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 MOREProtecting our Online Reputation – Self Care as a Digital Parent “Secure your own mask before helping others” Introduction In my previous article on digital parenting I wrote about how…...
What is Child to Parent Violence? Child to Parent Violence (CPV), also known as Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse (APVA) or Parent Abuse (PA) has been gaining increasing attention…...
NVR stands for Non-Violent Resistance, it’s an approach with its roots in the civil rights movement which has been developed to address children’s violent or self-destructive behaviours. NVR has gained…...
Knowledge is power When children understand what’s happening in the brain, it can be the first step to having the power to make choices. Knowledge can be equally powerful to…...
I so often hear that foster carers and adopters feel that their knowledge of their child(ren) is not taken into account by the powers that be. The struggle in getting…
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