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📄 The power of the everyday: supporting children and young people’s recovery and growth through attachment-informed and trauma sensitive care - Judith Furnivall **NEW**
Article explaining how difficulties in early attachment relationships and/or traumatic experience can affect a child’s developing brain. It describes how these adversities can affect children across all areas of their functioning: behaviour, relationships, and learning. The particularly damaging long-term effect of these very early difficulties on children’s capacity to develop skills in self-regulation is explained. The relationship with a child’s immediate carers is emphasised as the key component for recovery and positive growth.
Article explaining how difficulties in early attachment relationships and/or traumatic experience can affect a child’s developing brain. It describes how these adversities can affect children across all areas of their functioning: behaviour, relationships, and learning. The particularly damaging long-term effect of these very early difficulties on children’s capacity to develop skills in self-regulation is explained. The relationship with a child’s immediate carers is emphasised as the key component for recovery and positive growth.
📄 The Refrigerator List
Suggestions for decoding behaviours such as violence, avoiding, and oppositional defiance. Kindly reproduced by permission of Robert Spottiswood, author of 'The Bean Seed'.
Suggestions for decoding behaviours such as violence, avoiding, and oppositional defiance. Kindly reproduced by permission of Robert Spottiswood, author of 'The Bean Seed'.
📄 'Words of Encouragement for Children who have Experienced Trauma'.
Parenting is challenging; parenting a traumatised child presents even greater challenges. This is equally true when trying to encourage and support a traumatised child, especially if your child has self-esteem issues linked to their trauma history. ADAPT Scotland provide insight into why praise often appears to be rejected, and practical advice on how and what to say.
Parenting is challenging; parenting a traumatised child presents even greater challenges. This is equally true when trying to encourage and support a traumatised child, especially if your child has self-esteem issues linked to their trauma history. ADAPT Scotland provide insight into why praise often appears to be rejected, and practical advice on how and what to say.
📄 Self Care for Mums and Taking Care of Yourself
Our February 2016 resource of the month. Emphasising the importance of looking after yourself, we have a poster of ideas and a short article for you to read by developed by ADAPT Scotland.
Our February 2016 resource of the month. Emphasising the importance of looking after yourself, we have a poster of ideas and a short article for you to read by developed by ADAPT Scotland.
📄 My Calming Poster
Our January 2016 resource of the month. Practical ideas and colouring-in design to aid looking at angry feelings and excess adrenaline with your child. Poster developed by ADAPT Scotland and is provided through the fundraising of SAIA.
Our January 2016 resource of the month. Practical ideas and colouring-in design to aid looking at angry feelings and excess adrenaline with your child. Poster developed by ADAPT Scotland and is provided through the fundraising of SAIA.
📄 Think S for success with attachment building
Attachment therapist Dr. Daniel Hughes offers these 24 Ss as a way of caring for children who have experienced, neglect, abuse and multiple losses. Compiled by Sheila Lavery with the kind permission of Dr. Daniel Hughes.
Attachment therapist Dr. Daniel Hughes offers these 24 Ss as a way of caring for children who have experienced, neglect, abuse and multiple losses. Compiled by Sheila Lavery with the kind permission of Dr. Daniel Hughes.
📄 A SAIA Guide to Christmas
Poster developed by ADAPT Scotland and is provided through the fundraising of SAIA, to further understanding of the impact of caring for children impacted by trauma.
Poster developed by ADAPT Scotland and is provided through the fundraising of SAIA, to further understanding of the impact of caring for children impacted by trauma.
📄 'It's not what's wrong with you, it's what's happened to you'
Handout from the SAIA Network Seminar November 2015 by David Murray
Handout from the SAIA Network Seminar November 2015 by David Murray
📄 'Traumatic Memory and ideas for intervention'.
David Murray has developed a Briefing paper for Education staff in Stirling and Clackmannanshire.
David Murray has developed a Briefing paper for Education staff in Stirling and Clackmannanshire.
📄 '"Baby Bonds"' - Parenting, attachment and a secure base for children'.
Report published by The Sutton Trust. March 2014.
Report published by The Sutton Trust. March 2014.
📄 'Attachment Matters For All'
A mapping exercise, undertaken by CELCIS and SAIA on behalf of the Scottish Government, examining how far attachment theory underpins training and practice within Scotland’s children’s sector. Examples of good practice are identified and factors inhibiting the embedding of an attachment informed approach are explored. 2012
A mapping exercise, undertaken by CELCIS and SAIA on behalf of the Scottish Government, examining how far attachment theory underpins training and practice within Scotland’s children’s sector. Examples of good practice are identified and factors inhibiting the embedding of an attachment informed approach are explored. 2012
📄 'Attachment-informed practice with looked after children and young people'.
