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The last paragraph (copied below) covers a huge time frame when massive changes occurred. A further article covering how we got from 1960 to GIRFEC is required.

“After the early 1960s, the language of maladjustment disappeared but the concept of ‘The dangerous age of childhood’ remained. It morphed and changed in professional practice, outwith the public gaze, only to re-emerge later in a new metastasised form. In Scotland this is called Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC), and its flagship policy was called the Named Person Scheme.”

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The TES articles don't appear to open - I would be interested in reading those.

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They open on my computer. You might need to sub but free as I don’t pay. Or paste url into Archive.is

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