In Residence

In this column I would like to share an idea or dream with you.  It has its roots in the words of the prophet Zechariah spoken to a people who had been driven out of their homes and their beloved city.  He tells of a time that is coming when “once again elderly men and … Read more

Following the success of three workshops in Taunton and Preston, Research in Practice are delivering three further research messages workshops to support practitioners and managers in residential children’s homes.  The workshops will focus on: developing relationship-based practice with children in residential care to address risk and support resilience exploring the complexities of child sexual exploitation … Read more

Welcome to our August edition of the TCJ. In June I was invited to speak at the FICE Czech Republic conference on ‘Substitute care of vulnerable children in selected European countries’, where I spoke about ‘the UK care system for traumatised children’. As mentioned in our June newsletter, FICE are still interested to hear from … Read more

Published in November 2017 Bringing together the latest research and theory about a child’s inner world and the impact of the world around them, this is a guide to understanding and responding to the emotional needs of traumatized children. Read the full synopsis here

Child Sexual Exploitation After Rotherham By Adele Gladman and Angie Heal Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2017) ISBN   978-1-78592-027-1 (If you are looking for the latest review by David Lane on Peter Higginbotham’s ‘Children’s Homes: A history of institutional care for Britain’s young’, please follow this link. As David Greenwood says on the cover blurb, this book … Read more

It so happens that I have been having a pretty concentrated spell of time working on PhDs: from initial discussions about possible questions through to comments on final drafts.  Because it is possible to have enough of a good thing, it came as a joy (as well as something of a relief) to to find … Read more

It was a Friday morning and we were sitting a little blue room with the sun streaming in through the patio doors.  This is the place where there is perhaps as much space and privacy as anywhere in the community of Mill Grove.  And Colin (the name I will give him) was holding a fawn-coloured … Read more

A Model for Understanding and Intervening in Hard to Reach Presentations As a Social Worker in an English Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) I discovered a capacity to work with children and young people who no one else quite knew what to do with, and who didn’t fit any easy diagnostic or treatment … Read more

Welcome to our June edition of the TCJ. With the growth of our international membership, we are benefitting from a global range of content. Working with children and young people who have experienced trauma is always difficult and complex, and we know that if this work is understood and supported by wider facilitating systems and … Read more

Even by the standards we have reluctantly come to accept over the decades at Mill Grove, Nana Peg, was dealt a particularly poor hand in her early childhood.  She was the youngest of three sisters (the older pair being identical twins), and when their parents separated they were placed in an abusive foster home.  For … Read more