Category: Adoption & Fostering
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…
Explaining Adoption to Your Child: Parents’ guide
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…
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 Happens in a Child’s Brain During a Meltdown? Poster
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…
Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn Explanation for Children Poster – Free PDF
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…
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…
Anxious Attachment Guide: Sharks Analogy
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…
PACE Approach for Trauma and Attachment – Poster
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…
Unmet Children’s Needs Checklist Poster Guide
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 Poster Guide
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…
When You Say – What I Hear Poster
This free printable PDF helps adults understand how everyday language can affect children’s emotions, behaviour, and sense of safety. The resource shows how common phrases such as “calm down”, “stop…
Later Life Letters guides & examples
Later Life Letter by West Sussex County Council & Children first – Guidance & Examples The guide covers the following topics: IntroductionThe Role and Purpose of the Later Life LetterThe…
Children’s Emotional Regulation Printable for Parents
The “Try this instead” prompts are a useful part of the printable, giving adults simple words to use when a child is crying, overwhelmed or unable to calm down. It…
Family Meeting Parents’ Guide & Templates
The Family Meeting Parents’ Guide & Templates is a valuable resource for social workers working with families. It provides practical information, step-by-step instructions, and templates to support parents and carers…
Foster Care Young Person Questionnaire PDF
In everyday foster care practice, young people’s feedback can open up honest discussion about placement life, school, family contact and support from adults. Aimed at teenagers in care, this foster…
Caring for Kids after Trauma, Disaster and Death: A guide for parents & professionals
“Caring for Kids after Trauma, Disaster and Death” is an invaluable guide for parents and professionals seeking to support children in the aftermath of traumatic events. This comprehensive resource provides…
When Children Learn That Kindness Does Not Last – Understanding Avoidant Attachment (Free PDF)
When Children Learn That Kindness Does Not Last – Understanding Avoidant Attachment is a free printable PDF that explains avoidant attachment in a simple, compassionate and easy-to-understand way. Using the…
Attention-Seeking Iceberg: Poster Free PDF Printable
This printable PDF uses a clear iceberg model to explain what is often described as “attention-seeking behaviour” in children, and reframes it as a need for connection, emotional safety and…
Parenting Children/Young People with Developmental Trauma (booklet)
The “Parenting Children/Young People with Developmental Trauma” booklet is a valuable resource specifically designed for parents and carers of children who have experienced developmental trauma. This booklet aims to provide…
Theraplay activities booklet
The “Theraplay activities” resource is a valuable booklet that provides a helpful list of Theraplay activities specifically designed to enhance parent-child attachment. Based on the Principles of Theraplay, these activities…
Foster Family Feedback Form for Older Children in Care
Social workers, foster carers and children’s services teams looking for a printable foster care feedback form may find this helpful for capturing an older child’s or teenager’s views. It focuses…