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Category Archives: Adoption
Understanding and Managing Children’s Unsettled Behavior After Parent Contact
In this audio, drawn from one of my supervision sessions with a local organisation, I lead the group through a reflective process considering the question – why are some children unsettled after birth parent contact? The audio is intended to … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed
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Tagged adoption, attachment, family, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, mental health, parenting, psychology, relationships, trauma informed
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More than a diagnosis: What you need to know about a child in your care diagnosed with ASD or ADHD, or both.
In this video I address the issue of what you need to know about the therapeutic care and management of children and young people diagnosed with ASD and/or ADHD, where there is a trauma overlay. The video is intended to … Continue reading →
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Tagged ADHD, adoption, ASD, attachment, autism, fostercare, fostering, health, kinship care, mental health, parenting, trauma informed
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Childhood Trauma and Fire Lighting: Differentiation, Reasons, and Interventions
In this video I respond to a question raised in supervision, recently, about my thoughts about children and young people who light fires. This led to a wide-ranging conversation, a portion of which is shared here. The video is intended … Continue reading →
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Tagged attachment, children, family, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, mental health, parenting, psychology, trauma informed
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We need to think more broadly than responding to the unmet need
In this video I share my thoughts about the need to broaden the much used maxim in out-of-home care circles, from “respond to the need” to “respond to the reason for the behaviour”. My views are shaped by my observation … Continue reading →
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Tagged attachment, children, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, mental health, parenting, psychology, relationships, trauma informed
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What should be the focus of our work in child protection and social care?
In this short video, drawn from an interview I participated in for Therapeutic Residential and Foster Care for Traumatised Children, I address the question of what I think should be the focus of our work in child protection and social … Continue reading →
One piece of advice I would give to people considering working in child protection and social care
In this short video, extracted from a recent interview I gave to Therapeutic Residential and Foster care, I respond to the question about what one piece of advice I would give to people (considering) working in child protection and social … Continue reading →
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Tagged adoption, childwelfare, fostercare, kinshipcare, socialcare, traumainformed
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What are the characteristics of good parenting?
In this video I talk about what are the qualities of good parenting. I made this video to support care and protection decision-making in child protection. If we have a set of dimensional constructs against which to evaluate parenting it … Continue reading →
Why do my child’s support professionals say that behaviour management doesn’t work?
Conventional responses to behaviours of concern, such as reward and punishment strategies, are widely considered to be ineffective in addressing the complex and challenging behaviours exhibited by children and young people who have experienced complex, relational, or early/developmental trauma. This … Continue reading →
Removal from family: An enduring sensitivity
The decision to remove a child or young person from the care of their birth parents is a grave one that confronts child protection authorities daily. Removal occurs with the intention of protecting the child from harm and securing their … Continue reading →
Child welfare intervention outcomes: what does trust in the accessibility and responsiveness of adults look like?
In this the final blog of the series, I will present what I think functional learning about the accessibility and responsiveness of adults in a caregiving role for needs provision looks like. I recommend that the reader also take a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Child Protection, child welfare, fostercare, kinshipcare, socialcare, socialwork, socialworker, traumainformed
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