CETC - Practice

“The resources are really clear and easy to use. I regularly use them in care team meetings, house meetings and reflective practice to help with planning for young people.”

“I love that young people and practitioners are able to be involved in the development of resources, there is so much wisdom to be shared.”

“I feel like I have a better framework for making sense of the challenging behaviours and needs of young people and can better support care staff.”

Responding to children and young people living in out-of-home care who engage in harmful sexual behaviour – Practice guide

A practice guide to support carers and professionals working in and around the out-of-home care system to respond to children and young people

The role of the therapeutic specialist in therapeutic care – Practice guide

This guide has been developed to describe and support the enactment of the role of the Therapeutic Specialist in Therapeutic Care

Responding to behaviours that challenge – practice guide

This practice guide explores what is meant by the term ‘behaviours that challenge’, why children and young people display behaviours that challenge, the

Applying polyvagal theory to relationship-based therapeutic care – Practice tool

This practice tool can be used with all of those caring for or supporting children and young people in care.

Trauma-informed relationship-based recovery reflection tool – Practice tool

Children and young people need adults who can co-regulate with them and teach them about feelings and their inner world. This Trauma Informed Relationship-Based Recovery Reflection tool can be used by an individual or with a group to reflect on what children and young people need to recover from trauma and how you can help meet these needs.

Exploring the meaning that lies beneath young people’s behaviour and supporting change – Practice tool

This tool can be used by anyone working with young people who have experienced trauma. It is a blank template that can be copied and completed as often as required.

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