Fair Play for Children News — Health Wellbeing and Education

includes Early Years and Child-Care, Disability issues and Child Protection

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26th May 2023

US top health official sounds alarm on child social media use

UK care home firm under fire as children forced to move hundreds of miles

Strengthening Child Protection Capacities through Increasing Knowledge, Competencies and Skills of…

Final United States and Jamaica Annual Bilateral Dialogue Under the Child Protection Compact…

It's time for a radical overhaul of the child welfare system | Opinion

Parents fight Minnesota child protection in court after refusing chemotherapy for 5-year-old boy

'Inaccurate' grooming gang claims putting children at risk, Sunak and Braverman told

King Charles urged to intervene over 'insulting' child sexual abuse payments

Legal challenges warning over disabled children respite

How this Mumbai supermom is helping disabled children to learn better

Signed, sealed, delivered: Obesity Health Alliance urges next UK government to prioritize…

Young mental health patients 'at risk' in child wards

Eight out of 10 adults support ban on advertising junk food to children

Integrating non-communicable disease prevention and control into maternal and child health…

Discriminatory transgender health bills have negative consequences for youth

UK schools 'bewildered' by AI and do not trust tech firms, headteachers say

More children than ever are being home-schooled in England, data shows

Class sizes in England could go up to 60 warn heads in funding pay row

UK parents: what is behind the rise in school absences?

Why is school attendance so important and what are the risks of missing a day?

UK schools: ACE textbooks deny human-caused climate change

Why the 'science of reading' may be the next dyslexia battleground

More states are using science-backed reading instruction. It shouldn't have taken this long.

Bringing a new energy to science in the classroom

Child-friendly street transformations improve neighbourhood quality of life

USA: COVID learning loss driven more by school and community factors than household ones, research…

Paediatric waitlist 'crisis' leaves regional Victorian families desperate

Paediatric dentistry clinical standard

Paediatricians caution parents on the dangers of children ingesting objects

Specialists call for urgent action to fix growing paediatric waitlists

Higher vitamin D dose beneficial for paediatric obesity-related asthma | Latest news for Doctors…

UAE: New 24/7 paediatric care facility opens in Abu Dhabi

Cannabis and paediatric epilepsy - an expert answers your FAQs

Eight out of 10 adults support ban on advertising junk food to children

Mental health hospitals are ‘making children worse’, leading charity warns

Paediatric emergency trolley 1: equipment to support airway and breathing

UK First to Offer Access to Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Children with Type 2 Diabetes

Children and Young People Across the UK are Helping to Save the NHS Millions

What Is a Glass Child? Hidden Struggles of Having a Disabled Sibling

Child Welfare Workers Can’t Learn from History if It Isn’t Taught

23rd May 2023

Japanese Children Want Child Policies to Focus on Free Education

Children of Illegal Aliens to Get Public Education

Half of children given 'skinny jab' no longer clinically obese, study finds

More children than ever are being home-schooled in England, data shows

Amid a Mental Health Crisis, Foster Children Are Forgotten

Impact of COVID-19 on fitness levels in schools and need for continued support for PE programs

Should your summer-born child start school later? Here's what the research says

Profits Skyrocket for AI Gun Detection Used in Schools - Despite Dubious Results

Rising cost of baby formula 'utterly shameful', says Labour MP after Sky News investigation

UNESCO provides tools for the socioemotional learning of children and youths

'We need a bolder agenda to enhance and promote lifelong learning for all.'

Venezuela advances social inclusion policies despite U.S. blockade, says ambassador to UNESCO

UNESCO allays majority of basic education financing gap in Africa

A primary health care approach to obesity prevention and management in children and adolescents…

More young children are back in preschool

New Research Shows Substantial Impact on Children's Learning from Groundbreaking Ahlan Simsim…

Children as young as 4 should learn life-saving skills, experts say

Theirworld report reveals aid to pre-primary education was cut at peak of pandemic

How childcare and parental leave affect children's development

Child sexual abuse compensation scheme to be set up in England

Great Ormond Street and Roche UK partner to improve child care using AI

'Childcare will cost me £48k - no wonder women feel forced to give up their careers'

Child sexual abuse redress scheme to be established

20th May 2023

'Sharp rise' in blackmail of children asked to share explicit images

Children with type 2 diabetes to be given sensors to replace finger-prick testing

Where Intervention Happens: A Routines-Based Approach for Young Children with Disabilities

Special schools for deaf children in the UK | Deaf-friendly schools

England has a surprising new triumph - and a hero to go with it

System Transformation for Equitable Preschools (STEP Forward with Data) Framework - Child Trends

Headteachers warn 'bewildered' schools need more help to cope with rapid advances in AI

Where are England's missing pupils?

