Published by The International Centre for Therapeutic Care
Residential child care includes regular columns from John Diamond of The Mulberry Bush School
Understanding Residential Child Care: Valuing the effect and effectiveness of daily living Thursday 28 January 2010, Leeds Marriott Hotel The National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care (NCERCC) annual conference is the pivotal event of the year for the residential child care sector. Positive outcomes for young people in residential child care take place … Read more
The joy of arriving after a long hard journey
Is there a future for a boy with a past?
Realities, not labels
How policy and pilots are proceeding
Adapting the UK to SP and SP to the UK
In Care Matters: Time for Change (DfES 2007) the Government committed itself to funding a pilot programme to evaluate the effectiveness of social pedagogy in children’s residential care. This commitment followed a period of comparative research and feasibility studies carried out at Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education University of London. These studies found … Read more
The professional, personal, and private pedagogue
How activities establish the right values and offer a means of relating
How children can be helped to learn through social pedagogy
Getting the balance right in between panic and stagnation
How children need to take risks to be safe