Tag: Fostering
Child’s Feedback Questionnare about Respite | Support Care & Short Break
This free Child’s Feedback Questionnaire is a clear and child friendly way for children, kids and young people to share their views about their time in respite care and support…
Trauma Awareness Poster for Children: Trauma Can Make Things Feel Hard
This downloadable trauma awareness poster is a clear and reassuring PDF resource designed for children, teens and young people who have experienced trauma or adverse childhood experiences. It explains, in…
Behaviour Lens versus Connection Lens – Trauma Informed Behaviour Support Poster
This free printable PDF poster helps adults understand children’s behaviour through a trauma informed and attachment focused lens. It supports positive behaviour management for children, young people and teenagers, especially…
Why Rewards and Punishments Do Not Always Fix Behaviour – Child Behaviour Poster
Why Rewards and Punishments Do Not Always Fix Behaviour is a free, trauma informed child behaviour poster that explains why reward and punishment based behaviour management often fails to create…
“My Foster Family” – Poster for Foster Carers’ Welcome Book or Wall
The “My Foster Family” Poster is a free, printable visual resource designed to help children feel safe, welcomed, and emotionally supported when joining a foster family. This colourful and calming…
Birth Children’s Views on Their Family’s Fostering – Feedback Form | Wishes and Feelings Direct Work Resource
The Birth Children’s Views on Their Family’s Fostering is a free, printable feedback form designed to help birth children share their honest feelings, experiences, and perspectives about living in a…
Helping Children Calm: Connection Before Correction Poster
This free downloadable PDF is a one page poster that explains why children, kids and young people calm quicker when adults connect with them before correcting behaviour. It shows, in…
Why Some Children Say “I Don’t Care” When They Care the Most – Poster (Printable PDF)
This printable poster explains why children, young people and teenagers sometimes say “I don’t care” when they are actually feeling overwhelmed, pressured or emotionally unsafe. It helps adults understand the…
Bonding Games for Parents, Carers and Children PDF Guide
This free Bonding Games for Parents, Carers and Children printable PDF is a practical attachment resource created to strengthen parent-child relationships through safe, playful connection. It supports bonding, trust building…
Child Feedback Form for Respite and Support Care: Giving Children a Voice in Fostering
This is a child feedback form designed for children attending respite or support care, particularly within fostering. It is an important resource that encourages the voice of the child by…
Transition and Separation Support Cards: A Resource for Building Emotional Resilience in Children
This set of free encouragement and support cards has been designed to help children feel reassured, valued, and confident during challenging times or periods of separation. Each card contains simple…
Foster Carers Caring for Muslim Children Guide
This detailed guide is an essential resource for foster carers supporting Muslim children and young people. It provides valuable information on how to create a culturally and religiously sensitive environment,…
Why a Child’s Behaviour Often Gets Worse Before It Gets Better – Poster
This printable poster explains a common but often misunderstood pattern in child behaviour change. It shows why behaviour can temporarily worsen when adults change how they respond, even when the…
What a child needs before their behaviour can change – Poster
This free printable PDF poster explains what children need before their behaviour can change. It is based on a clear, child-centred understanding of emotional development, regulation and behaviour. The poster…
Why children push limits with the people they trust most – poster
This free printable trauma-informed poster explains why children often show their most challenging behaviour with the adults they feel safest with. It clearly shows that pushing limits is not about…
Your Brilliant Brain: A Book for Children/Teens about Complex Childhood Trauma
“Your Brilliant Brain: A Book about Complex Childhood Trauma” is an enlightening, beautifully illustrated book designed to help children understand the effects of complex childhood trauma on their brain and…
How to Talk to Children about Flight, Fight and Freeze Guide for Parents & Professionals
“How to Talk to Children about Flight, Fight, and Freeze” by Billy Brodovsky and Kate Kiernan is a comprehensive guide aimed at helping children become trauma-informed. It shifts the perspective…
A Child’s Behaviour Does Not Change Until the Environment Does – Poster
This trauma awareness poster is designed for parents, carers, teachers, social workers, and other professionals working with children and young people who display challenging or repeated behaviour. It supports trauma-informed…
Why a Child’s Behaviour Often Falls Apart After a Long Day – Printable Poster
This free and reassuring printable poster explains why many children seem to cope all day and then fall apart at home. It helps adults understand that end of day behaviour…
Planning Transitions for Children moving to Permanent Placement: What do you do after you say “hello”?
The guide from Family Futures centres on the transition process for children moving into permanent placements such as adoption. It highlights the connection between positive beginnings and successful long-term outcomes…
Helping Your Child Sleep: Guide for Adopters & Foster Carers
The “Helping your Child to Sleep” booklet by Kent Post Adoption Service is a resource aimed at assisting families with adopted children who are struggling with sleep. It acknowledges the…
Child development and trauma guide
The Child Development and Trauma Guide provides foster carers, adoptive parents, and professionals working with children critical information about typical childhood development pathways and potential indicators of trauma at different…
Virtual Family Time/Contact: Fun Activities and Games Guide
‘Virtual Family Time/Contact: Fun Activities and Games’ guide offers a variety of enjoyable online activities for families who connect through platforms like Facebook, Facetime, Skype, and Teams. In some situations,…
Helping your Child Transition from Foster Care to Adoption Factsheet
The “Helping Your Child Transition From Foster Care to Adoption” booklet is a valuable resource for foster carers and adopters who are supporting a child during the adoption process. Whether…
Parenting a Child Who Has Experienced Abuse or Neglect: Booklet
Children who have been abused or neglected need safe and nurturing relationships that address the effects of child maltreatment. If you are parenting a child who has been abused or…
Teenagers in Foster Care: A handbook for foster carers and those that support them
“Teenagers in Foster Care: A handbook for foster carers and those that support them” is a comprehensive and practical handbook tailored specifically for foster carers and their support network. This…
Why Children Push Away the Adults They Need Most – Free PDF Poster
Why Children Push Away the Adults They Need Most is a free printable PDF that helps adults understand why children, young people and teenagers sometimes reject comfort, act rude, become…
Strengthening Family Bonds: Relationship Building Activities for Parents/Carers and Children
‘Strengthening Family Bonds: Relationship Building Activities for Parents/Carers and Children’ is a straightforward and easy-to-follow guide filled with enjoyable techniques, games and ideas based on theraplay that help families grow…
Feedback forms for foster children & foster carers’ own children
As a social worker, understanding the experiences of both foster children and their foster carers’ own children is crucial to providing the best possible care and support. This resource offers…
What Is Blocked Care? Poster
Blocked care is a stress response that can affect parents and carers when emotional and physical demands become overwhelming over time. It happens when the nervous system is overloaded and…