More Choices, More Chances Related Publications
More Choices More Chances - More Choices, More Chances is an action plan to reduce the proportion of young people not in education, employment or training in Scotland.
Workforce Plus an Employability Framework for Scotland - Workforce Plus sets out actions at the National and Local levels to help more people get back into work.
Summary Leaflet - Extraordinary Lives - Creating a positive future for looked after children and young people in Scotland.
Looked After Children and Young People: We Can and Must Do Better - This study is for everyone who is concerned with looked after children and young people and their families, elected members, local authority staff, staff in voluntary organisations, private providers, foster carers, health professional and those involved in developed and improving children's services.
Skills for Scotland - A Lifelong Skills Strategy - The Skills Strategy outlines the Scottish Government's aims and ambitions for making Scotland's skills base truly world class, ensuring we develop the skills required for the 21st Century - developing both Scotland's skills policies and its skills landscape in tandem, crafting them into a more coherent structure designed to address Scottish requirements.
Better Behaviour - Better Learning Report of the Discipline Task Group - This study provides guidance to all schools on the degree of curricular flexibility available within current guidelines to enable them to take account of local circumstances and meet individual pupil needs.
Review of Provision of Educational Psychology Services in Scotland - This review focusses on issues impacting on the supply and demand of Educational Psychologists, and also examined the structure and delivery of Educational Psychology Services across Scotland.
Moving On: Education, training and employment for recovering drug users - This review provides current evidence about effective ways to support recovering drug users into education, training and employment.
Moving On: From School to College - This study has been written for the purpose of disseminating and promoting good practice in the work of schools and further eudcation (FE) colleges.
Literature Review of the NEET Group - This study has been commissioned to provide an overview of the difficulties facing those termed as "not in education, employment or training (NEET)". The study is expected to contribute to an analysis of the needs of the NEET group and the effectiveness of policies.
Literature Review of the NEET Group - Research Findings - This study contributes a greater understanding of the needs of this group and to policy effectiveness in addressing the risks and barriers faced by the NEET group and its sub-groups.
Mapping Employability and Support Services for Disengaged Young People -This report maps the range of quality of employability support services available to disengaged young people (aged 16-24) in three locations across Scotland and recommends an effective service framework for this client group.
Mapping Employability and Support Services for Disengaged Young People - Research Findings - This report maps the range of quality of employability support services available to disengaged young people (aged 16-24) in three locations across Scotland and recommends an effective service framework for this client group.
Good Planning Guide for Young People with Learning Disabilities Not in Education, Employment or Training - Publication of Good Planning Guide for Young People with Learning Disabilities Not in Education, Employment or Training.
David Raffe Report on Young People Not in Education Employment or Training - This study is by David Raffe, Centre for Educational Sociology, University of Edinburgh
A Comparative Analysis of Transitions From Education to Work In Europe (CATEWE) - Emer Smyth, Markus Gangl, David Raffe, Damian F. Hannan and Selina McCoy - CATEWE aims at analysing the transition from education to work in a comparative European perspective.
Evaluation and Analysis of the LFS 2000 Ad Hoc Module on School-to-Work Transitions in Europe - Markus Gangl, Frank Kalter, Prof. David Raffe, Cristina Iannelli (both CES, University of Edinburgh), Emer Smyth (ESRI, Dublin), Maarten Wolbers (ROA, University of Maastricht) - This study provides comparative research on transitions between education and the labour market.
Bridging The Gap: New Opportunities For 16 - 18 Year Olds Not In Education, Employment Or Training, The Social Exclusion Unit - This report meets the Social Exclusion Unit's remit to work with other departments to assess how many 16-18 year olds are not in education, working or training, analyse the reasons why and produce proposals to reduce the numbers significantly.
Destinations of Leavers From Scottish Schools: 2005/06 - This statistics Publication Notice presents national and education authority level information on the destinations of young people leaving Scottish schools.
Gender And Pupil performance in Scotland 's Schools, Tinklin, Linda Croxford, Alan Ducklin and Barbara Frame - This study provides Gender and Pupil Performance in Scotland's Schools.
Literature Review Of the Costs of Being "Not in Education, Employment or Training" at Age 16-18, Bob Coles, Sandra Hutton, Jonathan Bradshow, Gary Craig, Christine Godfrey and Julia Johnson, Social Policy Research Unit, Univerity of York, University of Hull - This review is part of a larger project designed to provide some estimate of the cost of young people who are disengaged from education, training and employment between the ages of 16-18.
Moving Forward - A Strategy for Improving Young People's Chances Through Youth Work - Youth Work undertook a consultation to hear to views of young people and those that help deliver opportunities.
Evaluation of Measurement Options for Those Aged 16-19 Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) - This study focused on alternative measures and assessing these against the criteria of overall accuracy, capacity for geographical disaggregation and by group or type of young person.
