Hogrefe Publishing Group today announced the launch of its Intelligence and Development Scales – 2nd Edition (IDS-2) diagnostic assessment – a timely release as children head back to school and adolescents look to their futures post-lockdown.

Few will have missed the headlines on the negative impact of lockdown on children's access to speech and language support, and a growing number of professional associations and charities are calling for increased resourcing in these crucial areas. In this article, we focus on the tools that can help health professionals with early detection and intervention as we look to rebuild and recover – and to further empower parents, carers, and children.

The HR world is scrambling to guess how recruitment and selection processes will adapt to meet a new employment market post-Covid. With the number of vacant positions and applicants on the rise, employers are under pressure to fill spaces before job seekers move on to the next best thing – meaning there is more demand on HR teams to find the top candidates, more quickly and more efficiently than ever before.