International Training School for Infancy and Early Years
24 August ,2011We are pleased to announce a unique international collaboration between the Anna Freud Centre, The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and Yale University Child Study Centre, to open an International Training School for Infancy and Early Years (ITSIEY).
Read moreDespite the importance of family, I am keen to challenge the assumption that anti-social behaviour results purely from an inferior familial environment.
17 August ,2011Anyone who knows me knows I cannot stand violence. However, working in an NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) it is clear that having little power to significantly affect important aspects of your life impacts on well-being. How young people behave often says more about the social structures they live in than some rigid set of underlying traits that define them in every circumstance. This is not tantamount to excusing the inexcusable and it is not helpful to portray young people as victims or perpetrators. The more we highlight social context the more likely our response to violence is creative rather than reactive.
Read moreThe Summer Newsletter 2011 - Now online
1 August ,2011
Want to know more about the Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust? Do you want to find out about our latest developments, interests and projects? If so, read our summer Newsletter, now available online.
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