The work which took place in the east end of  Glasgow has been written about in the book Balancing the Request to be Good. CLICK HERE to purchase a copy at: Also available at: www.fa-b.com.     For the child CUSTTAD provides A focused opportunity for creative expression A means of addressing concerns For the worker CUSTTAD provides A contribution to assessment A treatment option CUSTTAD is suitable for use in Schools Clinics Social work offices Hospital settings CUSTTAD has potential as A preventative mental health measure An aid to maintaining children in mainstream primary education * Trauma (broadly defined) features significantly in the concerns which children choose to share

CUSTTAD HELPING CHILDREN TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR CONCERNS       CUSTTAD had its beginnings on HAIDA GWAII, a group of islands off the north west coast of Canada. It was developed in the east end of GLASGOW and achieved its present form in a community-based NHS clinic in the north west of that same city. CUSTTAD is about creating conditions which are conducive to children sharing their concerns if and when they feel able or inclined to do so. And, having accessed those concerns, CUSTTAD is about making all possible efforts to support the child in the task of addressing them, as speedily and as effectively as possible.* CUSTTAD draws on some of the well-tried and tested practices of art, play and child psychotherapy. It places particular emphasis on the inter-related use of sand trays and a procedure called Talk and Draw. CUSTTAD is an acronym for the Combined Use of Sand Trays and Talk And Draw. The practice of CUSTTAD takes place with a child and a trained worker in a room specially resourced and dedicated for the purpose. CUSTTAD  is particularly suited to children between the ages of five and eleven but some older and some younger children also find it useful.   For further information CLICK HERE 'Trying to get up to New York' CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ON THE WALKAWAY CLUB