We know that many kinship carers are raising children who have experienced early loss, trauma and attachment disruption and that being in self-isolation at home brings additional challenges for you and them.
We put out a call to psychologists, including Dr Karen Treisman, a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist who has worked in the National Health System and children’s services. We’ve taken everything they recommended to create the below resources for you. We will update this as time goes on, but we hope it helps as a starting point for you.
General resources
A specialist, innovative and creative therapeutic service for young people, families and adults. They have useful resources for young people as well as carers, designed to help through coronavirus.
Resources to support children and adults around anxiety, worry, stress, and fears
Written for parents, carers, friends and family of children who have experienced early loss, trauma and attachment disruption, this pack includes a wealth of information to help you including who might experience development trauma, what it might look like and what you can do to help.
A free guide to help anyone manage worry and anxiety, including exercises you can work through.
A list of ten resources for young people and carers that you can use to help during coronavirus.
Helping Guide has lots of resources for mental health and wellbeing, including this guide to helping children cope with trauma and sections for PTSD and trauma and ADHD
Books
The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting: Strategies and Solutions (Therapeutic Parenting Books). Written by Sarah Naish this book gives you an easy to follow process to use when responding to issues with your children. It covers 60 common problems, from acting aggressively to difficulties with sleep, with advice on what might trigger these issues, and how to respond.
YouTube videos
Have a search on YouTube for videos from Sarah Naish, who offers lots of advice about therapeutic parenting
Dan Hughes
Dan Hughes talks to foster carers, adopters, parents under pressure and all adults around traumatised children as we navigate our way through the Corona Virus pandemic.
Ellie, a Principle Clinical Psychologist at St Georges Hospital in London, has put together this video on anxiety and things people can do to try and manage how they feel in these difficult times. Whilst created specifically in response to the coronavirus outbreak, it is relevant to managing all forms of anxiety.
Podcasts
If you use Spotify, or any other podcast app, have a search to see if they have:
- A New Way to Parent Your Child; Therapeutic Parenting
- Therapeutic Parenting: Practical Applications
Staying connected
This Facebook group was established by therapeutic parent, expert and author, Sarah Naish, and other highly experienced therapeutic parents, therapists etc who have first-hand experience and have achieved excellent outcomes for children. The group is for all parents who are using, or interested in learning about, therapeutic parenting strategies and methods.
