The Scottish Parliament will next week be invited to nominate Bruce Adamson to Her Majesty the Queen for appointment as the new Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland.
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An awareness-raising campaign aimed at challenging common misconceptions about how victims respond to rape has been launched. The Rape Crisis Scotland project hopes to address the “myth” there is a
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Just over 100 children who began receiving specialist mental health care in the last three months of 2016 had waited more than a year to get help. Figures for the
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A mother whose son took his own life at the age of 12 is backing a campaign encouraging boys to speak out about having suicidal feelings. Data from Childline shows
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The Scottish Government is to bring forward a new law to criminalise the emotional abuse and neglect of children. Childcare and Early Years Minister Mark McDonald announced the move in
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A consultation on the expansion of electronic tags to help reduce reoffending has been launched by the Scottish Government. New legislation could see GPS tracking, alcohol monitoring technology and tagging
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The cost of compensation for survivors of childhood abuse in Scotland could total at least £200m, MSPs at Holyrood’s justice committee have heard. A bill has been tabled which would
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Watching The Big Bang Theory was suggested as a training method for a school staff member who was dealing with a child with Asperger syndrome, MSPs have been told. Sheldon
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A council has lost a legal bid to gain parental rights over a child whose parents have learning difficulties. The child’s parents appealed to the UK Supreme Court after Scotland’s
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Services for children and young people in West Dunbartonshire are improving outcomes for children and having a positive impact on their lives, inspectors have said, while noting that some services
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