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Scottish Government Consultation Response: Review of Part I of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and Creation of a Family Justice Modernisation Strategy (2018)
Other
Barnes Macfarlane, L.-A. (2018). Scottish Government Consultation Response: Review of Part I of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and Creation of a Family Justice Modernisation Strategy

Response to the Scottish Government Consultation: Review of Part I of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and Creation of a Family Justice Modernisation Strategy.

Response 687675062 by Dr Lesley-Anne Barnes Macfarlane, Edinburgh Napier University (Ch... Read More about Scottish Government Consultation Response: Review of Part I of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and Creation of a Family Justice Modernisation Strategy.

Qualitative exploration of the barriers to, and facilitators of, screening children for autism spectrum disorder in Oman (2018)
Journal Article
Al Maskari, T., Melville, C., Al Farsi, Y., Wahid, R., & Willis, D. (2020). Qualitative exploration of the barriers to, and facilitators of, screening children for autism spectrum disorder in Oman. Early Child Development and Care, 190(11), 1762-1777. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2018.1550084

Few studies explored the challenges associated with screening of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Arab and Middle Eastern countries. This study aims to explore the facilitators of and barriers to screening for ASD in Oman. The study reported the ini... Read More about Qualitative exploration of the barriers to, and facilitators of, screening children for autism spectrum disorder in Oman.

Surveying Friendship. What the Quantitative Data Tell Us About Friendship among LGBT Communities (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kulpa, R. (2018, October). Surveying Friendship. What the Quantitative Data Tell Us About Friendship among LGBT Communities. Paper presented at Queering Friendship: Citizenship, Care and Choice (‘Intimate’ Project), University of Lisbon, Lisbon, PT

2018, Surveying Friendship. What the Quantitative Data Tell Us About Friendship among LGBT Communities. To: Queering Friendship: Citizenship, Care and Choice (‘Intimate’ Project), University of Lisbon.

https://www.ces.uc.pt/intimate/index.php?id=1... Read More about Surveying Friendship. What the Quantitative Data Tell Us About Friendship among LGBT Communities.

Colorectal Cancer in People with Intellectual Disabilities (2018)
Journal Article
Willis, D., Samalin, E., & Satgé, D. (2018). Colorectal Cancer in People with Intellectual Disabilities. Oncology, 95(6), 323-336. https://doi.org/10.1159/000492077

People with intellectual disabilities (PWIDs) are now living longer; thus, the incidence of cancer within this population is increasing. Available data indicate an excess of digestive tract cancers in PWIDs, but colorectal cancer has rarely been spec... Read More about Colorectal Cancer in People with Intellectual Disabilities.

Rethinking Childhood Contributory Negligence: 'Blame', 'Fault' - but what about Children's Rights? (2018)
Journal Article
Macfarlane, L.-A. (2018). Rethinking Childhood Contributory Negligence: 'Blame', 'Fault' - but what about Children's Rights?. Juridical Review, 75-97

Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child provides that the child’s ‘best interests… shall be a primary consideration’ in all actions concerning the child. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has indic... Read More about Rethinking Childhood Contributory Negligence: 'Blame', 'Fault' - but what about Children's Rights?.

Paradigm Shift or Paradigm Paralysis? National Mental Health and Capacity Law and Implementing the CRPD in Scotland (2018)
Journal Article
Stavert, J. (2018). Paradigm Shift or Paradigm Paralysis? National Mental Health and Capacity Law and Implementing the CRPD in Scotland. Laws, 7(3), Article 26. https://doi.org/10.3390/laws7030026

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) highlights the need to actively remove obstacles to, and promote, the full and equal enjoyment of human rights by persons with disabilities. This is challenging us to rev... Read More about Paradigm Shift or Paradigm Paralysis? National Mental Health and Capacity Law and Implementing the CRPD in Scotland.

Systematic review: cultural adaptation and feasibility of screening for autism in non-English speaking countries (2018)
Journal Article
Al Maskari, T. S., Melville, C. A., & Willis, D. S. (2018). Systematic review: cultural adaptation and feasibility of screening for autism in non-English speaking countries. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 12(1), Article 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-018-0200-8

Aim: To explore the feasibility of screening for Autism spectrum disorder in Non-English-Speaking Countries, the cultural influences and the nurses' role in the screening process.

Background: The prevalence Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is rising... Read More about Systematic review: cultural adaptation and feasibility of screening for autism in non-English speaking countries.

Working with children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour. (2018)
Book
Allardyce, S., & Yates, P. (2018). Working with children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour. Dunedin Academic Press

‘At a time when a better-informed picture about the realities of child sexual abuse is urgently needed, this book provides a vital part of this complex jigsaw’ from the Foreword by Professor Simon Hackett.

Approximately one third of child sexual a... Read More about Working with children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour..

Employer Responses to Dementia in the Workplace in Scotland (2018)
Report
Stavert, J., Egdell, V., Ritchie, L., Danson, M., Cook, M., & Tolson, D. (2018). Employer Responses to Dementia in the Workplace in Scotland. Scotland: Edinburgh Napier University

The reported study investigated how Scottish-based employers from different sectors respond to staff with dementia. Dementia is, and will increasingly be, a workplace issue as populations’ age, working lives extend and there is better recognition of... Read More about Employer Responses to Dementia in the Workplace in Scotland.