Practice resource: Family-centred practice explained in small bites - VIDEOS

From PRECI in Australia

Family-centred practice forms the overarching framework for Early Childhood Intervention. Over the coming months we will highlight a suite of short videos featuring Dr Tim Moore in conversation with Denise Luscombe (PRECI Directors) that provide answers to the most com

Book (2019): ‘Bringing up babies and young children who have very special needs’ by Peter Limbrick. FREE PDF

A 21^st century guide for parents, students and new practitioners

Peter Limbrick is an educationalist with long experience of babies and young children who have multiple diagnoses. His approach helps children who have disabilities and very special needs learn basic skills and supports parents

When the Bough Breaks: An independent survey into families’ perceptions of One Hundred Hours keyworker service (1994). Free PDF

By Sheila West, BA, CQSW in 1994

From the back cover:

One Hundred Hours has pioneered a new service in Yorkshire for families who have a new baby with serious brain damage. It offers emotional support and practical help to the parents in their own home as soon as possible after discovery of t

Primary Interventionists in the Team Around the Child approach. Free PDF of the essay

By Peter Limbrick in 2018

Introduction

“This essay is for practitioners and managers in public, private and voluntary agencies that support families of babies and infants who have disabilities and special needs. It is also for parents, grand-parents and other family members. It argues for a modern a

Book - Mutual Causality in Buddhism and General Systems Theory

The Dharma of Natural Systems

This book by Joanna Macy sits at the interface between contemporary Western science and ancient Eastern wisdom. The concepts and insights of general systems theory are presented alongside those of the Buddha. The book offers an introduction to both bodies of thought and

The Keyworker: a practical guide (in family support)

By Gudrun Limbrick-Spencer BA (Hons) Oxon MA (Bham) 2001

This guide provides a comprehensive description of the practicalities of providing a keyworker service for the families of children who have a disability. The model and its rationale are explained and case studies illustrate how it can

An introduction to keyworking and TAC in the horizontal landscape: Joint working in support of children and adults in need. Free PDF

By Peter Limbrick in 2012

Introduction

My direct working experience in recent years has been mostly with young children who have a multifaceted condition and in this essay I am going to focus on two connected models of successful joint working for them and their families. At the same time, I

TAC for the 21st Century: Nine essays on Team Around the Child. Free PDF of the whole book

By Peter Limbrick in 2009

Introduction to the essays:

Team Around the Child, variously described as a philosophy, an approach, a model or a system, and often abbreviated to TAC, became an identifiable entity when it was named as such at the beginning of this century with the publication of Th