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Promoting attachment and resilience: a guide for foster carers and adopters on using the Secure Base model
- Authors:
- SCHOFIELD Gillian, BEEK Mary
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 60
- Place of publication:
- London
A practical guide designed to support foster carers and adopters in offering the best possible care for children who have often experienced trauma and loss. Secure Base is a model of caregiving in fostering and adoption that is based on theories of attachment and resilience while also drawing on child placement research. It highlights the importance of family relationships for children's development and provides a valuable framework and strength-based approach for making sense of fostered and adopted children's needs and behaviours. It also sets out the dimensions of caregiving that can support children to thrive and to fulfil their potential. The guide comes with an accompanying DVD 'The secure base model: voices of foster carers, adopters and young people' which explains the five dimensions of the Secure Base model in practice through the voices and experiences of adopters, foster carers and young people. (Edited publisher abstract)
Pathways through education for young people in care
- Editor:
- JACKSON Sonia
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 288
- Place of publication:
- London
This edited compilation brings together up-to-date evidence from interdisciplinary research on improving the educational aspirations and attainment of young people in care and beyond. It includes innovations in practice that have been shown to make a real difference, both in the UK and overseas. A useful reference resource for researchers, policy makers, managers of children's services, teachers, social workers, education support workers and all those concerned with this critically important area of policy and practice. (Edited publisher abstract)
Moving pictures
- Authors:
- ARGENT Hedi, ALTON Hilary, FULLER Rachel
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 18p., CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- London
This resource is designed to help children (aged four and above) explore ideas of moving and permanence. It consists of a CD-ROM which contains 16 black and white drawings, illustrating various aspects of the move to permanence. They can be printed out for children to colour in and are intended to spark discussion of the child’s thoughts, wishes and hopes around the idea of moving to a new family. They can be used to prepare a child for a specific move or as part of life story work. The accompanying book provides guidelines, advice and suggested questions for the practitioner or carer working with the child. The resource is written to help children and adults enjoy an activity together, while tackling challenging and possibly painful topics. Themes covered include: different families and home; cooking and eating; helping each other; family rules; playing together; going to school; arguments in the family; loving and hugging; and giving and celebrating.
Devising a placement plan: a guide to gathering information to complete and implement a placement plan for fostering placements (England)
- Author:
- DIBBEN Elaine
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide has been written to help users understand the process for completing the Placement Plan and how it links to the Care Plan, and the health and education plans required by the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010. The Placement Plan replaces the Foster Placement Agreement and now forms part of the overarching Care Plan. This guide accompanies the BAAF Placement Plan for Fostering Placements form, which can also be used by local authorities and independent fostering providers as a template. It can also be used independently by authorities that have already devised a Placement Plan form. The guide includes information on: who should complete the Placement Plan; placement planning meetings; and a detailed guide to completing the Placement Plan form. Advice is offered on; gathering information on placement details; living together; self-care skills/preparing for independence; social and leisure activities; health issues; emotional and behavioural development; education; identity; contact issues; and social worker visits. Appendices including the Delegated Authority Decision Support Tool; relevant extracts from Schedule 2 of the Care Planning, Placement and Care Review (England) Regulations 2010, and Delegating Authority to Foster Carers –things you need to know.
Parenting a child with emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Author:
- HUGHES Dan
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 104p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book, part of the Parenting Matters series, is concerned with the emotional and behavioural difficulties and the special needs of children, particularly adopted and looked after children, who have these issues. Like the other books in the series it is designed to help prospective adopters and carers decide whether they can care for a child with a health need or condition they know little about. It uses a combination of expert information and first-hand experiences to provide the; knowledge necessary for understanding and decisions making. This book focuses on emotional and behavioural difficulties, a common diagnosis in looked after children. The first half starts with a short explanation of emotional and behavioural difficulties and what these terms mean for the children. Symptoms, prognosis, and treatment are outlined. The author goes on to examine: the different ways in which behavioural and emotional difficulties can affect child development; the issues these conditions raise with regard to educational provision; and where and how to get help. The second section tells the story of one couple, and their experiences parenting; children with emotional and behavioural difficulties and how this affected day–to-day family life.
