Published by The International Centre for Therapeutic Care
Residential child care includes regular columns from John Diamond of The Mulberry Bush School
Over many years of observation it has become apparent to me that children and adults live and act for one of two fundamental reasons: because of choice, or because of an order. (By choice I mean that they act primarily out of free will, not because they have been specifically taught or ordered to undertake … Read more
It is well known that all the nations in the world apart from the USA and Somalia are signed up to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989. But from the very start there have been those of us who have wondered what it actually means in practice. Countries agree that … Read more
In the last week of March 2014 there were six of us together in North Wales. We called ourselves a work-party, and the purpose of our trip and stay was to attend to some of the repairs and maintenance required by the two houses belonging to Mill Grove in the picturesque seaside village of Borth-y-Gest. … Read more
My very first visit to Hungary was when I touched down in Budapest airport on Monday 17th February 2014. For many other passengers it seemed as if it was just another flight. But for me it was imbued with huge personal significance. The reason is that it was as a nine year old boy on … Read more
The Changes impact of surreptitious change.
Building friendships takes time: the implications for children in care.
The need to open one’s eyes to what is around
What are the constants in our lives? And how do they affect us?
The long-term unexpected rewards of coping with disability
The development of the role of Home School Support Worker and an assessment of its effectiveness in a primary school.
And how sharing it makes life more enjoyable for children