Resources tagged with Looked after children

Schools, safeguarding and early intervention

ESSS Outline

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

Published in ESSS Outlines on 29 Apr 2019

Freshly Squeezed: Jennifer Davidson

Iriss.fm, Episode 226

Freshly Squeezed an Iriss.fm podcast series

An interview with Professor Jennifer Davidson, Executive Director of Inspiring Children's Futures which incorporates CELCIS.

Published in Iriss.fm on 19 Nov 2018

Connecting Voices

Helping young people stay in care for longer and to equip them with the skills needed to make the transition into independent living.

Published in News on 13 Nov 2018

Continuing Care & CO

conversation openers

A tool to support practitioners, individually and in groups, reflect on their views and values when continuing to care for young people who are leaving care.

Published in Tools on 25 Apr 2018

Child sexual abuse and good practice for social workers

ESSS Outline

Identifies evidence around good practice approaches to investigating child sexual abuse that may minimise harm or distress to children and non-abusing caregivers.

Published in ESSS Outlines on 16 Nov 2017

We believe Relationships Matter

This week, at her party conference, First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon accepted the Who Cares? Scotland's pledge to listen to 1,000 care experienced young people over the next two years. We were really pleased to hear this - our Relationships Matter work has been around supporting continuing relationships for young people leaving care, which we believe is really important.

Published in News on 21 Oct 2016

Dan Hughes on trauma, early child development and attachment

Dan Hughes is a leading authority on dyadic developmental psychotherapy and has integrated recent research on the neurobiology of trauma, early child development and attachment.

During one of his many trips to Scotland as a guest of Scottish Attachment in Action, Iriss was pleased to video record Dan explaining how the brain reacts to trauma and how an understanding of this process is helpful to foster and adoptive parents as well professionals such as residential care workers and teachers.

Published in News on 11 Feb 2016

How early years trauma affects the brain

The child who mistrusts good care

Dan Hughes summarises how the brain reacts to trauma and how an understanding of this process is helpful to foster and adoptive parents and professionals.

Published in Videos on 4 Feb 2016

Trauma and looked after children

Iriss.fm, episode 122

Christine Gordon and Karen Wallace - co-founders of Adapt Scotland - talk to Fiona Lettice about their first hand experience of fostering, adoption and trauma.

Published in Iriss.fm on 27 Apr 2015

Supporting positive relationships for children and young people who have experience of care

Insight 28

Explores the growing emphasis being placed on the relationships of children and young people in care.

Published in Insights on 20 Feb 2015

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