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APPENDIX A
The We Can and Must Do Better training materials
Following the launch of Looked after Children and Young People: We Can and Must Do Better
the Scottish Government gave a commitment to fully revise the Learning With Care training materials. This work has now been completed.
The revised training materials have been produced in a DVD- ROM format and re-launched as the We Can and Must Do Better training materials at a Ministerial Event in Glasgow on the
16th September 2008. The new training materials are ideal for both individual learning and tutored training courses. The target audience includes teachers, carers, social work staff,
health workers and other professionals involved in the life of looked after children and young people and care leavers.
Included on the DVD- ROM are:
- a new 30 minute film reflecting a young person's journey through the looked after system
- individual and group activities
- distinct bespoke training courses
- a flexible resource library of learning materials, downloadable documents, etc.
- short video clips of young people and adults providing their views and experiences.
Topics covered by the training materials include:
- An introduction to being looked after
- Pre-care and post-care experiences
- Corporate parenting
- Health and wellbeing
- Brain development and attachment
- Loss and trauma
- Resilience and emotional literacy
- The looked after child's world
- Being looked after in residential schools and secure care
- The education system
- Leaving care well
- Information sharing and confidentiality.
It is the intention of the Scottish Government that all schools, residential child care establishments colleges, universities and other relevant stakeholders have access to the training materials.
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