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When reunification is not possible, the focus becomes finding alternative long-term placements without undue delay.","Answer",{"name":111,"@type":106,"acceptedAnswer":112},"What does the “trial for change” mean in FDAC?",{"text":113,"@type":109},"The “trial for change” is the structured process that encourages parents to work towards overcoming difficulties. It tests whether parents can meet children’s needs within timescales compatible with those needs while involving shared goals with professionals.",{"name":115,"@type":106,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How is an individualised programme of support developed?",{"text":117,"@type":109},"The team starts by asking parents which problems they want to solve, then designs an individualised treatment and support programme in consultation with parents, the local authority, and other agencies. 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Sometimes that is not possible, in which case the best outcome will be ensuring alternative long-term placements are found for children without undue delay. In such cases the FDAC approach is to encourage parents to keep trying to overcome their difficulties so they can continue to play a role in their children’s lives and be able to care for future children.\nIn FDAC, the assumption is that no parent wants their child to suffer and that every family in difficulty wants things to get better. However, parents often do not know how to sort things out for themselves and fear that if they ask for help they will be judged and punished. The FDAC approach is to earn parent’s trust and respect so that they are able to be open and honest.\nFDAC staff have seen parents achieve amazing things because they discover how to reach out for help and work as part of a team. The FDAC approach is to take parents’ desire for something better and to say, “You are not alone now, you can do it and we will help you”, but “whatever you decide there will be consequences”.  FDAC gives parents the best possible chance to overcome their problems while at the same time testing whether they can meet their children’s needs within a timescale compatible with their children’s needs.  This process is described as a ‘trial for change’.\nParents appreciate being given a chance to prove themselves. The trial for change also gets parents and professionals working together with shared goals and timescales. At the start of the FDAC intervention the team tell parents and professionals what they can expect from the team and what the team expect from them, because experience has shown how important it is for everyone involved to know exactly what to expect.\nThe Trial for Change\nVery few parents set out to abuse or neglect their children. Parents fail because they are weighed down by their own problems. These problems are often a combination of:\nSubstance misuse\nDomestic abuse\nMental health problems\nSevere poverty\nBecause FDAC is a problem solving court, the team starts by asking parents what problems they want to solve. The team, in consultation with the parents, local authority and other agencies, then design","cbCaiiclwGE0e3KH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiclwGE0e3KH","docx",157767,45,"English","# Contents\n## The Purpose of FDAC\n## Initial Parenting Assessment\n## The Initial Formulation Meeting\n## The Intervention Planning Meeting (IPM)\n## Preparing the Report\n## Effective Report Writing\n## Children’s Needs\n## Children’s Timescales\n## Monitoring, Support, Treatment and Training for the FDAC Families\n## Review Intervention Planning Meetings (RIPM)\n## Review Parenting Assessment\n## The FDAC Court Process and Timescales\n## Non-Lawyer Reviews\n## Detailed Proceedings Timeline\n## Feedback: Views of Parents, Judges and Other Professionals\n## For Judges","[{\"question\":\"What is the core ethos behind FDAC?\",\"answer\":\"FDAC is grounded in the idea that helping families raise healthy, well-adjusted children is the best outcome. 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