If anybody believes that the Scottish government, through its wisdom and noble aspirations, ran with the early interventions and GIRFEC approach because it had worked hard with its supporters to address a need that was brought to its attention; then consulted widely about it; then evaluated it; then endorsed it; and now has a world class child protection proposal that other nations can emulate, think again. That is the way it is supposed to work, and that is the way the Scottish government presents itself, but it is not true. As it happens governments have long stopped working with their citizens, if they ever did.
Check out Zero to Three from the other side of the Atlantic who spin it the same way as the Scottish government does. Any claims the Scottish government makes about being at the forefront of developments, in any way, are a distortion of reality.
The agenda the Scottish government is following is global.
http://www.zerotothree.org/about-us/areas-of-expertise/zero-to-three-journal/
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