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#12 From Orphanage to Therapeutic Community: Portugal's Residential Care Revolution

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Colby Pearce connects with the core technical team of Livramento, a residential care home in Portugal with a remarkable 200-year history of supporting girls and young women from ages 6 to 25.

• Tracing Livramento's journey from a closed orphanage during Napoleonic times to today's therapeutic community

• Exploring how a revolutionary director in the 1970s transformed the institution by focusing on education and personal development

• Developing a comprehensive therapeutic model with consultant Patrick Tomlinson that emphasizes reflective practice

• Creating graduated…

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