Published by The International Centre for Therapeutic Care
Hugo Pickering Commissioned by Alia, the following analysis of current research assesses the outcomes forchildren and connections to their families, avoiding family separation in child welfare practice: Continuing this edition’s theme of Family Work, this study looks at the unseen costs of foster care. Link to Full Study Link to Research Brief
We recently self-published an e-book of the memoirs of Alan Wendelken, who attended and subsequently became a staff member at Finchden Manor (you can read a review of the book here). It is now available to buy for your Kindle, Apple device or Kobo Reader: Buy the book for Amazon Kindle Buy the book for … Read more
Our mission is to share models for therapeutic care and to extend the influence and insights gained form our member networks, in order to improve services and outcomes for traumatised children, young people their families and communities. A warm welcome to our new members:Cristina Caeleira and Guida Bernardo of S.O.S Children’s Villages, Portugal.Josef Kala, Eva … Read more
The author of the following paper from The PET Archive was Doreen Weddell, who was the matron at the Cassel Hospital. It focuses on how nurses that came from more conventional hospitals learnt and adapted to working in a Therapeutic Community environment. Cassel Hospital is of particular interest in the Archive at the moment, as … Read more
Welcome to our October edition of the IC newsletter. The International Centre is a free alliance of like-minded organisations and individuals who either practice or wish to learn about the role of therapeutic care – especially residential, foster care and adoption – for children, young people, their families and communities. We communicate with our member networks … Read more
The article comes from the International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, Vol 10, no. 2 (1989) It is from a Dutch perspective and looks at curative factors within Therapeutic Communities.
The 9th International Working Conference LFA 2019 will be held at Ostello al Deserto, Chiavenna, Italy on the 18th to 20th October, offering an opportunity for direct learning, through living together in a temporary community, with the aim of understanding actions that influence and mobilise individuals and groups and which are not usually expressed either because they … Read more
A home-based role for a consultant involving reviewing literature, online discussions with members and compiling the information that will be used by practitioners and academics. Consultancy: Documenting Therapeutic Approaches of the Therapeutic Approaches Working Group members
Children will always have accidents. It’s what they do, how they grow up and how they understand what risk they are prepared to take Creators of adventure play spaces CAP.Co explain the real value of play, as they see it. The value of play
A warm welcome to our new members: Mark Dyson, Val Jefferies, Karen Butcher, Shirley Pang, Marie Russell, Colette Cummings. Welcome to our August IC and TCJ newsletter. The International Centre is a free alliance of like-minded organisations and individuals who either practice or wish to learn about the role of therapeutic care – especially residential, … Read more
This article is part of the Cassel hospital collection and was written by Dennie Briggs, who died peacefully in June 2019 at the age of 92. He was a clinical / research psychologist and worked with Maxwell Jones at Dingleton Hospital in Scotland and later at Henderson Hospital while consulting for the National Association for … Read more
With one in six adults experiencing common mental health problems every week and suicide being the biggest killer of young men in the UK, there is a clear need for an increased understanding of an issue which effects the lives of so many people. By increasing awareness and learning mental health first aid skills, we … Read more