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Parents experience of Child Protection.

Posted on 04/03/2019 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

There are a large number of families with traumatised adoptees who have been subjected to child protection enquiries. Our group has experienced the whole range of enquiries, from the simple set of questions by a social worker to full child…

Category: Media, Pages, The Adoption Social BLOG, Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG Tags: Attachment disorder, authorities, camhs, developmental trauma, False Allegations, post adoption, Social Care

Help! Is this what you’re saying to social care?

Posted on 26/07/2018 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

Decision makers please listen to and respond to pleas by desperate adoptive parents

Category: Pages, The Adoption Social BLOG, Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG Tags: ADOPTED, allowance, BLOG, camhs, decision makers, families, Professionals, single parent, Social Care, Support, therapy, trauma, Traumatised

Mental Health is feeling ill….

Posted on 09/04/2018 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

Good evening everybody. This evenings piece, ready for you is by someone in POTATO who has become quite an expert in mental health services. Not that they set out to do this. Well, few of the the things we set…

Category: Pages Tags: adoptive parents, BLOG, camhs, change, fit for purpose, health service, Mental health, mental health beds, teens

Welcome to the world of LEGGIT & SCARPER…

Posted on 19/09/2014 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

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…

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