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This colourful workbook is the first of its kind to help birth children in families who adopt or foster think through the issues and understand their lives and those of the children who join their family. In the UK today there are nearly 38,000 foster families looking after over 72,000 children in public care. This colour coded guide helps children in foster families learn to share their homes and parents with new arrivals without resentment by helping birth children to know themselves, their history and their role in the family through drawing, writing & photographs.
Children who are looked after or adopted may experience varieties of learning difficulties that are caused by the trauma and disruptive relationships that marked their early lives. This book provides authoritative, clinical guidance for carers and adopters on why these learning difficulties can occur and what can be done about them. In straightforward language, it explains how children's difficult early experiences can affect their learning; the importance of play to being able to learn; how to understand what the child is experiencing and why, and how carers and parents can help.
Attachment is at the heart of family life and adoption. Schifield and Beek trace the pathways of secure and insecure patterns of attachment from birth to adulthood, exploring the impact of past experiences of abuse, neglect and separation on children's behaviour in foster and adoptive families. They explain from an attachment perspective the dimensions of parenting that are associated with helping children to feel more secure and fulfil their potential in the family - with peers, at school and in the community.
This definitive guide to fostering in the UK explores everything a prospective foster carer needs to know about fostering and what it involves, including the types of children who need to be fostered, why they need a foster home, what happens when a child moves in, and the emotional and practical realities of living together as a foster family. It clearly sets out the steps involved in becoming a foster carer with information and advice on who to approach to apply to be a foster carer, how foster carers are selected, the training available, and relevant fees, allowances and support.
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