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Category Archives: Fostering
What’s in a name? A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder
What’s in a name? The image above was taken six years ago. Sadly, I don’t look quite the same these days! I am photographed, here, with the second edition (published December 2016) of one of my books, which was first … Continue reading →
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Tagged attachmentdisorder, attachmenttheory, attachmenttrauma
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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 →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, trauma informed
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Tagged Child Protection, child welfare, fostercare, kinshipcare, socialcare, socialwork, socialworker, traumainformed
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Outcomes in child welfare: What a well-modulated nervous system looks like
In this, the third blog in this series, I will write about what a well-modulated nervous system looks like among children and young people who are recovering from a tough start to life. Please also refer to the first and … Continue reading →
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Tagged adoption, attachment, attachment theory, child welfare, fostercare, kinshipcare, socialcare, socialworker, trauma informed
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What attachment security looks like
In the first blog of this series about child welfare intervention outcomes, I wrote about the importance of knowing, and being able to say, what progress toward successful outcomes looks like. In this second blog of the series, I will … Continue reading →
Posted in Adoption, Fostering, kinship care, trauma informed
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Tagged adoption, attachment, attachmentdisorder, attachmenttheory, familyservices, fostercare, kinshipcare, parenting, psychology, socialcare, socialwork, traumainformed
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Achieving best outcomes from care
Twenty-seven years continuous work in child protection and child welfare, including ongoing work with young adults who have transitioned from Care, has taught me some extremely valuable lessons about long-term outcomes of a childhood spent in State Care. In particular, … Continue reading →
Posted in Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Therapy, trauma informed, trauma informed care, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged childprotection, childwelfare, childwelfareleadership, fostercare, kinshipcare, parenting, psychology, socialcare, socialwork, teachers, traumainformed, traumainformedschools
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Children (and Young People) who Foster
I need my mum and dad to be there for me without me having to ask; to say the words that show that they understand what is happening for me and our family right now; to show that my needs are important without me having to explain them; and to sit with me and experience what I am feeling. Continue reading →
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Tagged adoption, attachment, childprotection, childwelfare, childwelfareleadership, foster, fostercare, fostering, kinshipcare, parenting, socialcare, socialworkers, traumainformed
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What do children in care need to recover from relational trauma?
In recent posts I have referred to three things that children in out-of-home care need, and need adults who are responsible for their care and welfare to understand, to support their recovery from complex relational trauma. These three things are: … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed, trauma informed care
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Tagged attachment, attachment theory, Child Protection, child welfare, child welfare leadership, fostercare, kinshipcare, Social Care, social care worker, therapeutic care, trauma informed
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How do I get my child to go to sleep in their own bed?
In this blog I describe a methodology I used with my own children, and recommend in my practice. Before doing so, I would advise that this is a routine that I sustained across years. My children and I enjoyed this … Continue reading →
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Tagged children's sleep, foster carer, fostering, kinship carer, parent, parenting, psychology, resilience, sleep, trauma informed, wellbeing
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Attachment and Resilience 