Research in Practice - What's New, May 2010

What’s new on the web site

New Website goes live soon!
When our new website goes live you will notice many new features. Logging in will be so much easier for Partners. Searching and navigating the site has been streamlined, so finding what you want will be much more straightforward. We think you’ll like the work we’ve put in over this last year, with your help, to bring you a clean, clear and rejuvenated website.

NI 54 – Services for disabled children
This latest performance pointer discusses the evidence around, and supports work against, NI 54 – Services for disabled children. In May 2007, the DfES launched its Aiming High for Disabled Children programme, which aimed to transform services and improve outcomes for disabled children.

Learning Programme 2010/11
Our new Learning Programme features more workshops and topics this year by request, on; Runaways, Autism, Neglect, Participation, and Bullying. Two Partnership Conferences on Domestic Abuse and Serious Case Reviews respectively. Joint workshops, with research in practice for adults, for front-line managers, will be about building evidence-informed practice into supervision.

Research and Policy Update
Highlights this month include:

• a succinct overview of the policy and practice implications from the English and Romanian Adoptees (ERA) Study a succinct overview of the policy and practice implications from the English and Romanian Adoptees (ERA) Study
• a research review that focuses on ‘what works’ in preventing emotional maltreatment
• a paper setting out the proposed purpose and functions of the College of Social Work, in advance of formal consultation starting later this month
• new select committee reports on young people who are NEET, the government’s approach to crime prevention and NHS commissioning.

What’s new in the network

CAF – A positive process?
The LARC2 report is now published and is full of information about positive impacts and working processes regarding the CAF. It examined the mechanisms that enable effective integration between targeted and universal services by exploring outcomes for children, young people and families. The two main questions were:

• Does the CAF process support the achievement of better outcomes for children and young people?
• What are the key factors that promote the effectiveness of CAF in different contexts?

22 of our Partners are participating in LARC3 which will focus on cost-effectiveness.
The Local Authorities Research Consortium is a collaboration between 30 local authorities, NFER, EMIE, research in practice and IDeA.

C4EO “Excellence and Evidence – Making the Difference” Events
C4EO is holding 4 nationwide conferences in June, bringing together knowledge from each of their themes to date: Early Years, Disability, Vulnerable (looked after) Children, Child Poverty and Safeguarding. For reservations or more info, email: c4eobookings@rip.org.uk or visit the website

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