Kinship Caring: A complete Guide for Families - Couverture souple

King, Dr Rachael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1903269423 ISBN 13 : 9781903269428

Editeur : Worth Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

In the UK it is thought that at least 200,000 children are cared for by a relative, friend or other person connected to them. Worth Publishing, a leading publisher in the field of mental health for disadvantaged children for 20 years, launches a complete support guide for all those relatives and friends who look after children when, for whatever reason, their birth parents are unable to do so. Uniquely, the book also grants free access to the new Kinship FAMILY APP. Like the book, the APP is based on the Belonging Model developed by Dr Rachael King (Educational Psychologist, Andrea Perry ( Integrative Psychotherapist) and Robert Tyler ( lived experience looked after child). The book is written in a straightforward and easily accessible style and is intended to be a practical resource and reference for all kinship carers.

The author, Dr Rachael King (BSc Hons, PGCE, MSc, Doc.Ed.Ch.Psychol), is an experienced, and HCPC registered Educational and Child Psychologist, with over two decades experience with children and families in a diverse array of roles; such as a teacher, family worker, lecturer, researcher and consultant. The content of the free APP included in this guide is used by the author herself in her everyday work.

The book is for kinship carers and divided into three parts:-

Part 1 : Help and guidance for you during the initial transition into kinship care.

• How and why your child may come into care.
• Help to understand and appreciate the early feelings of you and your child.
• Involving your own wider family and your child's: the challenge of contact.

Part 2 : Understanding and managing the new relationships.

• Developing mutual trust.
• Respecting and managing each other's feelings.
• Promoting your child's self-awareness and self-esteem
• Developing your child's sense of belonging

Part 3 : Support services and how to access them.

• Financial support.
• Wellbeing support.
• Making the most of your Kinship Family APP free with this book.
• The crucial importance of building a successful relationship with your child's school.
• Useful contact details and references.

Finally, the voice of the child the person who needs you, represented by a simple poem written by a former looked after child.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr Rachael King (BSc Hons, PGCE, MSc, Doc.Ed.Ch.Psychol) is an experienced, and HCPC registered Educational and Child Psychologist, with over two decades experience with children and families in a diverse array of roles, such as a teacher, family worker, lecturer, researcher and consultant. Rachael has worked with Children in Care (CIC) and adoptive families throughout her work as an Educational and Child Psychologist in the Local Authority and private sectors. Her experience ranges from supporting families, training, therapeutic approaches (including EMDR), and a broad range of work in a range of educational settings and children's homes. Rachael has also spent time working in the education system in the USA in an urban multiple intelligence elementary school and as an Academic Program Director of Psychology and Child Development in a multicultural college.

Rachael is a passionate advocate of a whole child, needs based, relational approach which considers a child's story, and promotes positive change.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Worth Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1903269423
• ISBN 13: 9781903269428
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 80
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible