This seminar will outline the Hope for Children and Families (HFCF) modular approach to working with children and families.
The HFCF programme was developed both to prevent and to address harmful parenting – abusive or neglectful – and the impairment of children and young people’s health and development, from their experience of physical, emotional and sexual abuse, neglect and exposure to violence. It draws on the most up-to-date evidence of the impact on children and young people that is associated with being exposed to harmful parenting and, therefore, helps to address children and young people’s anxiety, depression, trauma and/or conduct problems, including sexualised behaviour. The approach is also informed by the known personal and interpersonal components – alliance, client motivation and practitioner factors – which are common to all effective interventions. These components contribute to positive treatment outcomes by establishing a sense of hopefulness – a significant factor in recovery.
The seminar will provide an overview of the intervention approach and the resources. There will be a brief demonstration of the approach and materials applied to a case example and the Introductory Guide will be made available to workshop attendees.
