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Reintegration and transitions for young offenders: guidance
Best practice information for local authorities, community planning partnership and service providers.
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Growing up in Scotland: change in early childhood and the impact of significant events
Reports on children experiencing parental separation, moving house, parental job-loss and maternal health problems and how these events relate to factors that are known drivers of child outcomes.
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Growing up in Scotland: changes in child cognitive ability in the pre-school years
This report examines whether the gap in cognitive ability between children from different social backgrounds changes between ages three and five and which factors influence improvement in cognitive ability.
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Growing up in Scotland: parenting and children's health
This publication reports which aspects of day-to-day parenting are important to children’s health and whether variations in parenting account for social inequalities in child health outcomes.
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Healthy eating in schools: supplementary guidance
Additional guidance on diet and nutrition for children and young people with additional support needs.
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Curriculum for Excellence: religious and moral education
Guidance on provision of religious and moral education in non-denominational schools and religious education in Roman Catholic schools.
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Improving maternal and infant nutrition: a framework for action
Actions which can be taken by NHS Boards, local authorities and others to improve the nutrition of pregnant women, babies and young children.
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Underage sexual activity: identifying child protection concerns
National guidance on meeting the needs of children and young people and identifying child protection concerns in relation to underage sexual activity.
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Growing up in Scotland: children's social, emotional and behavioural characteristics at entry to primary school
This report investigates the extent and nature of social, emotional and behavioural difficulties among Scottish school children around the age they enter primary one, and shows which children are most likely to have these difficulties.
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Growing up in Scotland: health inequalities in the early years
This report investigates health inequalities in the early years in terms of risk factors and outcomes.