by diviadmin | Nov 13, 2018 | Policy, Reports, Youth Justice
After delaying the publication of this post for nearly a year, the death of another young person in custody has spurred me to go ahead… In December 2016 the government finally published the long-awaited and much-leaked Taylor Review of youth justice. Time for...
by diviadmin | Apr 24, 2018 | Books & stuff
Thanks! Thanks for your interest in my upcoming book! For ages, I’ve wanted to write something that captured some of my thinking around how best to help troubled young people. This is it! Basically, it’s ‘the book of the blog.’ Doing a better job for those kids who...
by diviadmin | Mar 18, 2018 | Practice, Youth Justice
A young person isn’t doing what their court order requires. So do we breach them or not? Get the audio versions of my newer posts on ‘Jonny 24/7’ – here… This is a question I get asked quite a lot. It’s a really good one, because it...
by diviadmin | Feb 26, 2018 | Reports
Public Health Wales and the University of Bangor have published their report on the relationship between resilience and the onset of Adverse Childhood Experiences. The report gives clues for those working with both children and adults – about how to mitigate the...
by diviadmin | Feb 22, 2018 | Policy, Reports
The Wales Children’s Commissioner’s office have published their guidance for organisations on how to implement a children’s rights approach. Subscribe & get my FREE e-book: “Connecting With Troubled Young People” – click...