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Preserving Placements during a Pandemic – Video Series with Handbook
I am very pleased to make this series of short videos available to foster and kinship carers, to assist them manage the impact of the current pandemic on the children and young people in their care, and themselves. I am … Continue reading
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Practical Parenting during a Pandemic
There is a lot of advice for parents and caregivers being shared in these extraordinary times. If you or your client group are looking for something simple, practical, and do-able, something which will not take hours to read, and something … Continue reading
A little extra emotional connectedness
Emotional connectedness is a by-product of interaction. When you are interacting with a person you are likely to feel an ‘echo’ of their emotion. This is a form of empathy that is instinctive and, with few exceptions, we all have … Continue reading
One thing that reduces a childs clinginess during a coronavirus lockdown
As the Coronavirus (COVID19) continues to impact how we go about our lives, a common concern is how parents will work from home or perform other daily tasks when the children cannot attend school or childcare. This concern is particularly … Continue reading
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A little extra understanding in tough times
In this, the fourth in a series of posts about resources I am distributing to help caregivers of children during these extraordinary times, I highlight the importance for children and young people of being heard and understood. Science shows that … Continue reading
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A little extra Accessibility in tough times
Children first learn that we are accessible to them during infancy when we attend to them whether they are crying or quiet. Attending to infants whether they are crying or quiet provides experiences of their worth, of our proximity and … Continue reading
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Tagged childcare, educator, educators, fostercare, fostercarer, fostering, kinshipcare, kinshipcarer, kinshipcarers, mentalhealth, parent, parenting, parents, parentwellbeing, psychologist, resilience, school, schools, socialcare, socialwork, socialworker, teacher, teachers, traumainformed, wellbeing, youth worker
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A little extra CARE in tough times
Hi everyone. In a follow-up to yesterday’s post, I thought I would provide a complementary infographic that acknowledges that in tough times children benefit from a little extra CARE also. This seems most apt in this most troubling of times. … Continue reading
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