Family Trauma Series: Multi disciplinary court assessments of families

About this webinar

Families going through care proceedings in the family court, present with a range of complex and multi-faceted issues, that require careful and considered specialist assessment. The Anna Freud Family Trauma team provide relational multi-disciplinary assessments that:

• assess whole families in the context of their culture and community

• use a mentalizing stance and an understanding of attachment and developmental and complex trauma with child(ren) at the core

• assess parental psychological and reflective functioning alongside and distinct from adult mental health disorders.

Speakers

• Cleo van Velsen

• Dr Theresa Schwaiger

Aims of this webinar

This webinar aims to provide professionals working with children, young people, and their families in the family court an understanding of the relational, multi-disciplinary approach to family assessments. It is rooted in the understanding of attachment, developmental, and complex trauma, as carried out by the Anna Freud Family Trauma team.

Who is this webinar for?

This webinar is suitable for solicitors and professionals working with families, children and young people.