Child to adult safeguarding transition
Wide variation and inadequacy in transition pathways from child to adult safeguarding services for victims turning eighteen.
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#95 - Inconsistent safeguarding transition pathways for child victims turning eighteen with complex needs.
There is wide variation among local authorities in the transition pathways from child to adult safeguarding services. Guidance exists for child victims and for adult 82 Human trafficking victims, but it does not adequately take account of child victims who turn eighteen who have received or are waiting for a National Referral Mechanism decision and who have high-level...
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terms: adult, child, safeguarding, transition
HSSIB recommendation
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Mental health inpatient settings: Supporting safe care during transition from inpatient children and young people’s mental health services...
Children and young people’s mental health services and adult mental health services can improve patient safety by having more aligned thresholds and criteria to access care, and improved data sources to inform decision making. This is to support closer alignment of services and mitigation of gaps, and to enable more seamless care pathways from childhood to adulthood.
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terms: adult, child, transition
Committee recommendation
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#80 - Develop strategy for transitioning child victims to adult services with continuity of support.
Local authorities and safeguarding partners should develop a defined strategy for child victims to be transitioned to appropriate adult services with continuity of support to ensure that there is no gap in services such as mental health care.
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terms: adult, child, safeguarding, transition
HSSIB recommendation
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Transition from child and adolescent mental health services to adult mental health services
It is recommended that NHS England and NHS Improvement ensure that transition guidance, pathways or performance measures require structured conversations to take place with the young person transitioning to assess their readiness, develop their understanding of their condition and empower them to ask questions. NHS England and NHS Improvement must then ensure that the effectiveness of this is...
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terms: adult, child, transition
Committee recommendation
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#88 - Commission independent review of Recovery Needs Assessment process for children and young adults.
We recommend that the Home Office immediately commissions an independent review of the Recovery Needs Assessment process to determine whether it works effectively for children and young adults transitioning into adult support services. (Paragraph 251) Trafficking of children
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terms: adult, child, transition
NCEPOD recommendation
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Transition From Child Into Adult Healthcare
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terms: adult, child, transition
Committee recommendation
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#11 - Eighth Report - Children and young people’s mental health
It is clear that young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 face some of the widest gaps between the support that they need and the support that is available to them. 56 Children and young people’s mental health We welcome NHS England & Improvement’s commitment to shift away from the current model of care towards one...
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terms: adult, child, transition
Committee recommendation
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#96 - Amend Modern Slavery guidance to include 'turning 18' support for transitioning child victims.
The Home Office should amend its Modern Slavery statutory guidance to include guidance on ‘turning 18’ to ensure that ageing out of the care system does not reduce holistic support for recovery and prevention of re-trafficking.
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terms: child, transition
PFD report
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Anielka Jennings
The coroner noted a lack of an identified lead professional for individuals, particularly children transitioning to adult services, being cared for by numerous agencies, which can lead to communication breakdowns.
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terms: adult, child, transition
PFD report
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Craig Burfield
The coroner raised concerns regarding the absence of continued care for hydrocephalus patients in adulthood and the lack of a clear transfer protocol or pathway for their transition from childhood to adulthood. There was also no effective review process for adult patients with shunts.
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terms: adult, child, transition
PFD report
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Michaela Hall
Concerns included insufficient information sharing across Children and Adult Services, a lack of documented rationale for decisions on care needs and safeguarding, and inadequate health-related enquiries despite indicators of mental impairment.
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terms: adult, child, safeguarding
Committee recommendation
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#140 - 1st Report - Cutting crime: better community sentences
We heard reservations about this proposal. Phil Bowen told us that, while he was âattracted to the proposalâ, he was also âconcerned that youth justice services would need to differentiate how they supervise and treat 14 year-olds compared to 21 year-oldsâ. He argued that âthere would be different characters, and you would not want to mix those populations...
