Published by The International Centre for Therapeutic Care
Hugo Pickering This book is a consolidation of Christine Bradley’s 40 years practice in therapeutic work with children and young people, starting from a period when there was room for creative thinking within the work. For the past three years Christine has been re-writing the concepts she used in her work to fit in with the current … Read more
A warm welcome to our new members: Alina Page, Govt. of South Australia, Jan Rees and Wendy Dawson CEO of Rees, The Care Leavers Foundation. Across 2018 we are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Mulberry Bush School by Barbara Dockar-Drysdale, a pioneer of ‘therapeutic child care’. During World War 2 as … Read more
The End Child Poverty coalition has today published figures providing a new Child Poverty map of the UK. The new figures reveal that there are now constituencies within the UK where more than half of children are growing up in poverty – compared to one in ten, in the areas with the lowest child poverty rates. … Read more
Announcing the 3rd BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE – EVOLVING TRENDS IN ALTERNATIVE CARE FOR CHILDREN IN SOUTH ASIA Please register for the event – now open for general registration: You can read more here.
In a competition involving over 700 hundred schools across the UK, Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School from Potters Bar have been crowned the winners of the National Young Mathematicians’ Awards. The team made up Brooke Callaghan, Daisy Dixon, Vincent Lee, Joel Swedensky battled through three rounds to be declared the best young, mathematical brains … Read more
The Avenue Learning Centre is delighted to announce three new e-learning courses featuring Mary Walsh, co-founder of the internationally famous SACCS organisation, and leading author Dr Neil Thompson. You can find the full list of courses here.
A warm welcome to our newest members: Sarah Walton – Calcot Children’s Services. UK Catherine Milgiewicz – Calcot Children’s Services, UK. Lamin Jallow – Calcot Children’s Services, UK. Bodil Damsgaard – International Association of Social Educators (aieji.net) Manab Bose – Sukrut Psychotherapy Centre, Parikma Foundation, IIMU, Mumbai, India Natasha Penney – Beechfied Secure Children’s Home, UK Savy Sondhi … Read more
“Life-changing” year for first placements on pioneering Essex County Council Therapeutic Fostering Scheme Families across Essex are celebrating the anniversary of their first placements under Essex County Council’s Therapeutic Fostering scheme, which launched in 2016. Therapeutic foster carers work as part of a team of professionals to support children who have previously suffered from trauma or neglect, by providing long-term placements within their own homes. Alison, … Read more
ON DVD AND BLU-RAY 4th DECEMBER 2017 STUDIOCANAL is pleased to announce that the highly anticipated first-ever TV series from Studio Ghibli, RONJA: THE ROBBER’S DAUGHTER, will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on 4th December 2017. You can pre-order now: http://amzn.to/2k8xgJi. From Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away) and based on the beloved novel by acclaimed writer Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking), comes this epic 26-part story … Read more
Children’s Hospices Across Scotland is improving delivery of and access to palliative care through its work in hospitals and communities and the approach should be extended across Scotland, states an independent report published on 22 November 2017 by Children in Scotland. CHAS is Scotland’s national children’s hospice service and since 2014 has employed three … Read more
Last year we published an article on Dekko Comics at their launch. The educational comics have proven valuable in the classroom for children withy dyslexia, autism, ADHD etc. and new titles are now available to buy on Amazon: Dekko Issue 1 Dekko Issue 2 Dekko Isuue 3 Dekko Issue 4
Researchers at the University of Portsmouth have produced a new children’s book that uses innovative research to raise pupils’ motivation and achievement. ‘My Hero’ is the seventh in a series of beautifully illustrated books, which help children to manage and change their emotions so they can learn from mistakes and not to fear them. They are designed for … Read more