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Good Morning everyone. POTATO has been in demand recently, with the Wright Stuff and this piece on the Victoria Derbyshire programme. Talking about how adoptive families often face crisis with their traumatised adopted young people and the professionals lack capacity…
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Category: Media, Pages
Tags: Adopted Teens, Adoption, CPV, interview, Media, Parents, POTATO, Professionals, Traumatised, TV, UK, Victoria Derbyshire
This week we are sharing our members journey with her young adult towards supported independence. Moving on up, moving on up! Yes, now you’ve got that 90s classic zipping through your head- have a read of this weeks excellent blog….
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AGM and Conference details 2017
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Category: Media, Pages, Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG
Tags: #selfcare, 2017, Adopted Teens, Adoption, AGM, Birmingham, Conference, Meetings, Parents, POTATO, Support, UK
Our Chairperson has been in touch with the Childrens Society and because we have a lot of common ground we felt you all might like to get on board with their letter to your MP initiative. An opportunity to get…
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Category: Pages
Tags: Adopted Teens, children's society, Meetings, MP, Parents, POTATO, POTATO group, Professionals, Residential Care, Social Care, Support, Teenage, UK
It’s Sunday and the roar of Sally Donovan has begun to die down. She did a great article in this weeks “Community Care” and there has already been a huge amount of feedback. The article points to experience of member…
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It is time for the seasonal blog and its BBQ weather. Yes…. British weather so darting indoors missing the showers, hoping the gateau will defrost in time for pud. “Man cook with fire” pervades and thankfully someone has brought some…
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Category: Pages
Tags: #selfcare, Adopted Teens, adoptees, audible, Bbq, Camping abroad, holidays, jenga, list, Parenting Adopted Teens in the UK, pimms, punch
We live on planet adoption. Our lives are so very distinct to other parents. We applaud when our child cries… because its rare that they’ve trusted us enough to show emotion. We are disappointed and distressed as the leader says…
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When life in with your teen isn’t tough enough they start a whole new range of activities! One that comes up a lot within our community is the young runners and leavers. These expert terrified toddlers are inexpert young adolescents…
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Category: Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG
Tags: Abuse, Adopted Teens, birth family, camhs, contact details, EMDR, Good Mental Health Co-operative, Grab Sheet, Guided Imagery, Massage, Meetings, Mindfulness, Music, Parents, police, Prayer, risk, running, section 20, Social Care, social media, Support, unit, walk, YOT
OK readers! I have 2 adopted teenagers who were at infants school when they came to me. Now, wow 19 and 16, how did that happen? Now we are 13 years in and have been through hell, high-waters and more…
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Category: Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG
Tags: Adopted Teens, blame my brain, bruce perry, families, intensity, margot sunderland, Parents, tate gallery, Teenage, therapeutic reparenting, UK
We are a UK based group of parents who have adopted our children from the looked after system in the past 20+ years. All of our teenagers are incredible survivors who need specialist parenting which can be very hard going….
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