Improving the Psychological Wellbeing of Children – A World Mental Health Day Blog
Over recent years, every survey has indicated both an increase in psychological distress amongst children and young people and a serious lack of capacity in…
Category: Adoption and Fostering
A Look Inside the Illustrations of The Mermaid Who Couldn’t
To celebrate the launch of Ali Redford’s The Mermaid Who Couldn’t, artist Kara Simpson talks us through how she created and compiled the beautifully rich…
Focusing on Children With an Incarcerated Parent by Judi Goozh and Sue Jeweler
Judi Goozh is a retired award-winning speech-language pathologist. Sue Jeweler is a retired award-winning, Who’s Who listed teacher. Judi and Sue were nominated for the 2013 White House…
Sarah Naish discusses therapeutic parenting as a best practice for helping children overcome trauma and attachment difficulties
Sarah Naish discusses how her training as a social worker and standard parenting strategies did not equip her to deal with parenting her five adopted…
Tiger Mums & Parenting Pressures
Uttom Chowdhury is a Consultant Psychiatrist and a dad. His new book, The Tiger Mum Who Came to Tea, is a funny and insightful adults’ picture…
Giving Children a Voice – Extract
How do you ensure that children’s voices and ideas are heard and valued in relation to the settings that form part of their everyday lives?…
“Lap Therapy” Time by Beth Powell, LCSW
Beth Powell, LCSW, is owner of Beth Powell’s In-Family Services, an outpatient psychotherapy private practice specializing in trauma informed care. Her new book, Fun Games…
Children’s services aren’t placing enough emphasis on life work in helping adopted and fostered children
Joy Rees discusses the importance of life work in helping children to understand their personal stories and experiences, but says that too many children’s services…
Christmas can be a tough time for children who have experienced trauma. How can we help them to enjoy the festive period?
Betsy de Thierry, author of The Simple Guide to Sensitive Boys and The Simple Guide to Child Trauma, explains how Christmas isn’t necessarily a happy…
The Importance of Talking to Kids About Mental Health
Helen Bashford, author of Perry Panda, has experience working in the mental health field, most recently as Carers Lead for a Mental Health Trust, providing…