Article written by Judy Furnivall, SIRCC, for Iriss Insight, examines attachment-informed practice with looked after children and young people. May 2011
Article written by Judy Furnivall, SIRCC, for Iriss Insight, examines attachment-informed practice with looked after children and young people. May 2011
📄 '0-5: How Small Children Make a Big Difference'
Paper by Alan Sinclair demonstrating how vital the early years are, and why parenting and early years enrichment make such a big difference. The Work Foundation 2007
Paper by Alan Sinclair demonstrating how vital the early years are, and why parenting and early years enrichment make such a big difference. The Work Foundation 2007
Presentations
Attachment in Adolescence - Lesley Bell March 2017 **NEW**
'Why Attachment Matters' when thinking about "Maltreatment Associated Psychiatric Problems" - Helen Minnis March 2016
Ⓟ 'Working together about making choices' Presentation by Dr. Lio. Moscardini March 2015
Ⓟ 'Why Attachment Matters - In Play' Theraplay® Presentation by Roberta Manners & Sheila Lavery December 2015
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🎥 How early years trauma affects the brain: The child who mistrusts good care
Dan Hughes is an internationally acclaimed therapist and author of ground-breaking books on attachment and emotional recovery. He has integrated recent research in the areas of neurobiology of trauma, early child development and attachment theory, to produce a therapeutic approach (DDP) that assists professionals and parents/caregivers to understand and effectively support the healing of vulnerable children and young people. During one of his many trips to Scotland as a guest of Scottish Attachment in Action he recorded this summary of how the brain reacts to trauma and how an understanding of this process is helpful to foster, adoptive parents and professionals such as residential care workers and teachers. February 2016
Dan Hughes is an internationally acclaimed therapist and author of ground-breaking books on attachment and emotional recovery. He has integrated recent research in the areas of neurobiology of trauma, early child development and attachment theory, to produce a therapeutic approach (DDP) that assists professionals and parents/caregivers to understand and effectively support the healing of vulnerable children and young people. During one of his many trips to Scotland as a guest of Scottish Attachment in Action he recorded this summary of how the brain reacts to trauma and how an understanding of this process is helpful to foster, adoptive parents and professionals such as residential care workers and teachers. February 2016
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🔊 Comfort and Joy
In this episode Fiona Lettice, Development Worker at SAIA, and an adoptive mum, and Helen Minnis, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow are in conversation about 'Comfort and Joy'. Why do some foster, kin or adopted children have difficulty in accepting comfort or experiencing joy? Fiona and Helen explore how concepts such as the mistrusting brain, indiscriminate friendliness, stranger anxiety and therapeutic play help us understand behaviour and improve outcomes for care experienced children and their families. March 2017 Listen on Vimeo or Youtube |
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🔊 Why Attachment Matters
In the following interview between Professor Helen Minnis from the University of Glasgow and David Woodier a teacher, adoptive parent and blogger for Scottish Attachment in Action, Helen speaks about 'Why Attachment Matters' to her. Themes emerging from the interview may well resonate with those living and working with children and young people who’ve had an adverse start in life. September 2016 Download the mp3 or listen on Vimeo or Youtube |
🔊 Violent and aggressive children: caring for those who care
Adoptive or foster parents often believe they have failed and blame themselves for their child's violent or aggressive behaviour. It’s important that professionals are ‘trauma aware’ and do not reinforce these feelings. Edwina Grant of SAIA talks to Christine Gordon and Karen Wallace of Adapt Scotland about caring for those who care for children who exhibit violent or aggressive behaviour. They explore the reasons for these behaviours, the impact on family life and coping strategies. September 2015
Adoptive or foster parents often believe they have failed and blame themselves for their child's violent or aggressive behaviour. It’s important that professionals are ‘trauma aware’ and do not reinforce these feelings. Edwina Grant of SAIA talks to Christine Gordon and Karen Wallace of Adapt Scotland about caring for those who care for children who exhibit violent or aggressive behaviour. They explore the reasons for these behaviours, the impact on family life and coping strategies. September 2015
🔊 Trauma and looked after children
How do we deal with trauma? Most of us have a reference point for what is ‘safe’ which allows us to make sense of traumatic events and provides a framework to deal with it. Looked after or adoptive children often have no such reference point which makes it difficult for them and their parents to deal with trauma. Christine Gordon and Karen Wallace of Adapt Scotland - talk to Fiona Lettice of SAIA about their first hand experience of fostering, adoption and trauma. April 2015
How do we deal with trauma? Most of us have a reference point for what is ‘safe’ which allows us to make sense of traumatic events and provides a framework to deal with it. Looked after or adoptive children often have no such reference point which makes it difficult for them and their parents to deal with trauma. Christine Gordon and Karen Wallace of Adapt Scotland - talk to Fiona Lettice of SAIA about their first hand experience of fostering, adoption and trauma. April 2015
