Family feedback: Our family residential assessment placements are tough and very intensive but handled sensitively and with empathy, we get some great results. At first, families have missconeptions of our residential assessments. It is assumed that we recommened...
Family Assessment Tools: how we use PAMS in our work St Michael’s approaches each family assessment on an individual basis. We have many tools to choose from and will use several during the course of an assessment, depending on the particular needs of the family....
5-A-Day is an evidence based programme to help children flourish. Five Cornerstones of 5-A-Day The five cornerstones are; reading or storytelling playing with talking to praising ensuring a healthy diet. Play and stimulation build connections in the baby’s brain,...
Helping parents focus on what their children need is an important part of the therapeutic work we do. Parents who come to do a residential assessment are often deeply affected by trauma from their own childhood and lives. This affects their connection with their own...
Sophie was a recovering alcoholic terrified that someone was going to take her baby away again; St Michaels had to work hard to help her feel happy to bond with her baby. This is the story of a mother who came for a Family Residential Assessment at St Michael’s....