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terms: adult, child, safeguarding
Committee recommendation
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#135 - 1st Report - Cutting crime: better community sentences
We heard about the transition from Youth Offending Services to the adult Probation Service. Currently, âYouth Offending Services stop supervision at 18, and there is effectively a cliff edge where children go from quite a personalised service, with speech and language, into the adult provision worldâ. He caveated that, in specific circumstances, âYouth Offending Teams can actually hold...
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terms: adult, child, transition
Committee recommendation
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#17 - Create clear, actionable plan to deliver comprehensive mental health offer for 0-25 year olds.
Despite nearly a decade of commitments, the transition from Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) to Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS)—including Community Mental Health Services (CMHS)— remains a cliff edge and continues to fall short of what young people need. The Government, NHS England, and Integrated Care Boards must treat this issue as a national priority....
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terms: adult, child, transition
Committee recommendation
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#20 - 16th Report - Children and young people in custody
While some transition planning may take place before a young person leaves the youth estate, we are not convinced that the adult estate is sufficiently equipped to support all those who make that move. We recommend that the Ministry of Justice mandate appropriate transition planning in the over-18 estate for those coming from youth estate to ensure that...
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terms: adult, child, transition
Committee recommendation
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#12 - Eighth Report - Children and young people’s mental health
NHS England & Improvement must accelerate the implementation of the 0–25 offer in every local area as a national priority so that young people do not continue to face a cliff edge in accessing the care they require as they transition from children to adult services.
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terms: adult, child, transition
PHSO casework decision
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P-004458 - Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Mr B complained about his son P's mental health care, citing issues like discharge without transport, medication problems, lack of therapy, and poor transition to adult services.
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terms: adult, child, transition
PFD report
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Daisy French
The coroner identifies gaps in communication and transition between CAMHS and adult mental health services for 16-18 year olds. This includes issues with out-of-hours provision, placement in adult crisis houses, and returning them to unsupervised supported living.
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terms: adult, transition
PFD report
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Axel Price
The coroner notes a lack of clear understanding and accountability between agencies when young people transition from CAMHS to adult services, compounded by a lack of national guidance and recognised pathways for support.
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terms: adult, transition
PFD report
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Chloe Barber
Concerns were raised regarding the absence of a clearly defined pathway for young people transitioning from CAMHS to adult mental health services, and a lack of clear guidelines for depot antipsychotic administration. Staff also showed uncertainty about s117 Mental Health Act aftercare.
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terms: adult, transition
Committee recommendation
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#145 - 1st Report - Cutting crime: better community sentences
Looking forward, the Transition to Adulthood Alliance (T2A) told us about a range of potential innovative practices, including: Specialised courts. They argued that âyoung adult specific courtsâ could deliver âspecific arrangementsâ for young people âwithout legislative changeâ. They told us that âyoung adult cases could be heard by judges with experience of dealing with children who could receive...
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terms: adult, child, transition
Committee recommendation
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#19 - 16th Report - Children and young people in custody
We welcome the work being done to improve transition planning, and we note that work is under way in the Ministry of Justice on how best to manage transition into adult custodial settings for those who turn 18. While cut-off points between youth and adult justice are necessary, we acknowledge concerns, not least from Young Advisers with practical...
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terms: adult, child, transition
LGO / SPSO decision
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23-017-457 - Hertfordshire County Council
Summary: Mrs X complains about how the Council planned care for her son, Mr K. The Council took too long to start planning Mr K’s transition from children’s services to adult social care. Despite its best efforts, the Council failed to provide overnight respite care and has not fully supported Mr K’s mother to arrange this and use...
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terms: adult, child, transition
CJINI report
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First joint inspection of Child Protection Arrangements
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terms: child, safeguarding
LGO / SPSO decision
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21-012-774 - Buckinghamshire Council
Summary: Miss X complained the Council failed to appropriately plan for her transition from children to adult care services, and to support her to stay with her foster family until she was 25 on a staying put arrangement it had previously agreed. There was fault in the way the Council considered a staying put arrangement for Miss X....
