This report evaluates the impact of the 5 week arts-based outdoor learning residency on children’s connection to nature, academic attainment, creativity, and health and wellbeing. It also explores the impact on teachers’ practice.
This report discusses:
• The health impacts of vaping
• How vapes are marketed
• How vaping affects the environment
• Children and young people’s experiences
in school
This report is about children impacted by scoliosis which is an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine with the large majority of cases classed as idiopathic, meaning there is no known cause.
As Scotland takes stock of the damage the COVID-19 pandemic has done to individuals, families, communities, businesses and the macroeconomy, more and more people are recognising that Scotland needs to do better than seeking to […]
In 2020 Cycling Scotland and Transport Scotland commissioned Children in Scotland to engage with children and young people about its Bikeability programme and more widely to share their opinions and experiences on road safety and […]
The MCR Pathways Lockdown Survey found that two thirds (66.8%) of young people are feeling low, more anxious and stressed since lockdown. “It’s hard to sleep when you have a lot on your mind, especially […]
Why do we need so much homework? School is for working and you also are trying to encourage children to exercise, yet how can they be outside exercising if they’re sitting in a room […]
When a child or young person has a parent in recovery from problematic drug or alcohol use, their stories are crucial to understanding, supporting and assisting them to thrive. ‘Everyone Has a Story’ shows us we need to listen more to these stories and how this can be done.
This component provides insight into the views of practitioners from a range of disciplines but primarily working with children and young people whose parents have a problem with drugs or alcohol or are in the early stages of recovery. The survey analysis aims to help provide an increased understanding of support and gather practitioner’s views of the needs of the child or young person that could help create a better understanding of the support needs for children and young people whose parents are in recovery from problematic drug and alcohol use.
This component, ‘What the evidence tells us’, provides a comprehensive
summary of the evidence, including formal literature, giving an overview of what we know are the potential protective and risk factors for children and young people. Its aim is to provide an understanding of the existing research and potential gaps that could help us have a better understanding of the support needs for children and young people whose parents are in recovery from drugs and alcohol.
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