Dealing with disruption in fostering and adoption placements
- Authors:
- ARGENT Hedi, COLEMAN Jeffrey
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 97p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This good practice guide is concerned with children who move into a permanent placement and then have to move again contrary to expectations. Many of these children have complex histories of neglect and harm. This guide offers: an overview of what research tells us; an insight into the factors that commonly lead to disruption; advice on managing and chairing disruption meetings; the consideration of alternative models; an exploration of the impact of disruption on all concerned; and guidance on moving on from disruption. This second edition has been revised and updated to include information on disruption in fostering placements as well as to reflect best practice, findings from recent research and changes to relevant legislation. The authors believe that while some placements will inevitable disrupt, this does not happen overnight. There is usually a process leading to disruption, even if it happens at an early stage or during introductions. It is suggested that If carers and workers together can devise an early warning system a final crisis may be averted. Case studies are used to illustrate the points made and appendices include a sample of a disruption report.
Once upon a time: stories and drama to use in direct work with adopted and fostered children
- Author:
- MOORE Joan
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 122p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The author, a dramatherapist, describes the use of stories and creative ideas for children in foster or adoptive families. She discusses the use of direct work in helping traumatised children deal with difficult early experiences. In particular, the role of creative and story-based play in the healing process, promoting the child's understanding, encouraging greater engagement between child and worker, and providing a non-threatening way for the child to discuss what has happened to them; the medium of fiction providing a distancing "safety net". Each example of a story, dramatic play and role play begins with discussion of who it might help and why. The subjects covered include: attachment difficulties; challenging behaviour; lack of empowerment for children who have had chaotic early lives; life history work; and communication between parent/carer and child.
Parenting a child affected by parental substance misuse
- Authors:
- FORRESTER Donald, BAKER Sally, HARTLYE Jane
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 100p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book is aimed at those caring for, or planning to care for, a child affected by parental alcohol or drug problems and the professionals supporting them. Finding reliable information in order to understand what lies behind the diagnoses and "labels" that many looked after children bring with them can be difficult. This book is part of the Parenting Matters series designed to address these concerns. It provides expert knowledge, coupled with facts, figures and guidance presented in a straightforward and accessible style. While pragmatic in its approach the book is based on research evidence and key points and the implications of the findings are highlighted in boxes illustrating the practical issues arising from research. The book begins by exploring general issues around substance misuse and children entering care as well as the impact on children of exposure to substances during pregnancy, including both specific effects (such as Foetal Alcohol Syndrome) and wider issues (such as genetic susceptibilities). The second section of the book comprises two first hand accounts from adoptive parents of children whose mothers misused drugs or alcohol. They describe the challenges of these atypical adoptions but they also demonstrate the rewards for the child and the family.
Parenting a child with mental health issues
- Authors:
- JACKSON Catherine, et al
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 107p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book is concerned with the particular needs of children born into families with a history of mental health disorders, who may be at greater risk of mental disorders themselves. Prospective adopters and carers often have to decide whether they can care for a child with a health need or condition they know little about. Finding reliable information in order to understand what lies behind the diagnoses and "labels" that many looked after children have acquired can be difficult. This book, part of the Parenting Matters series, is designed to address these concerns. It provides expert knowledge, coupled with facts, figures and guidance in an accessible style. The book starts with a short explanation mental disorders generally and how they may manifest in children. It goes on to outline the risk of mental disorder in a child from a family with a history of mental disorder, and the factors (genetic and environmental) that can put these children at greater risk. The author explores what is known about the physiological processes that may explain a child's behaviours and higher vulnerability. The second half of the book tells the stories of parents who have adopted children with a history of mental disorder in their family (whether known at the time of adoption or not) and how they have coped.
Parenting a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Authors:
- JACOBS Brian, MILES Lorna
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 87p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book is concerned with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and the special needs of children, particularly adopted and looked after children, who have this condition. Prospective adopters and carers often have to decide whether they can care for a child with a health need or condition they know little about and have no direct experience of. Finding reliable information in order to understand what lies behind the diagnoses and "labels" that many looked after children bring with them can be difficult. This book is part of the Parenting Matters series designed to address these concerns. It provides expert knowledge, coupled with facts, figures and guidance presented in a straightforward and accessible style. Adopters and foster carers share their experience of parenting a child with ADHD and offer useful advice. This book begins with a short explanation of ADHD and related conditions in children and young people, including symptoms, prognosis and treatment. The authors go on to explore the different ways in which ADHD can affect child development and behaviour; the issues it raises with regard to educational provision for affected children; and where and how to get help.