Join award-winning Author & Journalist, Humphrey Hawksley in conversation with Dr. Laura Steckley, Senior Lecturer - University of Strathclyde for a talk on Supporting Children’s Development and Recovery Through Everyday Care.
Children and young people who have experienced adversity in their early years can often struggle to cope with their day-to-day lives. In this live online event, Dr. Laura Steckley discusses and describes approaches that can help them to overcome developmental injuries through care and relationships.
Register for free via: Supporting Children’s Development and Recovery Through Everyday Care Tickets, Thu 27 Feb 2025 at 19:00 | Eventbrite
Date: Thurs, Feb 27 | 19:00-20:00
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This Care Visions Professional Talk is for anyone with an interest in children’s wellbeing and development. It will be of particular interest for professionals working with children and young people in social, educational and community based settings and anyone considering a career in youth work, residential child care and fostering services.
About our guest speaker - Dr. Laura Steckley
Formerly a practitioner and manager in residential child care in the USA and in Scotland, Laura is a senior lecturer at The University of Strathclyde, School of Social Work and Social Policy. She leads up the MSc in Advanced Residential Child Care, and has researched and published widely on a range of subjects related to child care practice and approaches.
Along with Ruth Emond and Autumn Roesch Marsh, Laura co-authored the book A Guide to Therapeutic Child Care. This book exemplifies Laura and her colleagues’ passion for making theory and research accessible and useful to child care practitioners in meeting the needs of the children they care for.
Dr. Laura Steckley, Co-Author of A Guide to Therapeutic Child Care
About our host - Humphrey Hawksley
Author, commentator and broadcaster, Humprhrey Hawksley has reported on key trends, events and conflicts from all over the world, most notably in the tole of BBC foreign correspondent. His work includes documentaries examining; human rights abuse in global trade, failures of international development, the global nuclear industry, and democracy across different societies.
Humphrey is the author of the acclaimed ‘Future History’ series and has published four international thrillers. His work has appeared in most major broadsheets, and he has lectured at some of the most the most prestigious universities.
This event is part of our ‘Care Visions Professional Talk’, a one-hour online interview where we cover our guests work and experience. Here we aim to share insights and expertise for professionals working with children and young people.
This event will be held on Zoom. Register for free to be included in updates and be provided with access information.
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