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The budget holding lead professional pilots have lessons for all children’s services authorities

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

by Gillian Gillanders Giving lead professionals budgets may be one way of better meeting the needs of children and young people with additional needs. OPM has been supporting the budget-holding lead professional pilots for children with additional needs. So far, these budgets have been used to make purchases as diverse as ...

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Involving children and young people in research

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

by Nina Mguni As part of a project for Children's Workforce Development Council, we recently reviewed what is being written and talked about on the best ways to conduct research with children and young people. In reviewing reports and other writing, we found that certain issues repeatedly emerged. Understanding these issues can ...

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