Child psychotherapist, Independent Mental Health Advocate, adoptive Mum, wife♥️chocolate...and funky glasses.🤓
Buckinghamshire
Joined March 2009
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Watch this, heartbreaking & hopeful, a cry in the chaos to be seen & heard, to simply be who they choose to be. upworthy.com/9-things-to-kno…
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No matter where any Looked After Child lives, they should have the option of aftercare support to 21. Do you AGREE? If YES Please RT #ECLCM
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The roots of resilience are to be found in the sense of being understood by the mind and heart of a loving and attuned other. - Diana Fosha – at Four Seasons, MO
ReMoved: youtu.be/lOeQUwdAjE0 via @YouTube. Watch this. Together we can break the cycle for children in care...one child at a time.
Profound insight into the moving, complex lives of young carers.The Junction Foundation: youtu.be/jZaN7CVd_Ms via @youtube @sfmspeakout
Totally amazing young people. Let's give them a chance! Broken: A video by young people in care shar.es/QCqPM via @sharethis
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I have learnt that freedom from your past, from any of the chains that bind you, is through the telling of your... fb.me/2LDETxYPs
It's like off-road parenting! Training helps, matching is good, it's the hardest job in the world, potential to transform lives #famichat
If you know you can truly put child at the centre, grow with & support them, pass them over to family, deal with anxiety & loss... #famichat
The fact that a child has been separated from parents & family will have huge emotional impact. Can't always predict hidden needs #famichat
Essential to know you have secure, emotional resources not just good intentions, in order to foster a traumatised child #famichat
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In honor of Caribbean-American heritage month, art from the islands is taking over New York in June. huff.to/LmXH25
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Why the Jamaican Olympic team could be the best-dressed athletes at the games (PHOTOS) huff.to/KwVUel
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baaf.org.uk/ourwork/bmeproje… @BAAF Black Asian and Mixed Heritage Issues project.
Just voted for @JenniferGarrett for inspiring women. You Go Jenny!!! Check her out & vote: wp.me/p2iv90-dg
Wondering if anyone's done the Fostering Changes course & wld you recommend it? Thinking of training to deliver Adoption Changes course.
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From the Archives of @brainpicker: Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me fb.me/1oscuU1CE #mentalhealthmonth
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Advice: Cultural identity: the views of families from black and minority ethnic communities fmly.me/ty4s1V
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Many birth parents say 9 mths wasn't enough - Here's why adoption preparation shouldn't be rushed - communitycare.co.uk/blogs/ch… via @CommunityCare