'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast · The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Mind the Kids: Home fae Home: Hot Chocolate Helping Trauma

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Hot chocolate works because it feels like a teenager's bedroom - it's messy, it's constantly reimagined, there's memories on the wall.
A panel from ACAMH explores the Home from Home project at Hot Chocolate Trust in Dundee, where young people co-designed trauma-informed spaces in their youth centre alongside architects, psychologists, and youth workers. The conversation reveals how genuine co-production with marginalized young people challenged professional assumptions about calming environments and produced innovative solutions like customizable beach huts painted black with fairy lights.

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A grounded case study in co-designing trauma-informed spaces with young people.

Hot Chocolate Helping Trauma gives a grounded look at co-designing trauma-informed spaces with young people in Dundee. Hot Chocolate Trust and its collaborators did not rely on abstract talk; they used building boards, mood boards, spray paint, stencils, photographs, and other…

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