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Dads and maternal/infant health by Fatherhood Institute
When babies are born it’s easy for the focus to remain firmly on the mother. After all, she’s the one who has been through pregnancy and childbirth, and needs time to recover and become an expert at breastfeeding! But mums …
Increasing Physical Activity Levels in Children and Young people: What can AHPs do? by Anna Lowe
We know that health care impacts on overall health, but when you work in health care it can be easy to forget that the biggest influences on overall health lie outside of health care. Health behaviours are thought to make …
Adolescence as a life stage for early intervention by Simon Blake
Neuroscience is now confirming what has been the experience of people who work with adolescents for some time: that the teenage brain is much more malleable than had previously been thought. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Royal Society Research Fellow and Professor of …
Ages and Stages Questionnaires: 3rd edition (ASQ-3TM) and parents’ contribution to the 2 year health review - Penny Crouzet
Telling people that the Government is developing a population measure of child development at age two can sound rather dry; unsurprisingly their eyes start to glaze over…. But when you say that for the first time we will be building …
Early learning for two year-olds by Julian Ward
Children learn more between the ages of one and six than they do at any other time of their lives. Many parents know that it’s the formative stages – even more than those spent at secondary school – that really …
Speech and Language Therapists working with Health Visitors to help get children ready for school - Louise Butchart
A commitment to joint working by Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) and Health Visitor (HV) leaders in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, led to a successful bid to DH which was the starting point for getting children talking and ready for …
New responsibilities, New opportunities for Local Government and Health Partners by Izzi Seccombe
Looking after children and young people is one of the most important jobs councils do and we all have a duty to make sure that children, along with their mums and dads, have access to the services they need. That’s …
Transition in Childhood and Adolescence by Anna Farrell
In my post as a paediatric nurse specialist one of the elements I really enjoy is working with children and young people with a range of long-term conditions, from birth until they reach young adulthood. During this time they may …
Physiotherapists: helping children and young people to meet their milestones by Ripal Patel
The foundations for almost every aspect of emotional, intellectual, physical and social development are laid in the early years (from conception to 5 years). These foundations are a critical determinant of health and wellbeing and progress throughout the life course. …
Day Five - Helping Children and Young People to Learn and Grow
Welcome to our final day of our week on helping families and giving children and young people the best start to life. This short blog is to provide a pointer for what we have coming up today and some things …
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