IRISS is pleased to announce the release of its online version of Good Practice in Effective Engagement in Social Work Education, originally published by the Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability.
The Guide was commissioned by Scottish Social Services Learning Network West in collaboration with Learning Network South East to explore the extent of service user and carer involvement in the Higher and Further Education sectors in west and southeast Scotland.
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As readers of this column will know, we enthusiastically believe that the web offers great potential for communication and learning, as well as for fun and leisure. But we also recognise legitimate concerns about the dangers, especially for children and vulnerable people.
IRISS is pleased to announce the publication of Practitioner Research in Children 1st: Cohorts, Networks and Systems by Neil Lunt, Ian Shaw and Fiona Mitchell. This evaluation explores the practitioner research initiative of Children 1st and the Glasgow School of Social Work which was aimed at supporting practitioners to develop and undertake their own small-scale research projects.
IRISS recorded keynote presentations from the Talking About Autism: Scottish Autism Toolbox conference held at Strathclyde University's Jordanhill Campus on 29th May 2009: