Life costs more for disabled people and their families. Spending more on essential goods and services like; heating, insurance, equipment and therapies. These extra costs mean disabled people have less money in their pocket than non-disabled people...
Disadvantaged and vulnerable parents
The Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) has published a report about how to engage disadvantaged and vulnerable parents in parenting and parental conflict services. Findings, based on a rapid evidence review, include: interventions can lack...
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma children
The Women and Equalities Committee have published a report on the inequalities faced by Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities. Findings include: entrenched stereotypes in schools leads to children being taken out of education, fear of...
Quarter of children from low-income families ‘go hungry’
A quarter of children from low-income families experience hunger because of restrictions placed on accessing free school meals, research suggests. Some children do not eat at all during the school day because, despite being severely deprived, they...
A new preventive intervention for children of substance‐abusing parents: Results of a randomized controlled trial
28 March 2019 Children of substance‐abusing parents (COS) are at risk for developing psychosocial problems. We evaluated the effectiveness of the manualized, 9‐session psycho‐educational preventive intervention “TRAMPOLINE” (PE) for 8–12‐year‐old...
Families facing financial crisis
The Children’s Society has published a report looking at the support available to families facing financial crisis. The research, which draws on responses to freedom of information (FOI) requests and interviews in local authority case study...
