This foundation sensory system has many roles and is vital to helping us be in our bodies, know when we are hungry, know where our body is without having to look, work in a co-ordinated and smooth way, for example to know how much pressure to use and when we're...
This foundation sensory system has many roles and is vital to helping us be in our bodies, know when we are hungry, know where our body is without having to look, work in a co-ordinated and smooth way, for example to know how much pressure to use and when we're holding things in our hands. The...
One group of women that often go unrecognized are foster carers in the UK, who provide a safe and...
I have fostered some lovely young people, of all ages. My last young person T left me 5 years ago...
I check emails and sort my to do list before I get my family out of bed, followed not long...
From the age of three I was always dressing up as a nurse, and with my toy nurse’s bag, my play generally revolved around bandaging and injecting my lined-up teddy bears. Not too surprisingly, I then became a nurse and worked full time, until recently at the age of 53, when I became a foster carer.
Covid challenges aside, 2021 has been a positive year, with two awards for our agency and the publishing of two new books last Spring, by Lisa Cherry and Dr Karen Treisman, that we contributed to. We have loved working with all of our foster carers and supporting some great young people, who despite their initial start in life have shown amazing levels of resilience. Equally we have some terrific sons and daughters of our foster carers who have supported children and young people in their families, we are so proud of them all.
This can be a result of a child leaving to go to college or university or moving in to their first home. It can be a challenge for parents to balance the sense of real pride that their child is becoming more independent, doing what they have prepared them for, with the real worry that they will miss them and the home will be quiet without them. They could well be concerned about how they are going to fill their time and avoid the reported symptoms of
empty nest syndrome
