As part of our ongoing series on therapeutic foster care, we are looking at areas that anyone considering therapeutic foster care will be likely to encounter. Therapeutic foster care has gained in prominence largely in response to the rapidly changing needs of children entering the care system. Children with complex emotional and behavioural needs often […]
It is an uncertain world – that is something upon which we can all agree. How we react to the uncertainties we face is something quite different. The provision of foster care is subject to uncertainty. This country now faces record numbers of children being taken into care at a time when lifestyle choices and […]
Therapeutic foster care has developed as a direct response to the changing needs of children coming into the care system. It has also become increasingly important as a consequence of changes in the availability of specialist care: the situation has deteriorated as (CAMHS) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services has been struggling to cope with […]
Therapeutic foster care is increasingly important in relation to placement stability and successful long term outcomes for children who have experienced trauma. Such experiences can create mental health problems for children in care. Effective therapeutic foster care requires an understanding of the interplay of trauma and attachment. What a therapeutic foster carer understands The children […]
There has been considerable reaction to the publication of the foster care stocktake. Foster care provision is complex; many of its features have evolved over time and so a review should at least prompt some fresh thinking. To that end, the review’s authors have recommended thirty six changes to the foster care system as it […]
