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Tantrums: Eight management strategies to keep in mind
Please find eight strategies to keep in mind when responding to a a tantrum exhibited by a child in your care. These are meant to be received as practical first steps. Continue reading →
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A Gentle Method for Getting Children to Sleep Part Two
This is a follow-up to the very popular article A Gentle Method for Getting Children to Sleep in their Own Beds. Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting
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Tagged adoption, adoptive parent, foster parent, fostering, kinship carer, parenting, trauma informed, trauma informed care
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When Punishment is Problematic
People do not act for no reason.
They may act in response to an idea.
They may act in response to an emotion. Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Training Programs, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged behaviour management, behaviour problems, connection, meltdowns, oppositional defiant disorder, oppositionality, social connectedness, tantrums, wellbeing
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Trauma-Informed: Adopting a Balanced View
Eyes are mirrors for a child’s soul. What do children see in your eyes? Continue reading →
Posted in Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, Training Programs, trauma informed, trauma informed care, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged adoption, attachment, foster care, kinship care, parenting, reactive attachment disorder, resilience, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, trauma-informed school, wellbeing
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Therapeutic Parenting : What it Looks Like
In this post I will provide a description of what therapeutic parenting might look like when viewed as enrichment of conventional aspects of parenting that support recovery from inconsistent and inadequate care and early attachment trauma. Continue reading →
Trauma-informed in South Australia: the Kinship CARE Project
As at September 2018 there were 1717 children in kinship care placements in South Australia, representing 46% of all children in out-of-home care with an authority for placement (Department for Child Protection Reporting and Statistics). Year-by-year statistics for the period … Continue reading →
A Tale of Four Mice: An Attachment Story
Following the popularity of the allegory, A Tale of Three Mice, which formed the prologue to the first edition of A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder, when I was asked by my publisher to prepare a Second Edition … Continue reading →
Posted in Adoption, Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, Trauma Informed Schools
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Tagged Attachment Disorder, attachment theory, Learning Theory, Operant Conditioning, reactive attachment disorder, Skinner, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice
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School Holidays : A brief survival guide
Dear subscribers and visitors. It is Christmas holiday time here in Australia, and I thought that I would update this older post, which was very much buried in this site. Again, it contains some practical advice that many parents, grandparents, … Continue reading →
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Tagged adoption, attachment, foster care, fostering, kinship care, oppositional defiant disorder, parenting, psychology, resilience, Social Care
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Attachment theory made simple
The following is an excerpt from Carr, S. (2013). Attachment in Sport, Exercise and Wellness. Routledge: London and New York (pp 1-2) Some months ago a graduate student came to my office visibly excited after reading the prologue section in … Continue reading →
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Tagged ACEs, athletes, attachment, Attachment Disorder, developmental trauma, exercise, mental health, resilience, sport, therapeutic foster care, trauma, trauma informed, trauma informed care, trauma informed practice, wellness
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A Simple Method for Getting Children off to Sleep
In my practice one of the more common struggles reported by parents and caregivers is getting children off to sleep in their own bed. What follows is a simple method to address this issue that I often recommend, and that I used with my own children. Continue reading →