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Peer reviewed research shows positive results for children's homes using the Pillars of Parenting 'Emotional Warmth' approach.

How we know that it works?

Dr Sean Cameron and Dr Ravi Das have subjected our ‘Emotional Warmth’ model to scientific methodology and analysis using eleven measures in children’s homes in two separate areas of England.

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1) Best Practice Forum 'Combining quality with ‘what works’ –
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2) New peer reviewed research shows significant improvements in both behavioural and affective measures achieved following implementation of the Pillars of Parenting ’emotional warmth model of professional childcare’.

Cameron, R.J. and Das, R. (2019) “Empowering Residential Carers of Looked After Young People: The Impact of the Emotional Warmth Model of Professional Child Care” British Journal of Social Work

From January 2019, we can now announce that our approach is one of very few in the world which has peer-reviewed research data which demonstrates a positive impact on children. Indeed, the probability of obtaining these significant positive outcomes by chance, is less than one in a thousand.

Why this research is different

Most of the articles and papers on work with children in public care describe the methodology and offer anecdotal accounts of the work. While this is often inspiring, to understand what works requires evidence and evaluation. Using the long-established approach of gathering evidence and hypothesis testing, Dr Sean Cameron and Dr Ravi Das have subjected our ‘Emotional Warmth’ model to scientific methodology and analysis using eleven measures in children’s homes in two separate areas of England. Positive results were achieved with a probability of less than one in a thousand of obtaining these results by chance.

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Not the first time we had positive results

In 2017, Dr Cameron published research on our work with foster and adoptive parents: -Cameron, R.J. (2017) Child psychology beyond the school gates: Empowering foster and adoptive parents of young people in public care, who have been rejected, neglected and abused. Educational and Child Psychology, 34 (3), pp.75-96. The ‘Emotional Warmth’ model of professional child care was developed to empower residential carers and foster/ adoptive parents to understand and meet the often-complex needs of these children. In this article, the main components of the ‘Emotional Warmth’ model are described, the key role of the psychologist consultant is outlined and some input outcomes are considered. - Findings: The results of a ten-month ‘Emotional Warmth’ project involving the foster and adoptive parents of fourteen children are presented. The analysis shows that significant positive change occurred in both the behavioural and affective measures (p less than 0.05). - Conclusions: It is argued that this model of professional child care can enable foster and adoptive parents to achieve positive outcomes for the young people in their care.

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