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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 →
Responding therapeutically to complex and challenging behaviours: A Triple-A Approach
Yesterday, I finished preparing this training package for delivery by my trained trainers in Ireland. It includes three PowerPoint presentations, comprehensive trainer notes (scripts and delivery notes) for each session, comprehensive participant handbooks (x3), and various other resources for use … Continue reading →
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 →
Posted in Attachment, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed
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Tagged attachmentdisorder, attachmenttheory, attachmenttrauma
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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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Why does my child smile when I am angry?
Smiling when you are angry is not necessarily a sign that the child or young person in your care is feeling self-satisfied and smug. Many children and young people who are recovering from a tough start to life due to abuse and neglect are unsettled by heightened emotion in adults. For them, it is associated with something bad happening. Continue reading →
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Fostering, kinship care, Parenting, trauma informed
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Tagged adoption, attachmenttheory, childwelfare, fostercare, kinshipcare, parenting, psychology, socialcare, traumainformed
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Attachment and Resilience 