Published by The International Centre for Therapeutic Care
Editor This message is mainly for readers in England, but its message applies to many other countries. Child care now has important international components, some relating to the problems which children and young people face, and some concerning ways of dealing with them. There are immigrant children – and in particular, unaccompanied minors – who require … Read more
What should I do about my toddler’s tantrums? How can I ensure my three year old learns to eat healthily? Should I be worried if my young child has an imaginary friend? These are just a few of the questions parents of young children may ask but often it is hard to find practical, non-judgemental … Read more
Dave Wiles and Tim Evans as Chief Executives of youth work organisations decided to draw attention to the good stories about young people by taking to the road with only £10 in their pockets. If you want to read earlier episodes, click here. 19/09/2006After a good night’s sleep and breakfast we set off again. We … Read more
Book Review by Steve Lowe The beginning of Only Pictures?: Therapeutic Work with Internet Sex Offenders identifies the struggles in interpreting internet sexual offending when using the established sex offender research and thinking. It was interesting in particular in recognizing the notion of the fragmentation of sexuality and the extent to which, for an offender, … Read more
This is part two of a three-part story. Ruth has just been admitted to a secure unit. If you wish to read the first episode, click here. Once I was clean and in some clothes the staff had given me, I sat down and looked at the beans on toast, savouring it as if it … Read more
A mixture of news items, events, comments and whimsies, including a Secretary of State for Families, offending, anti-social behaviour, Alliance for Child Centred Care, CEIEC, the value of being there, parental alienation and teenage. A Secretary of State for Families We received a Press Release from NCH, which read as follows : In response to … Read more
This article first appeared in The Door, and we are grateful for permission to reprint. Caroline and Roger have spoken candidly of the harder times which they encountered with an adopted child. Now they share some of the highs – and each event has one thing in common … “On reflection, I really think we … Read more
Nina Hasinski of Redpoint Holidays explains how taking a holiday can be good for all the family and contribute to the fight to reduce childhood obesity. This article was offered to the Webmag; with summer holidays coming along, its message is one we are happy to pass on. Childhood obesity has been consistently in the … Read more
Book Review by Kathleen Lane Sometimes one has a quite unexpected surprise. Whilst scouring the shelves of a local book shop recently an assistant proved to be very knowledgeable about books and what was actually in store at the time. She took me directly to where the paperback versions of two books I wanted were … Read more
Tricia Pritchard questions the disjointed approach being taken by the Government concerning the registration of nannies. PANN – the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses – has campaigned for a long time for the registration of nannies and the regulation of nanny agencies, and they are about to have yet another big push to highlight that … Read more
Book Review by Kathleen Lane
Book Review by Wanda Gibson Where There Is Evil is different from most of the other autobiographical accounts of an abusive childhood inasmuch as it was written despite many family members’ protests to ‘let sleeping dogs lie’. Sandra Brown is well known in Scotland for her work as a teacher and champion of abused children. … Read more