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When the family does not trust: the challenge of intervening in contexts of high confrontation with the system
Some interventions are complicated not so much by the severity of the case as by the relational climate in which they take place. Professionals enter a home and feel rejection from the very first moment. Meetings quickly become tense. Conflicting messages between family and resources where mistrust arises even before the intervention has truly begun. In recent years, many teams agree that there has been an increase in the presence of families highly at odds with the system. This is not just about occasional disagreements or initial resistance—something to be expected in intervention processes—but rather much more entrenched positions… Read more
Preventive Mediation: the great leap the profession needs in 2026
By María Jiménez. In recent years, mediation has advanced in areas such as education, business, and intercultural relations. However, almost all interventions still occur after the conflict has already erupted. What if the true potential of mediation lay in acting before the problem arises? Preventive mediation is an emerging trend in Europe and Latin America, and everything indicates that it will be one of the central pillars of the sector in the coming years. It's not about avoiding conflicts, because they are inevitable and, in fact, necessary, but about creating structures, habits, and spaces that prevent conflict from escalating into harm. What… Read more
Expulsion as a solution: what's happening with disruptive behavior in the classroom
In many schools, this scene is repeating itself with increasing frequency: a student accumulates disciplinary reports, classroom dynamics deteriorate, and finally, temporary expulsion is implemented as a corrective measure. On paper, the procedure is clear. In practice, however, the question that more and more professionals are asking is different: what happens next? Expulsion remains a legitimate tool within the school's regulatory framework. The problem lies not in its existence, but in its increasingly frequent use as an almost automatic response to certain disruptive behaviors. When this occurs, the system… Read more
