Telling a child’s story: creating a words and pictures story book to tell children why they are in care

Social Work Now, Issue 49, pages 13-20.

Open Home Foundation, an organisation that works with children and young people in care uses a story book approach to help them to understand why they were placed in care. The book is developed with input from caseworkers, family, and Family Court and Child, Youth and Family records, and uses age-appropriate language and illustrations. This account tells how one child’s story was developed and shared with her.