Conference documents
The Centre for Separated Families has published a key recommendations report following the Putting Children First: best practice in support to separated families conference held in London on 16 October 2008.
The report pulls together the main themes that arose at the conference and makes four key recommendations based on the contributions and debates.
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Adobe Acrobat document [4.5 MB]
'Because supporting the whole family brings better outcomes for children' was published on 16 October 2008 to coincide with the Putting Children First: best practice in support to separated families conference.
The paper calls for a new approach to supporting separated families so that services are delivered in ways that are relevant to the different needs of mothers and fathers.
Adobe Acrobat document [14.7 MB]
Anthony Douglas Cafcass Presentation.pps
Microsoft Power Point Presentation [3.3 MB]
How to do a good divorce
Yet another study reveals how divorce – or parents' inability to get over it – is making children miserable. Is there another way?
Cafcass Chief Executive speaks at best practice conference
“Family life in the UK is in transition: between relationships, between countries - in fact transition is the new norm. Services like therapeutic mediation, child counselling, family group conferencing and parenting information classes, can help parents and children to move on together - rather than parents moving on and children being left emotionally stranded.”
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