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…...
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 MOREWhat 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…...
Your child or adolescent harming themselves can be a terrifying prospect. It may leave you, as their parent(s) or carer(s), feeling powerless, scared and unsure about the best way to…...
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…...
Occupational therapy is a health profession whose goal is to help people achieve independence, meaning and satisfaction in all aspects of their lives. Occupational therapists (OT’s) apply their specific knowledge…
READ MORELots of children who have had abusive and/or neglectful early lives are delayed in their abilities to understand and use their senses in the same way that non-traumatised people do…....
Play Therapy helps children process traumatic experiences and upsetting events that have impacted their lives. Play is the natural way for children to communicate and express themselves, which is why…...
Theraplay techniques are practical and play based. They aim to build relationships through fun interactive games and activities. The sessions are brief, usually thirty minutes, and lively! They aim to…...
Children traumatised by neglect and abuse experience a double-whammy, negative effect in relation to shame. Firstly, their experiences mean that they are hypersensitive to shame and unable to tolerate it…....
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