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Family Safety Plan PDF for Child Sexual Abuse Safety
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Family Safety Plan PDF for Child Sexual Abuse Safety

Helping families agree clear, proportionate steps to keep children safe, this family safety plan PDF supports parents, carers and professionals to talk through concerns, record boundaries and review arrangements together….

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How to Co-Regulate with a Child Information Poster

This free How to Co Regulate with a Child PDF offers a simple one page guide that helps adults support a child, young person or teenager during emotional overwhelm. The…

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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…

Discipline vs Punishment free Child Behaviour Strategies Positive Parenting Printable PDF
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Discipline vs Punishment Child Behaviour Strategies – Free Printable PDF Poster

This discipline vs punishment printable PDF is a clear and practical behaviour support resource that helps adults understand how to respond to children’s behaviour in a more effective and supportive…

How to Stop Yelling at Your Kids Worksheet Collection
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How to Stop Yelling at Your Kids – Worksheet Collection

This comprehensive worksheet collection from Choosing Therapy is designed to help parents manage their emotions, reduce yelling, and create a more positive, peaceful family environment. Yelling can often feel like…

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Attachment Styles Wheel: Free PDF Poster Guide

This printable Children’s Attachment Styles Wheel is designed for adults who want to understand attachment styles in children and young people. It is a clear, visual guide that explains how…

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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…

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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…

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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
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“My Foster Family” – Poster for Foster Carers’ Welcome Book or Wall

The My Foster Family poster is a free printable foster care resource designed to help children feel safe, welcomed, and emotionally supported when they join a foster family. Moving into…

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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…

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Connection Before Correction: Explanation Poster for Parents

This free Connection Before Correction printable PDF poster is a clear and practical behaviour support resource for parents and professionals working with children and young people. It explains how emotional…

Children’s Free Guide to Managing Trauma Printable Resource to Help Kids Understand and Cope with Difficult Experiences pdf
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Children’s Guide to Managing Trauma – A Printable Resource to Help Children Understand and Cope with Difficult Experiences

The Children’s Guide to Managing Trauma is a gentle, supportive workbook created to help children and teens understand what trauma is, how it can affect them, and what they can…

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Free Children’s Trauma Responses Wheel – Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn Behaviour Poster Printable PDF

This free printable PDF is a clear, trauma-informed visual tool that helps adults understand children’s behaviour through the lens of survival responses. The wheel explains the four common trauma responses…

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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…

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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…

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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 Questionnaire for Respite and Support Care Giving Children a Voice in Fostering
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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…

Caring for a Child of a Different Ethnicity – A Guide for Foster Carers, Adopters & Others free pdf download
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Caring for a Child of a Different Ethnicity – A Guide for Foster Carers, Adopters & Others

This guide is an invaluable resource for foster carers and adoptive parents raising children of a different ethnicity or race. It provides practical advice and insights into fostering a multi-ethnic…

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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…

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How Adults Repair Relationships with Children – Poster

This free downloadable PDF explains how adults repair relationships with children after difficult moments. It focuses on what children experience emotionally when adults raise their voice, misunderstand, or react too…

Foster Carers Caring for Muslim Children Guide free pdf download
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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

Christmas Sensory Survival Kit free pdf download
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Surviving Christmas: Free Resources for Children and Adults with Autism, Sensory Needs, Anxiety & Trauma

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE The Little Stressed Elf This child-friendly resource created by Beacon House helps children manage stress during the busy holiday season. It tells the story of a…

The Attachment Theory Workbook - Powerful Tolls to Promote Understanding, Increase Stability Build Lasting Relationships Free Download
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The Attachment Theory Workbook – Powerful Tools to Promote Understanding, Increase Stability & Build Lasting Relationships

The Attachment Theory Workbook: Powerful Tools to Promote Understanding, Increase Stability, and Build Lasting Relationships is a comprehensive guide designed to help individuals and couples improve their relationships through the…

Why Children Stop Listening Parenting Poster for Parents
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Why Children Stop Listening Parenting Poster for Parents

Parents and carers can use the poster as a quick reminder of what to do when a child stops listening, argues back, shuts down or struggles to follow instructions. It…

Keeping My Body Safe from Abuse and Neglect Children's Guide
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Keeping My Body Safe from Abuse and Neglect: Children’s Guide

This guide is designed to educate children on the critical subjects of abuse and neglect, empowering them with the knowledge to recognise and respond to unsafe situations. This guide covers…

Your Brilliant Brain: A Book about Complex Childhood Trauma
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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…