🔊 Why attachment matters - in play
Theraplay® is a child and family therapy aimed at enhancing and building attachment, self-esteem, trust in others, and joyful engagement. Edwina Grant opened the SAIA Conference by explaining the importance of play - the building block of human development - and the relationship between Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and Theraplay®. Sheila Lavery - a facilitator who teaches the principles of Theraplay® - explains how it can be used by foster and adoptive parents, inviting the audience to try out some the techniques. Roberta Manners of the Theraplay Institute concludes by explaining the structure and dimensions of Theraplay®: engagement, attainment, nurture and structure. She also demonstrates an activity ‘caring for hurts'. December 2014
Theraplay® is a child and family therapy aimed at enhancing and building attachment, self-esteem, trust in others, and joyful engagement. Edwina Grant opened the SAIA Conference by explaining the importance of play - the building block of human development - and the relationship between Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and Theraplay®. Sheila Lavery - a facilitator who teaches the principles of Theraplay® - explains how it can be used by foster and adoptive parents, inviting the audience to try out some the techniques. Roberta Manners of the Theraplay Institute concludes by explaining the structure and dimensions of Theraplay®: engagement, attainment, nurture and structure. She also demonstrates an activity ‘caring for hurts'. December 2014
🔊 Putting the baby IN the bathwater
We all believe in preventing harm to children and we know that attachment plays a key role in prevention, but how do we close the gap between what we know and what we do? Putting the baby IN the bathwater is a coalition of some 80 organisations and individuals committed to making Scotland the best place to grown up. The coalition recommended numerous amendments to the Children and Young People Bill, many of which were incorporated into the 2014 Act. Dr Jonathan Sher, Scotland Director of the WAVE Trust, talks to members of SAIA about collaborating and the politics of making a difference. October 2014
We all believe in preventing harm to children and we know that attachment plays a key role in prevention, but how do we close the gap between what we know and what we do? Putting the baby IN the bathwater is a coalition of some 80 organisations and individuals committed to making Scotland the best place to grown up. The coalition recommended numerous amendments to the Children and Young People Bill, many of which were incorporated into the 2014 Act. Dr Jonathan Sher, Scotland Director of the WAVE Trust, talks to members of SAIA about collaborating and the politics of making a difference. October 2014
🔊 Why attachment matters - beyond early years
During the conference IRISS.fm spoke to the speakers - Tam Baillie, Judy Furnival, Helen Minnis, Sally Wassell and Paul Gilroy - as well as some of the delegates on a range of topics: how research into brain development in early years is helping us understand brain development in adolescence; professionalism and risk averse practices; why attachment is not better understood by everyone working in human services; evidence informed practice and practice informed evidence; and the use of randomised control trials in the social sciences. December 2013
During the conference IRISS.fm spoke to the speakers - Tam Baillie, Judy Furnival, Helen Minnis, Sally Wassell and Paul Gilroy - as well as some of the delegates on a range of topics: how research into brain development in early years is helping us understand brain development in adolescence; professionalism and risk averse practices; why attachment is not better understood by everyone working in human services; evidence informed practice and practice informed evidence; and the use of randomised control trials in the social sciences. December 2013
🔊 Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder affects many of our looked after, accommodated and adopted children.
Iriss FM asked Paul Gilroy, Chair of SAIA, about the connection between attachment and Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Eileen Calder, Director of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Scotland, then talks about the condition, its effects and what
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder talked candidly about the practicalities of living with this condition: education, healthcare, social interaction and safety, as well as the prognosis for the future of these young people. February 2013
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder affects many of our looked after, accommodated and adopted children.
Iriss FM asked Paul Gilroy, Chair of SAIA, about the connection between attachment and Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Eileen Calder, Director of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Scotland, then talks about the condition, its effects and what
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder talked candidly about the practicalities of living with this condition: education, healthcare, social interaction and safety, as well as the prognosis for the future of these young people. February 2013
🔊 Attachment - the importance of physical and emotional safety
Edwina Grant, an independent psychologist and Chair of Scottish Attachment in Action, introduces a network seminar of SAIA with a discussion of the importance of physical and emotional safety and 'the dance of attunement'. March 2012
Edwina Grant, an independent psychologist and Chair of Scottish Attachment in Action, introduces a network seminar of SAIA with a discussion of the importance of physical and emotional safety and 'the dance of attunement'. March 2012
🔊 Trauma and the road to recovery - Dr. Daniel Hughes. September 2010
