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Therapeutic Communities: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, March 1, 2022
  • | CYP Now
The term “therapeutic” – at least in the way commissioning specifications set out – focuses on the direct work of a therapist in weekly sessions with a child. While this important technical component has its place, it is only one limited element. In order for residential care, fostering, education or supported housing to be “therapeutic” something more is needed.

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, March 31, 2020
  • | CYP Now
At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Research evidence

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  • Tuesday, September 29, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traditionally understood as 10 forms of abuse, neglect and family dysfunction that typically increase children’s experiences of trauma and stress.

Therapy not helping abuse victims

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  • Tuesday, June 30, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Residential and play therapy experts have hit out at a government-funded report that says their work is failing to improve outcomes for child victims of physical abuse.

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