Hi all
I'm wondering if anyone has come across any readings that talk about using consequences with traumatised youth to address behavioural concerns. I manage a residential group home for young people and we use the Sanctuary model as a philosophy and a therapeutic care framework. We have set house guidelines etc and then consequences in place for breaches of these. But we see that this is a very punitive approach and are currently trialling a system that gives a choice to the young person of having the consequence or a conversation about the behaviour. It is still in the early stages and I was hoping to get some readings to give to staff as 'evidence' that consequences are really not very effective with traumatised kids. My staff generally respond better when here is proof instead of 'just some other idea that management are putting in'.
Any help is appreciated!
Cheers
