C.E. Jottings

The power of the internet. An awful news story. How should one respond?

The power of the internet? The awfulness of a near-local news story of the organised abuse of children? How should one respond? As I begin writing this at 07.15am, this blog has had 47 visitors in the past 8 hours and 45 minutes, according to the Feedjit 'Live Traffic Feed'. 42 of these visited just one particular post from May 2012: "Belated farewell to Dr Sonia Sharp - heading down under to Victoria." These 42 visitors come from across the... Read more →

First notice: Paces Seminars 2014. Children and Families Act. Where are we now?

Paces Seminars are becoming an annual event! For our 3rd annual seminar, we are returning to the subject of the Children and Families Act and asking "Where are we now?" The web site is still a 'work in progress', with some detail of the programme and a full list of speakers yet to be confirmed. However, you might like to take a first look. And online booking is open via Eventbrite. October 22nd and 23rd at the Hilton Sheffield Hotel. Read more →

Charting a way through the Children and Families Act 2014

A great, simple way to understand aspects of the C&F Act 2014 visually has been produced by the always excellent Special Needs Jungle (in passing - Debs Aspland of SNJ spoke at Paces Seminars last year) in a joint project with the Department for Education. Four flow-charts have been produced, each covering a different aspect of the legislation. You can read what Tania Tirraoro, who created the charts, has to say about each of them, via the links: The new... Read more →