Therapeutic Parenting Essentials: Moving From Trauma to Trust
Who is this book for? Sarah Naish: The purpose of this story is to help all therapeutic parents who are raising children who have experienced…
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Books for a Challenging Year
The festive season isn’t always the easiest time of the year. It brings joy and lightness to many, but for others it can be stressful,…
The Trauma and Attachment-Aware Classroom: Tricky Curriculum
Rebecca Brooks is an adoptive parent, former teacher and Adoption UK’s Education Policy Advisor. Rebecca’s goal with The Trauma and Attachment-Aware Classroom was to write the book she wishes…
For Decades we’ve been Neglecting Birth Parents of Adopted Children
“Like a light in the Dark” A blog by Joanne Alper, Editor of new book – Supporting Birth Parents Whose Children Have Been Adopted. Sometimes when…
What does it take to be a really good listener?
Listening to patients at their end of life can be mentally, physically, and spiritually exhausting. Although often highlighted in books about hospice and palliative care,…
Explaining Terrorism to Children: What is Terrorism?
One thing is for sure, terror will strike again, and it will feature massively in the media. Children will see and hear about it and…
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…
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…