Food Refusal and Avoidant Eating in Children
Take note of these Five Top Tips for mealtimes from Dr Gillian Harris ahead of her new book, co-authored with Dr Elizabeth Shea, Food Refusal and…
Category: Social work
Creative Ideas for Assessing Vulnerable Children and Families
An article by author Katie Wrench There are so many books about assessment – in social work and other fields. So why should you put…
Inside the Refugee Experience – An extract for World Refugee Day
For World Refugee Day it felt right to share an extract from A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Work with Asylum Seekers and Refugees by Angelina Jalonen and Paul…
A new model of care for older people? Yes, that is possible.
Between 2014 and 2015, the Abbeyfield Society commissioned a survey on the spiritual life of their staff and residents. The findings were far more wide-ranging…
Helping Male Survivors of Sexual Violation to Recover – extract
Helping Male Survivors of Sexual Violation to Recover by Sarah Van Gogh outlines an integrative approach to effective therapeutic treatment of male sexual abuse. In…
The Thera-Build® Recipe: A Diet of LEGO®
Alyson Thomsen gives her quirky recipe for becoming, well, her. In this blog we find out how Alyson came to become a LEGO® therapy maestro,…
A Light Touch – Understanding Autism
Jonas Torrance provides creative therapy & behaviour support for autistic children. His first book, Therapeutic Adventures with Autistic Children: Connecting through Movement, Play and Creativity is published…
PDA Action Day – Positive PDA
The PDA Society are encouraging everyone to mark today, 15th May, as PDA Day! The theme is ‘Positive PDA’ and in keeping with that, they’ll…
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…