos: Effective work with sexually exploited children and young people
This paper outlines Barnardos expertise in this area, details research and practice tools, and provides information about effective practice and evaluating outcomes
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