Foster Carers' TSD Standards covered:
- 1.3 Person centred approaches
- 2.1 Fostering role
- 2.3 Relationship with parents and others
- 3.3 Healthy care and medication
- 3.4 Personal safety and security
- 3.5 Risk assessment
- 4.1 Encourage communication
- 4.2 Knowing about communication
- 4.3 Communication with parents, families and friends
- 5.1 Attachment and stages of development
- 5.2 Resilience
- 5.4 Supporting play, activities and learning
- 5.8 Supporting disabled children and children with special emotional needs
- 6.2 Keeping children safe
- 7.1 Your role and approval as a foster carer
- 7.2 Being aware of the impact of fostering on your sons and daughters and extended family
Author Details
Name: Dr Aarti Daya
Job Title: Clinical Psychologist
Current place of work: The Child Psychology Service
PICA is the eating of non-edible, non-nutritious items such as stones, plastic, wood etc.
It is more common in children on the Autism Spectrum, children with a learning disability and children who have had a brain injury which has affected their development. It is possible that children with developmental trauma and those who have suffered neglect may develop PICA as a means to get their nutritional needs met. For example, feeling compelled to eat non-food items because they are hungry. It is also possible that for children with developmental trauma, PICA is a strategy they have learnt to self-sooth when they are anxious or frightened.
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