Traditionally dogs and other pets in foster homes have tended to be been seen negatively; requiring a risk assessment in relation to potential bites or associated with diseases linked to poor hygiene.  More recently this has has changed and researchers are increasingly recognising the benefits th...

The effects of trauma on a child severely compound the ability to self-regulate and sustain healthy relationships. In the classroom, the effects of trauma may manifest as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, oppositional defiance disorder, reactive attachment, disinhibited soc...

The Aboriginal Therapeutic Home Based Care (ATHBC) program is an innovative model in Victoria, to support enhancing the capacity of Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO) foster/kinship staff and carers to provide a trauma-informed therapeutic response to children in out of home care....

  Key Assets Newfoundland and Labrador provides residential and family based care to children and youth who are temporary or permanent wards of the provincial child protection authority. Team Parenting is the central framework guiding how we practice collaboratively with all those who have a veste...

Resilience is often looked at as a fixed trait. As a "thing" you either have or don’t have. But the literature often contradicts this stance; instead showing resilience as a process that includes a delicate balance of protective and risk factors. One of the main protective factors associated with ...

One of the most “popular” reasons when the caregivers apply to the specialists is “we don’t hear each other”, “he destroys everything around and becomes more and more awful every month” and so on. What to do? How not to become a victim of these destructions? What is possible to do to...

Take Two Berry Street is an intensive therapeutic service in Victoria, Australia for infants, children and adolescents who have experienced abuse and neglect. A significant proportion of the children are in out of home care which includes foster care, residential and kinship care. The Take Two progr...

Children are frequent clients of various services and the way to them, to their stories or their torments is not always easy. A playful and creative approach is a way to start a partner-like and safe relationship. At the workshop we will demonstrate how to involve the child in a dialogue and make th...