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How survival strategies can be misinterpreted
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about how behaviours in school can be misunderstood, its so important that we try and understand the feelings behind the behaviour, rather than making our own judgements and interpretations Hyper-vigilance = being nosy … Continue reading
Posted in adoption, Behaviour, emotional wellbeing, foster/adoption, fostering, LAC interventions healing, Relationships
Tagged adoption, anxiety, behaviour, emotional well-being, fostering, LAC
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the importance of children developing self regulation
In order for children to be able to regulate their own stress levels, they need to have had this experience from an adult. Babies are unable to regulate their own stress and they depend on their caregivers to regulate it … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, anger, anxiety, behaviour, behaviour strategies, changing behaviour, child development, disruptive
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Meeting the needs of looked after children
I have been doing some work in schools recently with looked after children and their foster carers and am shocked and amazed by how much we expect these children to manage. Looked after children have usually experienced living with chaos, … Continue reading
It’s important to consider the child’s emotional age….
I have been working with a foster carer who is looking after two girls aged 8 and 9, who like many fostered children have a history of neglect, emotional abuse and little experience of their physical and emotional needs being … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, behaviour, behaviour strategies, care, child development, fostering neglect
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Helping to understand foster and adopted kids feelings
I have had several sessions with both foster parents and adoptive parents this week and we’ve been talking about the importance of allowing and encouraging children to express their feelings, but how difficult this can be when they are raging … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, behaviour, behaviour strategies, challenging, communicating, emotional needs, feelings, foster
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