When a good plan doesn't land: what frontline work taught me about feedback
A practitioner reflection on why good plans fail between appointments, and the feedback loop that turns a struggling plan into real independence.
A practitioner reflection on why good plans fail between appointments, and the feedback loop that turns a struggling plan into real independence.
The two years before a young person leaves care are the highest-leverage window in Out-of-Home Care. What to build, what to stop delaying, and where mentoring fits.
Youth mentoring and Positive Behaviour Support solve different problems. Getting the wrong one is a common reason a young person plateaus.
Most OOHC placement breakdowns are not about a bad young person. They are about unmet needs, unmanaged patterns, and skills nobody has taught yet.