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Getting Behaviour Management Right for Deeply Hurt and Troubled Children and Young People: A Triple-A Approach
Recently, I was invited to deliver training to staff of a local children’s services organisation. I chose to deliver the training on a reflective process for understanding and responding therapeutically to behaviours of concern exhibited by children and young people … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Schools, trauma informed care, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged attachment, attachment theory, Colby Pearce, Donald Winnicott, foster care, John Bowlby, kinship care, OOHC, out of home care, parenting, residential child care, school, social worker, teacher, therapeutic care, trauma informed, trauma informed school
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Getting behaviour management right for deeply hurt and troubled children and young people: A Triple-A Approach
Managing behaviours of concern exhibited by deeply hurt and troubled children and young people can be challenging, with conventional approaches like time-out, reward charts, and removing access to a desired item or privilege rarely resulting in a desired outcome. Often … Continue reading →
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Tagged adoption, attachment, behaviour management, behaviour problems, childhood trauma, fostercare, kinship care, meltdown, parenting, tantrum, trauma informed
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How can I tell what need or experience is the real reason for the child’s behaviour?
Watch this video to hear hear me talk about the real reasons for behaviours of concern exhibited by children and young people recovering from a tough start to life. You will hear about three key reflective questions to ask and … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed, trauma informed care, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged adoption, attachment, behaviour, child psychologist, child welfare, children, childrens behaviour, Education, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, mental health, parenting, relationships, Social Care, trauma informed
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How do I express unconditional positive regard toward deeply hurt and troubled children and young people?
Transcript: Recently, I have been turning my mind to the notion of unconditional positive regard and how we deploy that when working with deeply hurt and troubled young people. So I think it’s really important to have straight in our … Continue reading →
How do I build trust with a traumatised child?
In this video I share more about Bethany, who finds it hard to trust others, especially adults. In the video I include information that adults who interact with children and young people recovering from relational and developmental trauma need to … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, trauma informed
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Tagged adoption, attachment, child psychologist, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, parenting, trauma informed
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Drawing the line: Regaining parental authority safely when caring for a young person recovering from a tough start to life
Preamble Taking on the care of a young person whose parents were finding life hard, such that their care was inadequate, presents some common challenges for the adults responsible for their contemporary care. These challenges stem from circumstances in which … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed
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Tagged adoption, attachment, Child Protection, child psychologist, child welfare, child welfare leadership, foster care, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, parenting, Social Care, trauma informed, trauma informed care
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Chloe talks about her experience as a child who fosters
Available research, and anecdotal experience, suggests that children and young people who foster play a critical role in the success, or otherwise, of an out-of-home care placement. Children and and young people who foster are the birth children of foster … Continue reading →
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Tagged attachment, child psychologist, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, parenting, trauma informed
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I am a Sensitive Child Video
This animated video is drawn from one of my most popular pieces of writing, ever. It tells the story of how a sensitive child thinks, feels, and experiences the world. I anticipate that it will be of most interest to … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed
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Tagged adoption, attachment, child psychologist, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, parenting, trauma informed
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How punishing a child perpetuates behaviour of concern
This is probably the most important video I will make. It concerns the impact of punishment, alone, in relation to behaviours of concern exhibited by children and young people. Please stay tuned for the whole video to hear the important … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed
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Tagged adoption, attachment, child psychologist, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, parenting, resilience, trauma informed
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How Pat felt safe to sleep in his own bed at night
This video marks my second animated video for children and young people, to help them understand why they engage in behaviours that concern adults, and how to respond therapeutically to them. I hope that it will be especially helpful for … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed
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Tagged adoption, attachment, child psychologist, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, parenting, trauma informed
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Attachment and Resilience 