FOSTERING BLOG We, as foster carers, have offered Seven years of absolute nurture to Alan ( Names changed ) , in a placement alongside his brother and sisters, with supportive school friends have resulted in an amazing young man who is steadily overcoming the trauma...
Fostering Blog Rhiannon is very artistic, she managed using ink stamps and pad perfectly and I began to think that perhaps I was not stretching her capabilities and wondering whether she might become bored. Far from it, she seemed really relaxed and began to talk...
Fostering Blog My friend Susan (name changed and permission given) and I fully appreciate the importance of looking after ourselves. This week I spent two days with Susan, who I met two years ago shortly after she became a foster carer. We were able to reflect that we...
FOSTERING BLOG. I feel so strongly that successful care leavers ( who are emotionally damaged by trauma ) having been nurtured in a secure and loving home have the basic human right to a family life…… and some level of certainty about where they will be...
Expectations Bog I had cause to consider the behaviour of our very settled, compliant young people, during a discussion with them this week. They described some of the things that they had got up to in their pre-fostering days. It was enlightening that they related...
More Covid. Michael was unable to return to school on Monday and needed a further two days off, due to a covid outbreak in his year group bubble. He told us that school just feels very different to pre-Covid days . He has spoken on several occasions about how little...
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