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Tag: children in care

Posted on May 16, 2017November 9, 2017Adoption and Fostering

The demand for new foster carers has never been greater

Andy Elvin, CEO of the UK’s largest adoption and fostering charity TACT, describes the immense contribution that foster carers make on a daily basis to…

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Posted on May 10, 2017November 9, 2017Adoption and Fostering

What is it like from a birth parent’s perspective to have your children living in foster care?

In this extract from Welcome to Fostering, Annie describes what it is like from a birth parent’s perspective to have your children living with foster…

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Posted on March 21, 2017July 3, 2017Adoption

When did it all go wrong between social work and the media?

To mark JKP’s 30th anniversary year, Martin Barrow discusses the relationship between social work and the media, and the negative impact it has on society’s…

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Posted on March 13, 2017November 9, 2017Adoption

How to compile a life story book for an adopted or fostered child

Joy Rees, author of Life Story Books for Adopted and Fostered Children, gives her advice on how best to compile a life story book for…

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Posted on January 3, 2017November 9, 2017Adoption

What is attachment and attachment disorder?

Clinical psychologist Colby Pearce provides a concise and easy to understand introduction to what ‘attachment’ means, how to recognise attachment disorders and how to help…

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Posted on November 21, 2016November 9, 2017Adoption

Adoptive families come in all shapes and sizes; here they tell their stories

Ann Morris reflects upon her new book Adopting: Real Life Stories and describes the honest and often moving stories of people touched by adoption whose…

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Posted on October 14, 2016November 9, 2017Adoption

Meet Rosie Rudey, Charley Chatty, Sophie Spikey and William Wobbly

Sarah Naish describes the real children behind the characters in her new book series for ages 3 to 10, and explains why each story is such a helpful resource…

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Posted on July 26, 2016November 9, 2017Adoption

Read an extract from Sophie Ashton’s The Secrets of Successful Adoptive Parenting

In this extract from The Secrets of Successful Adoptive Parenting, Sophie Ashton discusses how it is perfectly normal to feel emotionally overwhelmed soon after your child moves…

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Posted on July 25, 2016November 9, 2017Adoption

The emotional and behavioural challenges of adoptive parenting – Sophie Ashton

In this article Sophie Ashton, author of The Secrets of Successful Adoptive Parenting, talks reassuringly about the emotional challenges of adopting a child. It is quite common…

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Posted on May 25, 2016November 9, 2017Adoption

Yoga breathing exercise for foster carers, adopters and their families – Andrea Warman

Young Royals Kate, William and Harry promoted the Heads Together charity earlier this week with a campaign encouraging people to talk about mental health and…

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