Great idea and good read “Friendships, social cohesion and community are crucial to meet our psychological needs. When we have people we can talk to, and feel like we belong, this helps us feel less isolated. This isn’t just true for parents, but for our children too. So, when your family’s journey is poles apart from your peers’, it’s easy to see what can happen.
Parenting a child with complex needs is one of the most rewarding experiences known. You learn to live in the moment, take pleasure in the small things and be grateful for today. But there’s no denying that it’s an experience fraught with complex emotions. Denial, fear, helplessness, guilt and confusion are just a few. But arguably one of the most prominent emotions you can encounter is loneliness.”
Parenting a disabled child is lonely – so I built an app to help us find each other
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Finding people in similar situations nearby and the services you need is a challenge for families like mineInteresting research “Researchers from New York University (NYU) have found that children who are characterised as having a high need for reassurance and support from their early childhood educators are often those who have difficulties in relationships with their mother.
Attachment at three years old and four and a half years old was examined, along with attachment in the first, third and fifth year of schooling. The data collected gave researchers insight into dependency, closeness, conflict and other behaviors between children and their mothers, as well as children and their teachers.”
Difficult parenting relationships leave some children needing more from their educators | Sector
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Researchers from New York University (NYU) have found that children who are characterised as having a high need for reassurance and support from their early childhood educators are often those who hav...🤗 indeed
Love grows brains ❤️
No one is told that any more are they? That's so harmful 🙁
Jill Catherine one for the CM page 😊
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This should be a good read by Angeles who is a great advocate of Attachment and IMH "IF BABIES COULD TALK. A WINDOW INTO THEIR AMAZING EMOTIONAL LIFE " by M. Ángeles Cerezo, Ph. D.Professor of Psychology, Scientific Director of IPINFA .
The book is very relevant for mothers and fathers but also for professionals working with babies and families.
" If we suspend disbelief for a brief moment and, cast our imaginations into a magical world where babies could talk to each other and, just for the time it takes to read this book, we could see ‘their world’, what would happen? After reading it, we might just appreciate better what babies need and how we can respond to them. In this book, Dr. Cerezo, Professor of Psychology gives a ‘voice’ to babies who chat in a humorous way about their emotional lives and how they are getting on with their caregivers. This is not a book about raising children but rather it is an account of what science tells us, using their ‘voices’ and ‘experiences’, about their emotional development. This strategy aims to help adults understand babies’ minds better and to reflect on how to attune with them. The book covers the first year of life and presents several real-life scenarios where there was mis-communication between babies and caregivers. By reflecting on these stories, the reader will gain new insights into how babies connect with the person who takes care of them and how to promote that communication "This Infant Mental Health Awareness Week, we present to you If Babies Could Talk by M. Ángeles Cerezo. An incredible guide to understanding babies’ minds better. 👶
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Amanda Belyea
Sounds interesting
Emma Ross can we buy for the office
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This free event from 1-2.15pm on Wednesday 9 September may be of interest to some of you, “This has been a year like no other for people working in UK public services.
For social workers, the coronavirus pandemic has brought previously unimaginable challenges and concerns. It has also raised the profile and public understanding of roles across social care.
Earlier this year, before the virus struck, Guardian Jobs undertook the latest edition of its Social Lives research into how social workers feel about their profession.”
Online event: what's it like to be a social worker in 2020?
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Good Article with links “Recently, driven in part by a groundswell of public interest in trauma and trauma-informed care, academics and practitioners have been focusing play therapy’s potential for kids with Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs.
What unites them all is the belief that play itself is therapeutic. The toys, musical instruments or art supplies aren’t used to keep children busy or distracted while they talks through problems. Instead, play gives them an opportunity to “work out the trauma in their bodies,” said Paris Goodyear-Brown, a play therapist and co-founder of a treatment center in Franklin, Tenn., called Nurture House. “Play provides a sense of competency for children.”
Play Therapy Can Help Kids Speak the Unspeakable
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Play is the language of children — which is why play therapy can help kids speak the unspeakable.Interesting read “This piece is a collaborative effort emanating from the global community of researchers dedicated to understanding the significance of attachment relationships to children.
The importance of fairly unbroken contact with parents or established parental figures, especially in times of distress, cannot be overstated. When separation is prolonged, mental, emotional, and even biological scars are to be expected. Even if asylum seeking is a crime, separating children from their parents is a form of “kin punishment,” the type of treatment found in authoritarian regimes that is antithetical to the United States and also illegal. Recognizing the impact that prolonged separation can have on children obligates us to reunite families as quickly and as supportively as possible, and to ensure that this does not happen again.”
Separation Is Never Ending: Attachment Is a Human Right
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Why 40 researchers say attachment is a basic right and separation a clear wrong.
Well what do you think about this ?Dogs have been found to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression, as well as ease loneliness in people. And to add to the list of excellent qualities, a new study has found that having a pet dog can improve the social and emotional well-being of children.
The results of the study were carried out by researchers from the University of Western Australia and Telethon Kids Institute and were published in the journal Pediatric Research.”
Having a family dog could improve your toddler’s social-emotional development
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Dogs are faithful companions not only to adults, but also have much to offer to young children, a new study finds.Comment on Facebook Dogs are faithful ...
Terry Brophy
My 2 year old twins adore our dog! Faysie OConn you need to get one 😊😊😊
Eilis Darcy this is exactly why Roisin Darcy needs to agree to get yous a dog!!
A suggested road map for developing mental resilience skills “Resilience is defined as the psychological capacity to adapt to stressful circumstances and to bounce back from adverse events. Resilience is considered a process to build resources toward searching for a better future after potentially traumatic events. Some of these resources come from our inherent potential and some from what we learn about how to endure hardship. The ability to bounce back requires being empowered to make decisions that promote personal well-being. And like sobriety, they must be frequently reconfirmed (Southwick & Charney, 2012).”
The 8 Key Elements of Resilience
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A roadmap for developing mental resilience skills.
