Family Futures offers an integrated multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment service for traumatised children who have attachment difficulties and are living in foster care, are adopted or under a special guardianship arrangement.

Assessment Service
A comprehensive, integrated, multi-disciplinary model designed to address the complex needs of children who have experienced early trauma and have attachment difficulties. >more

Court Assessment
Our court and expert witness service is one element of the services we offer. It is specifically designed to help courts address the complex needs of children who are subject to Care Proceedings. We recognise that, in making ‘best interest’ decisions, courts may struggle to balance children’s competing needs. In response to this Family Futures has developed a great deal of experience in providing courts with multi-disciplinary assessments in complex cases for Guardians, Solicitors and Local Authorities. We also have considerable experience in attending court as expert witnesses. >more

Multi-Treatment Programme
Family Futures have developed a multi-treatment approach to help both children who have attachment difficulties, and their adoptive parents or their carers. >more

i-Play - An Integrated Short Term Treatment Programme for infants 0-4 Who Have Experience Early Trauma
i-Play is designed for infants who are fostered and infants who are adopted from care or abroad.  It is a developmental re-parenting programme aimed at improving attachments and neurological and physiological development.
For further information please see the following links: -
Click here for Intercountry
Click here for Fostered Children or Children Adopted from Care

Local Authority Consultation
Our services aim to provide Local Authorities with access to a specialist service which can make assessments of children and families, and provide support and therapy to ensure that placements which are 'at risk' can be sustained, and disruption prevented. >more

A NEW SERVICE
A Counselling Service for Parents & Families Involved in Donor Conception
Becoming a parent and forming a family is always a complex process full of mixed emotions, hopes and fears.  Becoming or being a family that has been formed by donor conception can add another level of complexity.  It is important that all parents feel that, when they are worried, concerned or feeling low, they have somewhere that is sympathetic and understands the donor conception dimension to turn to for advice and support. 

Because Family Futures is a highly professional, confidential counselling service we have been asked by the Donor Conception Network to develop a counselling service that specifically addresses the needs of parents, children and families whose lives have been touched by donor conception. Family Futures has a reputation for providing parent and family friendly support to families that are formed in diverse ways.  We also have an established reputation for working with children and young people and conveying complex and sometimes difficult information to them. We always work collaboratively with parents in involving them in our direct work with children.
For more, please click here to download flyer

Teachers' Information
How to support children whose early life experiences have affected their ability to function effectively and responsibly within the school environment. >more

CSCI Inspection Report
Family Futures was inspected in June 2006 and received an excellent inspection report.  Please click here to see the report.

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