Category: Adoption & Fostering

This free printable PDF explains what emotional regulation is in children and young people in a clear, simple, and supportive way. It helps adults understand how children notice, experience, and…

“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…

My Trauma Brain is a free printable trauma psychoeducation resource that helps children, teenagers and adults understand how trauma affects the brain, body, emotions and behaviour. This easy-to-understand visual guide…

Why Calm Adults Matter is a free printable PDF poster that explains how adult behaviour affects children’s emotions, behaviour and sense of safety. It shows how children look to adults…

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…

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…

This clear and reassuring poster explains common skills that children and young people cannot do yet when they are overwhelmed, upset, tired or stressed. It helps adults understand that emotional…

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…

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…

Words That Help Calm a Child’s Emotional Brain is a free printable PDF resource designed to support children when emotions feel overwhelming. It focuses on the power of calm, regulating…

The “Supporting Youth Who Experience Racism” handout provides parents and caregivers with practical strategies to help youth of color cope with and respond to racism. In an easy-to-use 3-page format,…

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 offers a variety of enjoyable online activities for families who connect through platforms like Facebook, Facetime, Skype, and Teams. In some situations,…

A Parent and Carer’s Resource: Supporting Your LGBTQ+ Child” is a helpful guide developed by Cara-Friend to assist parents and carers in supporting their child or young person who questions…

The booklet is a valuable resource for parents, caregivers, professionals, and adults supporting children who have experienced childhood trauma or loss. It provides insights and guidance to help understand and…

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…

Building Blocks for Resilience booklets are designed to provide parents and caregivers with information and activities to help build resilience in their children. The booklets provide information, tips, and activities,…

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” 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 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’ is a straightforward and easy-to-follow guide filled with enjoyable techniques, games and ideas based on theraplay that help families grow…

This factsheet provides basic guidelines and advice for adoptive parents on how to talk to their child about adoption. The factsheet covers important topics such as when to tell your…

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…

This free printable poster, What Happens in a Child’s Brain During a Meltdown?, is a clear and engaging psychoeducation resource that explains what happens in a child’s brain during emotional…

What Happens When I Feel Unsafe – Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn is a free printable PDF poster designed to help children, kids, and young people understand what happens in their…

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…

In a therapy room, school wellbeing space, foster home or parenting session, this printable anxious attachment guide can help adults explain why some children stay on high alert even when…

This free PACE poster is a clear, trauma-informed guide to supporting children and young people whose behaviour is driven by big emotions rather than deliberate choice. It is based on…

This free printable PDF is a simple and practical unmet needs checklist that helps adults understand what may be driving a child’s behaviour. It supports a more thoughtful approach by…

Praising Children in a Way That Helps Them Grow is a clear, visual PDF poster guide designed to help adults use praise more effectively with children. It explains why meaningful…