The last few days have been very interesting in regards to publications with guidelines or practice guidance for everyone that works with children or young people. These documents cover areas as LGBTQ+, sexual abuse or asylum-seeking.
Tag Archives: children and young people
[011.21] Just a thought…
Sometimes you can’t stop wondering if it makes sense to continue providing and running children’s homes for a maximum of 2 or 3 children, accepting and working with the “hard to reach” and high risk children… Maybe it would be better to do what others do… bigger properties and not accepting children with high risksContinue reading “[011.21] Just a thought…”
[032.19] Notes about the use of restraint in the light of the Social Learning Theory
There are, obviously other aspects to have in consideration (mental states, potential reinforcements of future behaviours and so on), but could the professionals working in settings that use restraint, being the ones promoting future aggressive behaviours, without even considering the role they have on this?
[022.19] runaway train 2.0
Back in 1992, 25 years ago, Soul Asylum released what becomes an iconic music video featuring missing children from around the USA. I have the clear memory of this song and its impact. Now, the USA National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (that originally had a partnership with Soul Asylum) released a new versionContinue reading “[022.19] runaway train 2.0”
[020.19] there are teenagers that are not being dumped…
Maybe we need more regulation of this settings or, maybe, we just need the responsible organisations to develop a real monitoring. Maybe, we need to improve this settings or, maybe, we just need “that” monitoring to work and make sure that they are implementing the service they should be implemented.
[018.19] 40 years on…. celebrating innovative and excellent practice and research in child protection
The Association of Child Protection Professionals (previously known as BASPCAN) is delighted to announce a conference to be held on November 1st 2019. The event marks the 40th anniversary of the founding BASPCAN as the only charity and membership organisation specifically serving child protection professionals in the UK. https://www.childprotectionprofessionals.org.uk/event/40-years-on-celebrating-innovative-and-excellent-practice-and-research-in-child-protection
[017.19] relationships and 2nd opportunities
No… this is not supposed to be a new section of my website, neither I want to be the next “Dear Deidre” and “solve” personal and love problems here. It is about a fairly new TV series on Amazon (New Amsterdam) and a recent article published in CommunityCare by John Radoux (that you can followContinue reading “[017.19] relationships and 2nd opportunities”
Miguel Valerio 