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As the clinicians and researchers most closely involved, we welcome the interest The Herald has taken in the project to bring the New Orleans Intervention to Glasgow ("Bad parents told to improve or their children will be adopted", The Herald, April 19).
However, to suggest that the New Orleans Intervention is based on something called "the 'ticking clock' principle" is inaccurate and misleading. The work is based on the principle that intensive help is urgently required if families where maltreatment has occurred are to build safe and nurturing relationships and prevent further harm to children.See the full content of this document
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New Orleans Programme Is Based On the Need to Help Those Children Who Are at Risk
It is also inaccurate to describe this as a scheme which sets a deadline for adoption decisions.
In the US, as in Scotland, any time scales f...See the full content of this document
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