Really informative video made by Cambridgeshire County Council of Sarah Dillon’s poem, National Association of Therapeutic Parents.

Always a total treat watching Dr Garry Landreth in action.

Following the successful conferences in Lisbon, Portugal and Melbourne, Australia, TLSWi is excited to announce the 3rd International Conference on Therapeutic Life Story Work is coming to London, UK in June 2024.
SAVE THE DATE!     6th, 7th & 8th June 2024
Venue – Mary Ward House, 5 – 7 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SN

For further details go to www.tlswi.com or email to be added to the conference mailing list events@tlswi.com 

Family Action’s PAC-UK reveals new insights and experiences of adoptees and birth parents with the launch of The Big Consult.

https://www.pac-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PAC-UK-Big-Consult-of-Adopted-People-FINAL.pdf

Key findings from the report reveal that:

• Over 70% of adopted people state there is not enough information about why they were adopted and about their birth parents
• 85% of adopted people had attempted contact with birth parents after reaching 18 and 92% were glad that they attempted contact
• 76% of adopted people said that direct contact with birth parents should be standard practice
• 90% of adopted people feel that adoption should be more open
• 77% of adopted people accessed mental health support as an adult
• 50% of birth parents cite mental health issues as a main factor in a child’s removal and 84% of birth parents have mental health issues currently
• Only 12% of birth parents received letterbox letters, from children, for 6 years or more
• 62% of birth parents had contact with children when they were over 18, as adults

A gorgeous explanation of empathy

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=viralfox.com+empathy+video&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:073e3209,vid:1Evwgu369Jw

Article from www.theguardian.com

https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/society/2015/apr/25/are-we-failing-parents-whose-children-are-taken-into-care

Clear description of the differences between talk and play therapy from Dr Brenna Hicks

https://www.thekidcounselor.com/play-therapy-vs-talk-therapy/

I still love the simplicity and effectiveness of Perry’s Three R’s:

From www.beaconhouse.org.uk, there are some super resources on the site.