CELCIS Blog
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The next in the series of blog posts examining physical restraint in residential child care.
There's no place for physical restraint in residential child care
The next in the series of blog posts examining physical restraint in residential child care.
‘Why didn’t you f*cking restrain me’: when physical restraint can meet a child’s need
This blog post was first published as an article for Community Care in June 2019.
Can theory be an ally in efforts to reduce physical restraint?
Bridging the gap between theory and practice is the discussion in the latest blog on physical restraint in residential child care.
Unintended consequences: Restraint and criminalisation of looked after children
The criminisation of children in residential care. We need to be careful when changing practice as there can be unintended consequences.
Should our young people be experiencing physical restraint at any level?
David Grimm asks if physical restraint should be used at all in residential child care, using his own experience of care to discuss the ability to adapt to the…
Why it is the right time to equally protect children
Louise Hill talks about the impact of the Children (Equal Protection from Assault) Bill in Scotland.
Physical Restraint in Residential Child Care: A Watershed Moment?
Laura Steckley explains how people are coming together to consider how to apply what we know about both experience and theory to address the practice of…
We need to talk about physical restraint
Introducing a series of blog posts which will consider the use of physical restraint in residential child care from multiple perspectives.
The right way forward: how best to incorporate the UNCRC for Scotland’s children
Incorporation of the UNCRC is an important piece of a jigsaw puzzle, but on its own it is not enough. Lizzie Morton explains the thinking behind the CELCIS…