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Implications for ADR and Child Meetings
These cases are not suitable for ADR until sufficient support interventions are in
place to change the risk colour to Orange.

The duty of care of the practitioner for the safety of the family becomes greater than
the offer of the ADR intervention. Short term safety planning is necessary followed
by a warm referral to an appropriate protection agency (Graham, 2016).

Containment strategies need to be employed by the practitioner to slow the ADR
family law intervention, while the safety of the case is increased.

Any meeting with children should be carried out by skilled child trauma and child
protection specialists.

The case is not suitable for ADR and therefore not suitable for child meetings. ADR
and child meetings may become possible when the case moves out of the Red risk
status.

NOTES ON PARENT READINESS:

A PRS OF 0 to 9 Potential Red case

A PRS OF 9 to 21 Potential Orange case

A PRS OF 22 to 32 Potential Yellow case

A PRS OF 32 to 45 Potential Green case

This is presented as a guide. Case management should be regarded as a very
inexact science and SAFETY must always be prioritised. This table should be
combined with other risk assessment frameworks.

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