Supporting young carers
Description
With testimony from young carers themselves, this demonstrates practical actions schools and teachers can take to support their education. Initiatives and approaches shown include: young carers cards, the use of lead teachers, lunchtime support groups, mentoring programmes and dedicated training. There's also testimony from young carers themselves on what has worked for them and why.
Runtime
17 min
Series
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
2008
Database
Alexander Street
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