What is Blocked Care and how do I know if I have it? I recently wrote about why, as a therapist, we often prioritise work with parents over working directly…...
“My child flies away somewhere and I don’t know where she goes or what she’s doing!” This was one of the comments a foster carer made to me when we…...
In this piece I wanted to think about the importance of your self-care. “My self-care!” I hear you cry! I’m guessing that between trying to parent the traumatised children in…...
For children who have been removed from the care of their family and suffered many placement breakdowns, their life history can be extremely fragmented, leaving the child feeling lost and…...
As a relative newcomer to working with adoptive parents (albeit with lots of experience working with children and families in mainstream services), I have noticed this question coming-up a lot….
READ MOREFrom 1st April 2016 the eligibility criteria for who can access the Adoption Support Fund has been extended to include: young people who are cared for under special guardianship orders…...
Historically, gaining access to specialist therapy for young people who have been adopted had been a huge battle for adoptive parents. Often their children’s difficulties are not recognised by Child…...
What is Theraplay? The Theraplay Institute was founded in 1971 (1). Whilst the therapy has since been expanded into over 28 countries, much evidence for its effectiveness has appeared in the…...
The Government’s proposals for reforming adoption aim to tackle the key problems with the adoption process, particularly the time taken for children to be adopted. In 2012, children waited an…...
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