Children and young people
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Staff and partner information relating to children and young people.
Highland Information Trail
Delivering integrated children's services in Highland.
View or download the Highland Information Trail - edition 17 (pdf, October 2025).
This document guides professionals to resources available to support and improve maternal and child health across Highland. It covers information from both a national and local perspective from pre-pregnancy through to the age of five.
A number of useful websites are also listed to further support families. This resource combines the Public Health Scotland Early Years Pathway and is structured to complement the core programme of contacts as detailed in Maternity pathway and schedule of care: clinical guidance and schedule (gov.scot) and Universal Health Visiting Pathway in Scotland: pre-birth to pre-school (gov.scot), ensuring integrated services and seamless transitions.
It also supports The best start: five-year plan for maternity and neonatal care (gov.scot) by empowering parents to make choices based on high quality information. Additional support and contact is given if necessary following assessment.
Child health and weight eLearning modules
The Care and Learning Alliance (CALA) host 3 eLearning opportunities for child health and weight. The modules include:
- How we eat
- Healthy body image and body confidence
- Child healthy weight
Toddler and young children - food, mood and health guidance
The purpose of this guidance is to support people who look after children to enhance the care they deliver and meet the food and health needs of children aged 1 to 5 years:
- Toddler and young children: food, mood and health guidance (pdf, May 2023)