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terms: adult, child, transition
LGO / SPSO decision
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22-005-749 - Nottinghamshire County Council
Summary: There is no fault by the Council in relation to its planning for the complainant’s son’s transition from children’s to adult social care. Whilst only limited services have been provided since the complainant’s son became 18, there is no fault by the Council as it offered suitable provision that the complainant would not accept until recently.
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terms: adult, child, transition
LGO / SPSO decision
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23-015-297 - Torbay Council
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about transition planning into Adult Services. The Council has investigated the complaint under the Children’s Statutory Complaint Procedure and upheld most of the complaint. Further investigation would not lead to a different outcome.
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terms: adult, child, transition
LGO / SPSO decision
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24-020-730 - London Borough of Croydon
Summary: Mr X complained the Council delayed providing his son with respite care when he transitioned from children to adult services. We find the Council was at fault for the delay in securing suitable respite care for Mr X’s son. This caused distress and upset, and Mr X’s son lost out on care he was entitled to. The...
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terms: adult, child, transition
LGO / SPSO decision
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23-018-546 - London Borough of Haringey
Mr and Mrs X complain about delay by the Council in carrying out an assessment for the transition of Mr Y from children to adult care services.
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terms: adult, child, transition
PFD report
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Charlotte Duffield
The coroner noted that despite a referral to Adult Social Care due to significant safety concerns, no safeguarding action was taken, particularly after the individual did not respond to telephone contact and no in-person visit was made.
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terms: adult, safeguarding
Committee recommendation
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#52 - Develop a National Care Offer and transition strategy for care leavers entering further education.
As set out in our Children’s Social Care report, the Department for Education must develop a National Care Offer to harmonise the postcode lottery in entitlements and ensure that care leavers receive a minimum level of support, wherever they live. The Department for Education must also develop a strategy to support all those with care experience as they...
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terms: child, transition
Committee recommendation
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#149 - 1st Report - Cutting crime: better community sentences
Age-appropriate solutions should be found to smooth the transition of those moving from Youth Offending Services to the adult Probation Service. These solutions should be made available to all young adults on probation. Facilitating local delivery A case for local delivery
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terms: adult, transition
Committee recommendation
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#146 - 1st Report - Cutting crime: better community sentences
There is a âcliff edgeâ in the response to offending when a young person transitions from Youth Justice Services to the adult Probation Service. Moving the age at which an offender undergoes this transition is unlikely, in itself, to bear positive results.
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terms: adult, transition
Committee recommendation
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#139 - 1st Report - Cutting crime: better community sentences
Because the maturation process continues past the age of 18, Justin Russell told us that âone of the obvious things you could do would be to shift the younger age range in probation into the Youth Offending Services themselvesâ. 264 He said that âit might be better to do it incrementally, moving up to 19, 20 and 21â,...
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terms: adult, child
Committee recommendation
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#138 - 1st Report - Cutting crime: better community sentences
Damian Hinds MP acknowledged that âthere is a watershed moment that happens on your 18th birthdayâ, when someone transitions from Youth Offending Services to the adult Probation Service. 262 He questioned: âThat is not how human beings are, is it? It is now pretty broadly recognised in the academic communityâprobably you cannot be quite this precise, but this...
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terms: adult, transition
HSSIB recommendation
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Mental health inpatient settings
HSSIB recommends that NHS England provides guidance regarding communication of essential safety and risk mitigation information when patients transition from inpatient children and young people’s mental health services due to reaching transition age. This is to safeguard vulnerable people and may include how to share information with families and carers, health and social care providers, and third sector...
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terms: child, transition
CQC action
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Stamford & Rutland Hospital
The service must ensure that there are systems and processes in place to support children and their families with planning, preparing and moving a child from children’s healthcare to adult healthcare.
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terms: adult, child
LGO / SPSO decision
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24-016-538 - Birmingham City Council
Mr Y complains about the Council’s poor handling of his child’s transition from Children’s Services to Adult Social Care. Mr Y also complains about the Council’s handling of his complaint. The Council has now upheld all aspects of Mr Y’s complaint and there is no further fault for us to find. Our investigation has therefore focussed on the...
