Adoption Archives - https://belongts.com/category/adoption/ Mon, 14 Feb 2022 17:21:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.belongts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-Belong-2-1-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Adoption Archives - https://belongts.com/category/adoption/ 32 32 140744513 How We Turned Our Son’s Food Issues Into His Career! https://belongts.com/food-issues/ Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:44:50 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=931 Food is a big issue for many children with difficult life experiences.
This post is all about how we helped our son Shane turn his food issues into a career in catering.
I hope it is really helpful to you.

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]]> 931 Lockdown: Positives for Foster & Adoptive Families https://belongts.com/lockdown/ https://belongts.com/lockdown/#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000 https://belongts.com/?p=1242 Lockdown presents many challenges for foster and adoptive families.
However, some families are thriving at this time. This post explores the positives of lockdown and asks what we can learn from this experience.

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]]> https://belongts.com/lockdown/feed/ 0 1242 5 Reasons Santa May Be Scary for Foster-Adopt Children https://belongts.com/santa/ https://belongts.com/santa/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2019 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=597 Santa: Happy, jolly man who brings you gifts or man to fear?

Read this post about how the magic of Christmas may be an issue within fostering and adoption.

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]]> https://belongts.com/santa/feed/ 0 597 10 Reasons School Festive Fun is Difficult for Foster-Adopt Children https://belongts.com/school-xmas/ https://belongts.com/school-xmas/#respond Mon, 18 Nov 2019 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=594 Nativity plays, carol concerts and christmas bake sales have to be better than english and maths lessons, right?
Not necessarily for traumatised children. Read this post to discover where the difficulties may lie and how we can work with that therapeutically.

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]]> https://belongts.com/school-xmas/feed/ 0 594 That Time I Thought Attachment Theory Was Nonsense! https://belongts.com/attachment-nonsense/ https://belongts.com/attachment-nonsense/#respond Mon, 11 Nov 2019 20:53:39 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=935 Two years before I began fostering, I was working with a young girl in a children’s home who had a diagnosis of ‘attachment disorder’.  The home was a standard local authority run residential.  As such,

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]]> https://belongts.com/attachment-nonsense/feed/ 0 935 Is Therapeutic Parenting the Answer in Fostering & Adoption? https://belongts.com/answer/ https://belongts.com/answer/#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2019 15:21:59 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=746 Is therapeutic parenting the answer in fostering and adoption? #fostering #adoption #fostercare #socialwork #therapeuticparenting #belongts

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]]> https://belongts.com/answer/feed/ 0 746 Therapeutic Parents vs Non-Therapeutic Services https://belongts.com/services/ https://belongts.com/services/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=593 How does being a therapeutic parent work when other, often non-therapeutic, services and professionals are involved in the care of your children?
This blog post explores the difficulties that arise when parenting children who need additional support.

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]]> https://belongts.com/services/feed/ 0 593 Therapeutic Parenting in a Non-Therapeutic World https://belongts.com/world/ https://belongts.com/world/#respond Mon, 19 Aug 2019 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=592 When we try to parent therapeutically, we do so within the context of the world in which we live. But how helpful is this? #fostering #fostercare #adoption

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]]> https://belongts.com/world/feed/ 0 592 Is Therapeutic Parenting the New Quest for Perfection? https://belongts.com/perfection/ https://belongts.com/perfection/#respond Mon, 12 Aug 2019 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=591 Therapeutic parenting is often presented as the answer to the problems of fostered and adopted young people. But is it instead just another quest for parenting perfection? Might it be another way in which we increase parenting shame?

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]]> https://belongts.com/perfection/feed/ 0 591 Therapeutic Parenting – What Is It Really About? https://belongts.com/therapeutic-parenting/ https://belongts.com/therapeutic-parenting/#respond Mon, 05 Aug 2019 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=590 ‘Therapeutic parenting’ has become the buzz term within fostering and adoption in recent years. but what does it really mean? This post explores a definition that's helpful to parents and involved professionals.

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