Triumph over trauma
- Author:
- GODDARD Charlotte
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Young People Now, 13.11.12, 2012, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
Family Futures offers intensive, long-term therapeutic help to children who have experienced trauma living in birth families, foster homes or with adoptive families. The agency uses a multi-disciplinary team which includes social workers; dance, drama and art therapists; psychotherapist; occupational therapists and a paediatric nurse. This article describes the agencies approach and how they are able to turn around the lives of deeply damaged children. The benefits of the service in providing post adoption support is highlighted.
- Subject terms:
- multidisciplinary services, post adoption services, traumas, therapies, therapy and treatment, adopted children, conduct disorders, emotionally disturbed children, foster children, multidisciplinary teams;
- Content type:
- practice example
- Location(s):
- United Kingdom
- Link:
- Journal home page
- ISSN print:
- 1799-8093