Links and External Resources
Useful Links
British Academy of Childhood Disability
www.BACDis.org.uk
The British Academy of Childhood Disability (BACD
- formerly Child Development and Disability Group) is an organisation
for professionals working in the field of childhood disability.
Child Protection Special Interest Group
www.cpsig.org.uk
The Child Protection Special Interest Group was established
in the mid 80s to provide a forum for paediatricians working in the
field of child maltreatment.
Child Public Health Interest Group
www.cphig.org.uk
A group dedicated to the development of child public health within
both Paediatrics and Public Health.
International Child
Health Group
www.ichg.org.uk
The International Child
Health Group is a Specialty Group of the Royal College of Paediatrics
and Child Health (RCPCH), with membership open to everyone with a
professional interest in advancing child health internationally.
External Resources
AboutKidsHealth is being developed at The Hospital for Sick Children, one of the largest paediatric teaching hospitals in the world. The hospital has an international reputation for excellence in health care, research, and teaching, and is committed to improving the health and well-being of children and youth across Canada and around the world.
British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)
www.baaf.org.uk
BAAF values and respects the commitment made by foster carers and adoptive parents and believes that a wide range of support services is essential to enable families to parent children separated from their birth families. It works in partnership with its members and with others to achieve common goals, believing in the values of openness and honesty and that a powerful voice for children will best be heard by working together.
ESSOP European Society of Social Paediatrics
www.essop.org
Health professionals thinking and acting locally and globally to improve the health and well being of children and young people.
National Paediatric ADHD Network Group. The aims and objectives of the forum are to exchange ideas, to increase professional awareness, to liaise with other professional groups, to influence public policy decisions where appropriate, to share information in relation to current issues in providing services to individuals and their families and to improve care and increased awareness of ADHD in children and adolescents.
SafeKids.co.uk was formed to offer a unique reference point on keeping children safe.
Features and articles are written by professional journalists and experts who have a particular interest, or a background in this area. SafeKids currently contains over 170 articles all written by its team of experts with around 10 new articles added each month.
Understanding Childhood provides free downloadable information leaflets for families and childcare professionals to help raise emotionally secure children.
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