Articles about family support
Heads and governors angry over threat to nursery funding
Last updated: 01/22/2021
Head teachers and school governors have reacted with anger at government plans which will see cuts to nursery funding. A national census of school and nursery pupils is due to...
Coronavirus school closures: P1 and P2 pupils among worst affected
Last updated: 01/16/2021
Scotland's P1 and P2 pupils are among those hardest hit by school closures which have damaged progress in reading and writing, according to a national equity audit on the...
Schools to get extra cash for lockdown teachers and technology
Last updated: 01/16/2021
JOHN Swinney has pledged an extra £45 million to help councils hire more teachers to “deal with the challenges of remote learning during lockdown”. The Education Secretary...
Action on childhood trauma ‘could help solve drug death crisis’
Last updated: 01/16/2021
Better understanding of childhood trauma could hold the key to tackling Scotland’s drug death crisis, it has been claimed. Leading figures from the recovery community believe...
The Health Benefits of Family and Friends Are Numerous
Last updated: 01/12/2021
Everyone has a family, no matter what it looks like — a family can be traditional and nuclear, but it can also be about found family and coming together with those who love you,...
Temporary order of social support for women set
Last updated: 01/12/2021
Temporary order of social support for women set Temporary order of social support for women set 09/01/2021 20:51 Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- A government resolution...
Solo seniors with cognitive impairment hit hard by pandemic
Last updated: 01/09/2021
The pandemic has exacerbated isolation and fears for one very vulnerable group of Americans: the 4.3 million older adults with cognitive impairment who live alone. As the...
Seniors Living Alone with Cognitive Impairment Hit Hard by COVID-19 Pandemic
Last updated: 01/09/2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated isolation and fears for one very vulnerable group of Americans: the 4.3 million older adults with cognitive impairment, who live...
Parents may have to pay for asking social workers to take their troublesome teens into care
Last updated: 01/09/2021
Parents who ask social workers to take their challenging children into care may be charged for doing so if councillors approve an official proposal. An increasing number of...
Education jolted by pandemic, learning gap widens
Last updated: 01/05/2021
Sohn Eun-jeong, the mother of a 10-year-old elementary school student, is considering quitting her job. She felt guilty that she has not paid enough attention to her child’s...