Things in the library 11 August...

Things about case reviews...
If you want to access old safeguarding case reviews then you may be interested to know that the NSPCC and the Association of Independent LSCB Chairs have worked together to create the national case review repository to make it easier to access and share learning at a local, regional and national level. If you click on one of the titles listed you will see a summary of the case and a link to the full report.

and also...
Brighton & Hove Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) has published the report of the serious case review (SCR) into the deaths of two brothers W’ and ‘X,’ in Syria in 2014 when they were aged 17 and 18. The siblings received services from local agencies in the Brighton & Hove area before leaving the UK. The SCR evaluates multi-agency responses to vulnerable young people at risk of exploitation through radicalisation. Key issues identified include: safeguarding adolescents involved in risky behaviour and intervening with families who have suffered long-standing trauma and whose previous experience of intervention was not perceived positively.

More things from NSPCC....
They have a section of their website devoted to their evaluation and research on what works to protect children from abuse and neglect. Split into sections: child abuse, looked after children, early years, families facing adversity, support for professionals.

Things about cerebral palsy...
Although it is estimated that half of all children with cerebral palsy also have comorbid intellectual disability, the domains of quality of life (QOL) important for these children are not well understood. The aim of this study was to identify important domains of QOL for these children and adolescents.
Results: The 11 domains identified as important to QOL were physical health, body comfort, behaviour and emotion, communication, predictability and routine, movement and physical activity, nature and outdoors, variety of activity, independence and autonomy, social connectedness, and access to services.

Things about health service use from infant to adult...
Late-preterm infants born at 34 to 36 weeks' gestation have increased risks of various health problems. Health service utilization (HSU) of late-preterm infants has not been systematically summarized before. this meta analysis aims to summarize the published literature on short- and long-term HSU by late-preterm infants versus term infants from infancy to adulthood after initial discharge from the hospital. It concludes that late-preterm infants had higher risks for all-cause admissions as well as for various cause-specific HSU during the neonatal period through adolescence.

Simple biscuits...
If you are stuck inside in this horrible weather and running short of things to do with the children then baking these simple biscuits is always a good stand-by...and then perhaps you could then have a mad-hatters tea party