Tag Archives: parenting

Understanding and Managing Children’s Unsettled Behavior After Parent Contact

In this audio, drawn from one of my supervision sessions with a local organisation, I lead the group through a reflective process considering the question – why are some children unsettled after birth parent contact? The audio is intended to … Continue reading

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More than a diagnosis: What you need to know about a child in your care diagnosed with ASD or ADHD, or both.

In this video I address the issue of what you need to know about the therapeutic care and management of children and young people diagnosed with ASD and/or ADHD, where there is a trauma overlay. The video is intended to … Continue reading

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Childhood Trauma and Fire Lighting: Differentiation, Reasons, and Interventions

In this video I respond to a question raised in supervision, recently, about my thoughts about children and young people who light fires. This led to a wide-ranging conversation, a portion of which is shared here. The video is intended … Continue reading

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We need to think more broadly than responding to the unmet need

In this video I share my thoughts about the need to broaden the much used maxim in out-of-home care circles, from “respond to the need” to “respond to the reason for the behaviour”. My views are shaped by my observation … Continue reading

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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

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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

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What is Trauma Informed Practice? The CARE Curriculum

In this video, I lay out the key reflections embedded the CARE Curriculum, which are integral to facilitating an outcome where our children and young people experiences themselves as worthy and capable, others as responsive and trustworthy, and their world … Continue reading

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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

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Therapeutic Care is all about your AURA

Dear Followers, Just bringing to your attention some recent videos I have uploaded to YouTube. The first one you may not have seen is an attempt to delineate responding to the behaviours and responding to the need/reason, using the common … Continue reading

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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

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