Children

This evidence summary reports on the elements thought to contribute to a healing environment for children who have experienced trauma.

This evidence summary looks at how schools can support early intervention to prevent children and young people from entering care.

Explores the evidence around the impact of individual experiential therapies (e.g. animal assisted, play, arts) and EMDR, for young people who have experienced trauma.

Looks at evidence around methods for capturing the impact of social work interventions.

Summarises evidence relating to the effectiveness of women specific interventions in addressing complex needs and the role they may play as preventative strategies in children's services.

Explores the evidence around integrated assessment in children's services, including children's and families' experiences of the assessment process, good practice, electronic information systems, data protection, privacy and the potential impacts of surveillance.

Focuses on pre-birth child protection assessment and care planning, and more specifically, the lead social work role within this work.

Summarises evidence relating to participation frameworks for children and young people in social care, including examples of good practice as well as specific contexts, such as in child protection, and with BAME and disabled youth.

Examines a wide-range of materials on how community-based interventions have been effective in supporting young people's social and emotional wellbeing.