
Analysis of a pilot involving 30 councils and care organisations, found that training using VR headsets also helped improve the support carers and professionals offer children in care.
For social workers, carers and adopters the training involves virtually experiencing disturbing scenes that children witness before they enter care.
There is also content that shows how drug and alcohol abuse can affect a child before it is born.
The programme has the potential to improve stability within children's placements and aid foster care and adopter recruitment, the research of virtual reality technology created by social enterprise Cornerstone found.
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