ADHD research award for Academy trustee
27 October 2008
Professor Eric Taylor, leading child psychiatrist and retiring head of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry department at the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London, has been awarded the Ruane Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research
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The early development of offending and what works to stop it
1 October 2008
Professor Stephen Scott, Director of Research at the Academy, is among the authors of this article in Magistrate which examines the development of anti-social behaviour, effective early interventions and evidence based approaches.
'My contact with the Parenting Academy'
1 September 2008
In the Family Caring Trust newsletter, the organisation's founder and Executive Director, Michael Quinn, shares his impression of the Academy and its mission.
Character Building
10 July 2008
Professor Stephen Scott, Director of Research at the Academy, joined a discussion on the development of good characters on Radio 4's 'Analysis: Character Building'.
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Honorary OBE for Mary Crowley
10 June 2008 (internal news)
Ed Balls, Secretary of State for the Department for Children, Schools and Families, presented an honorary OBE to Mary Crowley.
Mary Crowley received her award on 10 June 2008 at Lancaster House, London.
Secretary of State Ed Balls said:
"This is an exceptional achievement and Mary Crowley should be extremely proud of her services to children and families. She thoroughly deserves this recognition for her work on improving and standardising the quality of parenting support delivered by frontline practitioners and in setting up National Occupational Standards for Work with Parents. These standards are considered essential to the ongoing effective training and delivery of quality parenting support services in the UK and exemplify a fundamental skill area for all those who are working with parents across a range of professions.
As Director of the Leonardo da Vinci transnational network with 19 partners in ten countries, Mary has also raised awareness of the importance of training for work with parents across Europe.
Mary is now working as Stakeholder Adviser at the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners, where she has brought her experience of the field to bear, building the Academy's relationships with stakeholders across the third sector and elsewhere. I know that she will continue to build these relationships and good practice".
Feature: Workforce: The parenting academy
4 June 2008
Children & Young People Now investigates what the Academy's parenting support courses offer to professionals working with parents.
1 million children face mental health problems
22 April 2008
Stephen Scott, Director of Research at the Academy, headed the Children's Society's latest report on physical and mental health, which is announced in The Guardian.
Time to start stopping what we know doesn't work
7 March 2008
Stephen Scott, Director of Research at the Academy, publishes an article in Prevention Action.
How the fear of being judged stops parents seeking help
5 March 2008
Mary Crowley, Stakeholder Advisor for the Academy, appeared on Radio 4's 'Woman's Hour' to talk about the role of the Academy.
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'We don't like children in this country'
12 December 2007
Hilton Dawson, the Academy's chair, is interviewed in The Guardian.
New parenting academy launched
21 November 2007
Babyworld features the launch of the Academy.
Learning how to be a good parent
20 November 2007
BBC News covers the launch of the Academy.