Netherlands
Implementing Signs of Safety in the Netherlands
Two Dutch provinces, Drenthe in the north and Zeeland in the south are implementing the Signs of Safety and there is considerable interest and momentum to spread the approach more broadly in the Netherlands. For more information about the work in Drenthe contact Roelof Martens, roelof.martens@bjzdrenthe.nl for Zeeland contact Eric Sulkers, e.sulkers@bjz-zeeland.nl
(Above) Signs of Safety High-risk team, Bureau Jeugdzorg Drenthe
Back row, left to right; Margreet Timmer, Manna van t Slot , Ria de Lange , Lydia Bos, Roelof Martens, Theo Klooster, Jacob Olthof, Joanne Schipper, Alette Oosterhuis , Liane Pol. Front row left to right; Johanna Hommenga, Fabienne Petit, Heleen Kuipers, Marieke Vogel, Petra Rozeboom
(Above) Signs of Safety Practitioners, Zeeland
Back row, left to right; Gert Hontelez, Heleen van Rooijen, Jose Wennekes, Anja Suijkerbuijk, Bruno Vanassche, Yvonne Heerschop, Kitty Reijman, Johan van Pelt, Peter Streefkerk, Corinne Reitsma Middle row: left to right; Frank van Boxtel, Andrew Turnell, Eric Sulkers, Piet Castel, Netty Rikhof, Marina Vreecke, Linda Vogtlander Front row: left to right; Cora Wagter, Margo Blaas, Ilse Bozovic
Magazine
Recently Bureau Jeugdzorg Drenthe published a volume of their magazine ‘Breedbeeld’ focused on the Signs of Safety work. The text and concept is the work of Titia Struiving. Even if you can’t read Dutch its fantastic quality and worth a look, the children’s Three Houses drawings are inspiring. PDF here.
Video
Practitioners from both Zeeland and Drenthe presented their work at the Gateshead Gathering in 2008 – you can view video’s of their presentations here:
Signs of Safety Book in Dutch
The original Signs of Safety book has just been released in Dutch translation. Huge thanks to Ferko Öry for his work to make this happen. Click here for more information and to order.
Other Signs of Safety Materials
The website of Dr Walter Oppenoorth offers numerous DVD’s from training Andrew has provided in The Netherlands, http://www.octir.nl/eng/o/index.html
A Signs of Safety workbook and an introduction to the approach translated into Dutch are available here.
The Gathering will feature presentations from agencies using the approach in North America and around the world. While no more places are available video of all presentations will be on the site from mid April.
