The project’s aim is to overcome the effect of long term childhood abuse and neglect.
The Big Lottery Fund Scotland (BIG) has awarded the grant to NSPCC Scotland’s Glasgow-based project, which is running a four year clinical trial of the New Orleans Intervention Model (NIM) devised by the Tulane Infant Team at Tulane University, Louisiana.
NIM, developed by Professor Charles Zeanah, is an assessment and treatment programme that helps inform professionals and court decisions on whether maltreated children can be reunited with their birth family or should be adopted into their foster families. Professionals will work with the child’s birth families and foster carers to address their issues through targeted interventions leading to an early resolution in decisions regarding their future.
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