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terms: adult, child, transition
LGO / SPSO decision
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25-011-263 - Derbyshire County Council
Summary: We will not investigate Mr F’s complaint about direct payments during his son’s transition from children’s to adults’ services because there is nothing we could add to the Council’s response. The Council is about to respond to Mr F’s complaint about an audit. If he remains dissatisfied once he has completed the complaints process, Mr F can...
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terms: adult, child, transition
LGO / SPSO decision
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21-007-240 - Cornwall Council
Summary: Mr D complained the Council failed to properly support his grandson when he transitioned from children’s services to adult care services. He also says the Council failed to give him information about his grandson’s wellbeing. We find the Council delayed assessing Mr D’s grandson. It also should have done more to explore what information it could share...
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terms: adult, child, transition
LGO / SPSO decision
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24-015-863 - London Borough of Croydon
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about how the Council dealt with Ms Y’s transition from children’s to adult services. This is because the complaint is late and there is no good reason for us to investigate now.
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terms: adult, child, transition
Committee recommendation
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#143 - 1st Report - Cutting crime: better community sentences
Looking at historical precedents, the Probation Institute wrote that âspecialist teams used to manage the transitionâ for young adults âwith reduced caseloads and focussed trainingâ, and they told us that they âshould be reinstatedâ. 272 T2A also told us about âspecialised probation orders tailored to the specific needs of young adults designed to optimise compliance and completion of...
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terms: adult, transition
Committee recommendation
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#89 - National Referral Mechanism deemed inappropriate for children due to inconsistent support and fragmented approach.
The National Referral Mechanism is not appropriate for children. The support is not defined as it is for adults, universally available or applied consistently. There is an overall lack of a joined-up approach across the National Referral Mechanism, child welfare and protection and criminal justice systems.
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terms: adult, child
Committee recommendation
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#5 - 6th Report - Palliative Care
We are concerned that the Minister was unable to commit to providing clear and specific standards and guidance for babies, children and young people’s palliative and end of life care in the Modern Service Framework (MSF). We strongly recommend that the Department includes specific standards within the MSF for the provision of children and young people’s palliative care...
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terms: adult, child, transition
LGO / SPSO decision
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21-011-789 - City of York Council
Summary: Mr and Mrs X complained the Council poorly managed their child, Y’s, transition from children’s services to adult services as a care leaver. They say this caused them and Y distress and affected Y’s health. They also say the Council handled their complaint poorly. The Council is at fault. There were faults during the transition planning process...
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terms: adult, child, transition
LGO / SPSO decision
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21-014-948 - London Borough of Newham
Summary: There was fault by the Council because it did not properly plan Miss K’s transition from Children to Adult Services and how it would arrange and fund her care. There was also fault in its complaint handling as it failed to refer Miss K’s complaint to a stage three review panel in accordance with the statutory complaints...
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terms: adult, child, transition
PFD report
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Kesia Leatherbarrow
Incomplete information transfer between children's services meant a high-risk referral was not fully assessed or led to a CAMHS appointment. A Youth Offending Team case was also not transferred after a change of address, preventing a timely referral order assessment.
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terms: child
PFD report
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Oliver Sharp
The coroner noted varying post-16 mental health services and long waiting lists for autism diagnoses impede timely support for adolescents. Concerns also identified insufficient school understanding of mental health impacts from academic acceleration on autistic children.
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terms: child
PFD report
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Lucy Walles
Concerns identified gaps in safeguarding referral processes, including review timescales, staff training on thresholds, and inter-agency communication. The report also notes questions about the adequacy of mental health support post-discharge and service resourcing.
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terms: safeguarding
PFD report
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Erik Marshall
The coroner identified a gap in commissioning and support for individuals aged 17 with sensory needs, as an occupational therapy referral was rejected due to age and adult services would not accept until 18.
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terms: adult