behaviour Archives - https://belongts.com/tag/behaviour/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 19:09:00 +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 behaviour Archives - https://belongts.com/tag/behaviour/ 32 32 140744513 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 Nature, Nurture…. or Encoded Nurture? https://belongts.com/encoded-nurture/ https://belongts.com/encoded-nurture/#respond Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=852 Why is your child the way they are? Is it due to their genetics or their experiences? What difference can you as a foster or adoptive parent really make to the way their brain is wired?

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]]> https://belongts.com/encoded-nurture/feed/ 0 852 Why We Must Discipline Children As Therapeutic Parents. https://belongts.com/discipline/ https://belongts.com/discipline/#respond Mon, 08 Jul 2019 16:28:33 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=776 Discipline has become a dirty word in the therapeutic parenting world.
But here's why I think it's essential.

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]]> https://belongts.com/discipline/feed/ 0 776 When the Easter Bunny is Too Generous! https://belongts.com/easter/ https://belongts.com/easter/#respond Mon, 22 Apr 2019 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=660 Easter is a time to combine family get togethers with excessive amounts of chocolate. Not always a good combination for fostered and adopted children. This blog explores a different approach in #fostering and #adoption

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]]> https://belongts.com/easter/feed/ 0 660 Children, Age, Responsibility & Crime https://belongts.com/age-crime/ https://belongts.com/age-crime/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=570 Should a 15 year old radicalised child be allowed to return to the UK? What can we learn from previous cases and other countries about how we address criminal behaviour in our young people. What might a therapeutic approach look like? Here's my thoughts...

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]]> https://belongts.com/age-crime/feed/ 0 570 10 Reasons ‘Fresh Starts’ Don’t Work in Fostering & Adoption https://belongts.com/fresh-starts/ https://belongts.com/fresh-starts/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2019 06:05:07 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=577 I used to think it was good practice to offer a fresh start to a child who had misbehaved. Now I feel differently. I think we can be much more therapeutic by not doing so. Read this blog to find our why.

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]]> https://belongts.com/fresh-starts/feed/ 0 577 10 Therapeutic Approaches to Trauma Rages https://belongts.com/trauma-rages/ https://belongts.com/trauma-rages/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:13:55 +0000 http://www.belongts.com/?p=524 When I asked for ideas of what topics they would most like me to cover on this new blog, trauma rages came out as the most popular option.  This isn’t surprising.  The most popular post

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