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Four years ago The Adolescent and Children's Trust (Tact) established a play-based therapy service called Power of Play. The "in-house" therapy service means adopters do not have to go to the local authority for assessment and referral to limited resource, nor wait for child and adolescent mental health services.
Julie McCann, who runs the service, says a relationship is established with all Tact adopters from the beginning of their preparation course and following them through approval, matching and early placement.
"In this way, I normalise therapeutic support and encourage our adopters to use therapeutic play skills from the beginning, hopefully avoiding too many crisis moments," she says.
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