The cost of Exclusion - Counting the Cost of Youth Disadvantage in the UK - This report reveals that interventions helping young people get into work, stay on in education or avoid crime represent excellent value for money given the measurable costs of social exclusion.
Experiences of poverty and educational disadvantage - This study summarises the messages from the first eight projects in the JRF's Education and Poverty programme and looks at the experiences of children from different backgrounds and their attitudes to education.
A child's-eye view of social difference - This participatory study explores children's views of social difference, with children guiding the research focus themselves.
A review of research on the links between education and poverty - This study provides a framework of research literature to aid examination of the links between poverty and educational attainment in the UK.
Children researching links between poverty and literacy - This study examines education and poverty from children's own perspective, focusing on reading and writing proficiency as a potential route out of poverty.
Educational relationships outside school - This study examines the role of educational relationships in out-of-school activities and their impact on young people's learning.
Mapping the alternatives to permanent exclusion - This study investigates the programmes provided for young people permanently excluded, or at risk of permanent exclusion from school.
School exclusions: Learning partnership outside mainsteam education - This study describes how mentors and teachers work with students who have been permanently excluded from school, taking into account poverty and multiple disadvantage.
Tackling low educational achievement - A study on low educational achievement surveyed existing research and analysed national data for England. This research aims to understand the large number of factors associated with low achievement.
Working with Hard to Reach Young People: A Practical Guide - This document provides practical guidelines for professional who seek to improve their engagement with hard to reach young people.
Improving Services to Protect Children - How good are we at assessing risks and needs to help children and families? How good can we be? - This study should be used to help evaluate how well risks and needs are assessed.
Improving Services to Protect Children - How good are we at sharing and recording information to help children and families? How good can we be? - This study should be used to help evaluate how well information is recorded and shared.
We're Still Here - Publication by HMIE
Post-School Psychological Services Related Publications
Review of Provision of Educational Psychology Services in Scotland - This review focuses on issues impacting on the supply and demand of educational psychologists and examines the structure and delivery of educational psychology services across Scotland.
Developing Post-School Psychological Services: Interim Report August 2003 - This report was produced by the National Development Officers in developing a specification for Post-School Psychological Services (PSPS).
Developing Post-School Psychological Services: Interim Report (August 2003): Summary of Consultation Responses - This report provides a summary of consultation responses to the National Development Officers' Interim Report on Developing Post-School Psychological Services, August 2003.
The Evaluation of Post-School Psychological Services Pathfinders in Scotland (2004-2006) - This report summarises the work undertaken by the Post-School Psychological Pathfinders in Scotland.
Beattie Related Publications
Draft Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Bill - Consultation document for the draft Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Bill 2003
Summary Handout on the Additional Support for Learning Bill - A summary for practitioners of the Education (Additional Support for Learning (Scotland)) Bill
Identifying Learning and Support Needs: a digest of assessment tools - This report has been produced as part of research commissioned from the University of Strathclyde by the Scottish Executive as a result of one of the recommendations of the Beattie Report.
National Review of Assessment: Identification of the Learning and Support Needs of Young People - This study provides the summary of recommendations of the National Review of Assessment.
Implementing Inclusiveness: Realising Potential The Beattie Committee Report - This report provides the findings of the Advisory Committee on Post-School Education and Training of Young People with Special Needs.
Implementing Inclusiveness: Realising Potential The Beattie Committee Report Summary -This report provides the summary of the Advisory Committee on Post-School Education and Training of Young People with Special Needs.
National Action Group Report: Future Progress & Priorities - Report on Implementation of Beattie recommendations, progress and way forward.
Interim Inclusiveness Evaluation Report 2003 - Report to review the needs and provision of services for young people with additional support needs.
Interim Inclusiveness Evaluation Report 2003 - Case Studies - Report to review the needs and provision of services for young people with additional support needs - case studies.
Interim Inclusiveness Evaluation Report 2003 - Executive Summary - The Inclusiveness report highlights the success of the distinctive key worker, improved partnership working and significant client improvement.
The National Evaluation of the Careers Scotland Inclusiveness Projects (contents page) - The Inclusiveness report highlights the success of the distinctive key worker, improved partnership working and significant client improvements.
The National Evaluation of the Careers Scotland Inclusiveness Projects Final Report - This reports review the needs and provision of services for young people with additional support needs.
Inclusiveness Appendices Report - This provides Inclusiveness Appendices Reports
Beattie Inclusiveness Projects - Key Research Findings - The Inclusiveness report highlights the success of the distinctive key worker, improved partnership working and significant client improvements.
Supported Employment for Young People Pilots (contents page) - The Supported Employment evaluation highlights the value of this experience for inclusiveness clients in terms of improved soft and vocational skills and better understanding of the world at work.
Supported Employment for Young People Pilots - Key Research Findings - The Supported Employment evaluation highlights the value of this experience for inclusiveness clients in terms of improved soft and vocational skills and better understanding of the world at work - key researching findings
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