“Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
The article begins:
“I feel like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz when she awakens and finds herself in a whole new wor
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“Virtual TAC meetings appear to have many benefits, hence it is worth considering their place in future service provision”
COVID-19 has dramatically changed how we work and deliver services to families. Overnight, professionals and parents had to learn how to navigate IT systems previously unknown.
Read more: TAC (Team Around the Child) meetings in the ‘new’ virtual world
Health, Education and Family Support
Editorial: The needs of a baby or infant who has disabilities and of their family mean that effective support must include considerations of the health, wellbeing, education and development of the child and the wellbeing of the whole family.
Effective support the
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I have not seen a universally agreed definition of ‘therapy’ in early child and family support
Peter Limbrick writes:
If we are imagining a sunnier future post C-19 for families whose child has various developmental difficulties, then I would like to play with the idea of dispensing with the word ‘t
Have they not understood the science about trees and climate change?
Editorial: There are three news items here from US, Russia and France. The first is symptomatic of the obsession with gadgets and how long gone are the days when we tried to protect ourselves and our environments from radiat
It would be naïve in the extreme to uncritically accept reassurances coming from the industry and governments
Yet again, a powerful industry is pressing ahead with a new technology without any evidence that it is safe for foetuses, babies, children, teenagers and adults. Most governments add to the
If the triangles cannot be clearly seen in the mosaic, there is something wrong in the design
Note: This piece was written as a contribution to an international discussion during May 2020. Notes [1] and [2] were added in June 2020.
Peter Limbrick writes: I firmly believe there are some almost univer
Read more: Seeing early child and family support as a mosaic of triangles
Who is competent to achieve these ambitions with babies and young children with disabilities and special needs?
Peter Limbrick writes: I am offering below a brief report of an attempt I made last year in the special circumstances of visiting a family I had not met before in the Czech Republic
Cartoon © Martina Jirankova-Limbrick 2011