Learning from Research: RCT Model of creative life story work for children in care

Join our event to hear the results and implications of a research project that took place over a year into creative Life Story Work.

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Ann Horne and Clare Seth will explore the challenges and complexities of care planning in kinship care. They will map out the care planning journey from early identification of potential carers to securing legal permanence. They will explore the challenges including assessment, regulations and guidance but also offer suggestions for good practice.

Paul Shuttleworth will be discussing why children's views are worthy of inclusion in research to shape policy and practice in kinship care.

Coram IAC is celebrating joining the Coram Group of charities in conjunction with honouring Black History Month through this groundbreaking one day conference. With an incredible line up of speakers, the conference will create a space for reflecting on diversity, inclusion and identity in neurodiverse adopted, looked after and kinship care children from the global majority.

Exposure to domestic abuse can have long-term consequences for children’s health and development. These may not be immediately apparent once children have been removed from an abusive home and are living with alternative carers.