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Category Archives: Fostering
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 →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed care
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Tagged adoption, fostercare, kinshipcare, socialcare, childwelfare, traumainformed
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Why does my child react so badly to me saying “no”?
In this video, I explain why children recovering from developmental trauma, in particular, react so extremely the word “no”, and suggest some ways to respond therapeutically to this. The video is intended to be of most interest to those who … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed, trauma informed care
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Tagged attachment theory, Child Protection, child welfare, foster care, fostering, kinship care, parenting, parents, Social Care, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice
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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 →
Building self-worth after trauma
They blame themself For me building self-worth is a critical task when reflecting on the care requirements of children and young people who are recovering from a tough start to life. Self-worth is one of the main casualties of early … Continue reading →
Posted in Fostering, kinship care, trauma informed care
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Tagged childprotection, childwelfare, childwelfareleadership, fostercare, fostering, kinshipcare, parenting, self-image, self-worth, socialcare, traumainformed
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Needs trump reason, and other new videos posted to YouTube this week
This week I posted three more videos drawn from my experience in child and family psychology practice, with a major focus in child protection and out-of-home care, across the last twenty eight years. You will find each video, below. If … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed
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Tagged attachment, childhoodtrauma, childprotection, childwelfare, fostercare, kinshipcare, parenting, psychology, socialcare, trauma, traumainformed
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Responding therapeutically to behaviour of concern, and other new videos
I have taken the plunge into making videos of my content, and what appears below are my first three. Do like and share this post if you took something useful from the content. More to come! Responding Therapeutically to Behaviours … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed
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Tagged attachment, fostercare, fostering, kinship care, parenting, Social Care, trauma informed
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How do I care for a child who experienced early trauma?
The content of this post is drawn from my self-paced learning module on the topic of Early Trauma: The Infant’s Experience. It was developed for carers of children recovering from early relational trauma that necessitated placement away from home. The complete … Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Fostering, kinship care
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Tagged attachment, childwelfare, fostercare, kinshipcare, socialcare, socialwork
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Why wont my child communicate?
The content of this post is drawn from my self-paced learning module on the topic of Behaviour as Communication. It was developed for carers of children recovering from early relational trauma that necessitated placement away from home. The complete module … Continue reading →
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Why does my child make mountains out of molehills?
The content, below, is drawn from my self-paced learning module on the topic of Trauma and Regulation. It was developed for carers of children recovering from early relational trauma that necessitated placement away from home. The complete module can be … Continue reading →
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Tagged attachment, fostercare, kinshipcare, neurobiology, parenting, trauma, traumainformed
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