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Looked after children: improving the psychological well-being of children in the care of the local authority
- Authors:
- GOLDING Kim, et al
- Publisher:
- British Psychological Society
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
A guide for clinical psychologists working with children in the care of the local authority. The report looks at the emotional needs of looked after children, and discusses the design and implementation of local authority services intended to meet them, including traditional mental health services.
Developing group-based parent training for foster and adoptive parents
- Author:
- GOLDING Kim
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 31(3), Autumn 2007, pp.39-48.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Parent training interventions are among the best-researched interventions aimed at improving the adjustment of children within their families. In 2006, group-based parent training interventions were further promoted by the publication of guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the revised edition of Drawing on the Evidence (British Psychological Society, 2006). This guidance endorses parent training based on Social Learning Theory as an intervention to help children with conduct disorder. It provides helpful advice on the process of parent training that might also be applicable to training for foster and adoptive parents. The author explores the development of parent training for helping parents and carers of children living in foster care and adoptive homes. The difficulties that some of these children display are complex and enduring. Parent training programmes, as part of a package of care, may be a helpful intervention for children demonstrating challenging behaviours within the context of neurodevelopmental difficulties and poor early attachment experience.
Thinking psychologically about children who are looked after and adopted: space for reflection
- Editors:
- GOLDING Kim, et al, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- John Wiley and Sons
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 374p.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
Written by a professional team of contributors to demonstrate how psychologists can work alongside other professionals and what psychological services are available, the book explores: looked after children (those who are fostered or in residential care); adoption issues; inter-agency issues; assessment; residential care; users views; and the latest research findings on neuro-development.
Group work for foster carers caring for children with complex problems
- Authors:
- GOLDING Kim, PICKEN Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 28(1), Spring 2004, pp.25-37.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Group work provides foster carers with an important means of receiving support and psycho-education. It gives them opportunities to explore different ways of understanding and managing foster children. Describes the use of two different types of groups developed by the Primary Care and Support Team in Worcestershire. The first is based on a parent-training programme. Group facilitators help carers to consider different management techniques and think about their use with the complex children they are looking after. Within these groups, considerable interest was shown in attachment theory as a way of understanding the often perplexing behaviour displayed by the children. This led to the development of a second group focused specifically on their attachment needs. Routine, practice-based evaluation has been carried out and is reported here. The limited evaluation suggests that group interventions can help carers to increase their understanding of the needs of foster children and their skill in managing these children on a day-to-day basis.
Helping children who are 'hard to help': meeting the attachment needs of children living in long term foster care
- Author:
- GOLDING Kim
- Journal article citation:
- Representing Children, 16(3), 2003, pp.179-190.
- Publisher:
- National Youth Advocacy Service
Explores the emotional needs of children living within long-term foster care. Describes attachment theory as a useful way to understand the children. Argues that interventions derived from the theory can provide means of increasing the therapeutic value of the foster placement. The article follows the course of working with one composite child, drawn from a number of children that the author has worked with, to illustrate the issues discussed.
Helping foster carers, helping children: using attachment theory to guide practice
- Author:
- GOLDING Kim
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 27(2), Summer 2003, pp.64-73.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Children with the worst early experiences present a considerable challenge for those helping them. Fostering is a vital resource in the care of these children. However, as the author argues in this paper, to be successful, fostering services need to be developed, supported and resourced to provide stable and therapeutic care. The extent of the difficulties experienced by the children needs to be recognised and services developed which can provide turning points in their development. Therapeutic options can be used that emphasise the role of the carer in the intervention, with a particular emphasis on the facilitation of secure attachment. Research and practice developments are urgently needed to explore interventions stemming from attachment theory for foster carers and the children they look after. The usefulness of attachment theory for guiding interventions with foster carers is explored, based on the experience of a specialist project set up to support carers of children 'looked after'.