you are here: Home
> Integrated Systemic Therapy
> Outcomes
Outcomes
IST creates an effective therapeutic community within which traumatised children and young people can live and learn IST:
- heals a disturbed and fragmented sense of self
- teaches how to make healthy relationships
- enables growing, enjoying and achieving
- builds supportive relationships amongst children and adults which can last a lifetime.
It has proved to be uniquely effective, as evidenced in the summary statistics about our intake and outcomes presented below.
Every child who comes to us has a story to tell - 89% disclose serious abuse or neglect
- 39% have been victims of sexual abuse
- 78% have been victims of domestic violence
- 57% parents or carers involved in drug or alcohol misuse
- 50% parents or carers with psychiatric disorder or mental illness
|
Every child has a disrupted family history - 63% no longer in contact with birth mother
- 78% no longer in contact with birth father
- 36% in foster care
- 30% more than seven changes of placement
- Some have had over 40 different placements in a year.
|
Every child communicates their distress - 84% behavioural or conduct disorders
- 44% hyperactivity or attention disorders
- 90% emotional and related symptoms
- 48% unboundaried sexual behaviour
- 26% of 13-18 year olds previously accommodated in psychiatric units
|
Every child has a disrupted education - 51% permanently or temporarily excluded from school
- 19% never attended any educational provision
- 55% Statement of Special Educational Needs.
|
Closing the Gap
The following outcomes are substantially better than those achieved by the national cohort of looked after children, and in some cases are similar to the mainstream non-looked after population. Thus IST narrows, and in some cases, closes the developmental gap caused by the effects of severe relational trauma.
Average length of placement 24.3 months |
Educational attainment at 16+ - 96% achieved 1 or more GCSE pass
- 65% achieved 4 or more GCSE passes
- 35% achieved 6-9 GCSE passes
- 0% children excluded from school
|
Employment, training, FE at 18+ - 87% went on to full-time employment, training or further education
|
Independent living at 18+ - 58% went on to independent living accommodation
- 32% entered semi-independent or supported living
- 0% became homeless
- 0% went on to bed and breakfast accommodation
|
We are immensely proud of the progress made by all of the children and young people who spend time with us. We hope that you will agree that the results achieved by the dedication of our staff, and the effectiveness of our therapeutic method, are outstanding.
footnotes:
Integrated Systemic Therapy for Traumatised Children and Young People, Childhood First, 2007.
Available from the Referrals Administrator: d.mathebula@childhoodfirst.org.uk.