The 'ghost children' crisis explained: No single reason for surge in school absences but it has…

MPs raise baby formula theft in House of Commons after Sky News investigation

Child Trends announces appointment of new president

Claimant agrees foster care abuse settlement with council

Children and Young People: Placement and Restrictive Support Packages

19th May 2023

UK schools minister promises to review Sats paper that left pupils 'in tears'

Sending child to state secondary school costs UK families £39 a week, study says

Low pay 'forcing teaching assistants out of UK classrooms'

Poor housing a growing barrier to school attendance in England, charity reveals

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Number of children trying vaping rises 50% in a year in 'tide of experimentation'

Children in England are best readers in the Western world, new study suggests

Education Minister Says He Has 'Struggled With Maths' Since Childhood

Tory MP Wants Government To 'Throw The Kitchen Sink' At ADHD Backlog In NHS

Baby dies and nine more admitted to hospital in 'unusual' cluster of heart infections

Meeting more UK Government dietary guidelines during childhood could improve future cardiometabolic…

Children's health accelerator launched to address unmet needs

Children's mental health: 'I've got my daughter back after suicide attempts'

Children with obesity could be prescribed weight loss injections

Consortium launches Children's Health Impact Accelerator

No child should go hungry! - The Hippocratic Post

Are principals steering disabled children away from their schools? | Op-Ed

OPINION EXCHANGE | Disabled, vulnerable, abandoned. Enough is enough

Child Protection Month: Children with disabilities deserve protection too

Raising disabled kids in Alberta is exhausting. But not for the reasons you think

Study: 81% of 10-Year-Old South Africans Battle to Read

Victoria to review child protection laws as minister apologises for removal of Indigenous children

National Conference to Protect America's Children Set for June

Improving the way families experience the ACT's child protection system

Children and Youth Services Review

Improving school attendance - LGA on DfE plans

Keep vapes out of sight of children - LGA on ASH survey on e-cigarette use among 11 to 17 year olds

LocalGov.co.uk - Your authority on UK local government - MP calls for home schooled children to be…

Fines for parents for taking children out of school: What you need to know

School-absence fines make problem worse, MPs told

What Is Paediatric Hypertension: How Can It Impact Your Child?

Paediatricians condemn "national scandal" of 400 000 children waiting for treatment

'Brought back to life': NSW children no longer forced to travel interstate for heart transplants

Delivering childhood cancer care in fragile and conflict settings: best practices from the occupied…

Teaching children antiracism at the Museum & Science Center

Americans' Largely Positive Views of Childhood Vaccines Hold Steady

Skin patch tackles peanut allergies

17th May 2023

‘The pace of recovery of paediatric services has not kept up with the level of adult elective care,’ NHS admits in leaked documents — see below

Legal Right to Free Education Grows Globally

'You mean there's nothing?' The families fighting for their children with dementia

EARLY YEARS: Campaign aims to help parents talk to children about mental health struggles

Seriously ill children put at risk by firm's failure to deliver NHS medication

Global progress in tackling maternal and newborn deaths stalls since 2015: UN

One pregnant woman or newborn dies every 7 seconds: new UN report

UN Report Reveals Over 4.5 Million Annual Deaths During Pregnancy | Weather.com

Nigeria ranks second worst country in maternal, child deaths in latest WHO report | The ICIR…

Eskenazi Health Adopts Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative - Indianapolis Recorder

Pandemic is over -- but most kids are still on their couch too much

Children's reading ability compared around the world - as England moves up rankings

Communities Must Tailor Youth Suicide Prevention Efforts to Those Who Need Them Most - Child Trends

Child Trends Comments on Proposed Rule to Develop Separate Licensing Standards for Relative or…

'Our Childcare Policies Will Make It Easier To Have A Family,' Minister Says

Childcare: Northern Ireland parents at 'crisis point' over UK-NI gap

Foster care in the UK: how to apply & what does it involve

Ensuring there is enough staff to expand childcare is a challenge, says minister

Children’s surgery waiting lists hits record high as NHS fails to tackle spiralling backlog

3 reasons why investing in the early years is crucial for Pakistan

Early childhood workers and parents advocate for better pay and affordable child care - Source New…

Op-Ed: For Early Childhood Education, We're At Mission Critical

A Drop in Military Readiness Shines a Light on the Importance of Early Childhood Care and Education…

Looking after children and those in early years settings during heatwaves: for teachers and…

Quality care for every child everywhere

Penguin Random House partners with Save the Children for multi-year global book donation effort …

LMF, UNESCO, others to provide training equipment for secondary schools in FCT

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Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on escalation of hostilities in Israel and…

Firsthand Look: How UNICEF Supports Children in Zambia

UNICEF warns that aid shortage will push Afghanistan's children further toward deadly malnutrition