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Engagement & participation / ECNM insight

Begin with what can grow.

A child’s development deserves attention before a difficulty becomes the only thing adults discuss.

See the whole person.

Interests, relationships, abilities and hopes all belong in the conversation. A strengths-based approach asks what a young person needs to participate and develop.

Connect today with tomorrow.

Explore a future the young person cares about. Link that ambition to an achievable opportunity now: a responsibility, an activity or a skill they want to practise.

Give them a part in the plan.

Invite their ideas and review the experience together. Adults can offer guidance while keeping the young person’s choices and voice central.

Put the conversation into practice

Let’s find a way forward.

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