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| A comprehensive, integrated, multi-disciplinary model designed to address the complex needs of children who have experienced early trauma and have attachment difficulties. |
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Futures Assessment Service |
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Family Futures' Assessment Service is a comprehensive, integrated,
multi-disciplinary model designed to address the complex needs
of children who have experienced early trauma and have attachment
difficulties. It is specifically designed to look at the following:
- Assessments of children where the placement is in crisis
- Assessments of children where parents or professionals have recognised difficulties which might have a negative impact on the placement
- Assessments to determine the therapeutic needs of children and their families
- Guardian or Local Authority requested court assessments to recommend care plans and contact arrangements
- Local Authority commissioned assessments of care plans, matches, sibling placements, contact arrangements and therapeutic programmes
- Health Authority commissioned assessments for diagnosis and treatment programmes
Family Futures' Assessments are holistic because early trauma and attachment difficulties have not only a psychological impact, but also neurological, physiological and developmental consequences all of which are interrelated. We strongly believe that complex problems require a complex response.
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Futures' Phase One Child Focused Assessment |
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Our Phase One Assessment comprises of three elements:
- Collation of paper-based information including the following:
- A detailed chronology and a nurture-trauma timeline
- A diary of the child's daily routine and behaviour
- A written account of the concerns that the parents and / or the professionals have about the child
- School reports and examples of the child's schoolwork
- Copies of any previous assessment carried out on the child
- Paediatric and health history
- The completion of the following questionnaires (as appropriate):
- The child behaviour checklist
- An executive functioning questionnaire
- A child trauma checklist
- A parental stress checklist
- A One-Day Child Assessment using a variety of assessment tools; and involving all family members and a staff group that reflects the number of children being assessed.
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Futures' Phase Two Family Focused Assessment |
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Our Phase Two Assessment comprises of the following elements:
- Educational assessment by an educational psychologist including psychometric testing, an executive function assessment and a memory test This might also include a school visit by Family Futures' specialist teacher
- Paediatric appraisal
- Child psychiatric state of mind assessment
- Nutritional appraisal
- Neurodevelopmental assessment
- Theraplay MIM and Story Stems Assessment
- A Parent Preparation and Mentoring Programme, including the preparation of a developmental parenting plan for each child in the family
- A comparison of the parent's and child's attachment profiles
Both phases of the assessment generate a detailed report with
conclusions and recommendations which are sent to both parents
and professionals. A network meeting is then usually held to
discuss the report and plan the next phase.
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