The Wrong End Of The Spectrum! By Tanya Trafford

Way back in 2014, the way children and young people in England with SEN were supported changed with the introduction of education health and care (EHC) plans. These documents,  were binding on local authorities, and detailed a child or young person’s SEN condition and the provision that they need. For example: a special school placement … Read more

The One That Got Away. By Thomas Keaney

Last week I celebrated the birthday of TCES Group ( Transitional Care Education Services) as it entered into its 20th year as a Social Enterprise. TCES Group delivers education, health and care through its schools and high needs services for pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs and co-morbid Autistic Spectrum Condition. In this … Read more

International Centre News 1st October 2020

A warm welcome to all our readers. Our mission at the International Centre for Therapeutic Care and via the TCJ is: ‘To share models of therapeutic care, and to extend the influence and insights gained from our member networks, in order to improve services  and outcomes for traumatised children their families and communities’ In this … Read more

The Roots of Research. By Keith White

For this issue of TTCJ with its focus on research I intend to go back to the very origins of research.  To do this it is necessary to connect the educational philosophy of Frederich Fröbel, with studies of plants and marine biology. First Fröbel.  I came across his educational theory when researching in India.  Fröbel’s … Read more

To what extent does a nurturing environment support the academic engagement of traumatised children? By Laura Dennis

Introduction Within the following paper I will explore the effect that nurturing environments can have on traumatised children’s academic learning. I have included extracts from my own reflective journal to offer an insight into my own day-to-day experience of working alongside traumatised children. The focus of the paper will be on nurturing environments. The word … Read more

Professional Issues in Therapeutic Provision for Children and Young People. By Bianca Benoit Patterson.

Introduction My workplace is a small, inner-city mainstream primary school within a very diverse community. My role as a Learning Support Assistant in the Reception year group, aged 4-5 years, encompasses working alongside the teacher in providing a safe, stimulating, play-based learning environment. It also involves ensuring every child is given the opportunity to meet … Read more

International Centre News 1st August 2020

Welcome to our August edition of the IC/TCJ news. This is our second edition of the TCJ focusing on life in residential and foster care with children and young people across the COVID-19 pandemic. Jane Herd, CEO of mental health social enterprise Orb8 opens this edition with her paper ‘Anxiety in a Time of Pandemic, … Read more

From The Archives: Maintenance of Mental Health

As we continue to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic around the globe, society has had to find better, more open ways for us all to discuss mental ill health. So for this issue’s article from the PET Archives we look to Howard Jones and his 1950s article on the mental health of teenagers. … Read more