Adam and the primary interventionist way of working

'Parents who had survived months feeling unsupported now felt confused, overwhelmed and overloaded'

Adam’s first weeks were in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). He had loving parents and an older sister.His multifaceted condition included cerebral palsy, sensory impairment, inability to suck an

Infant-parent attachment when a child comes with very special needs

Research has shown that the shared experience of joy and play between parent and child plays an important part in development.*

Peter Limbrick writes: In TAC Bulletin earlier this month, I asked for help in finding information about attachment issues when a baby or infant has very special needs. I h

Peter Limbrick can come to your team or group, UK and elsewhere

Peter Limbrick can come to your team or group at your venue to facilitate discussions on any of the following topics:

'Bringing up babies and pre-school children who have very special needs'

'Team Around the Child – TAC'

'Multidisciplinary teamwork'

'Moving towards transdisciplinary teamwork'

'Multi

Let's talk about infant and early childhood mental health! Resources to download

From the website of Ottawa Public Health: Infants and young children have mental health. It is the developing capacity of the child from birth to six years of age to form close and secure adult and peer relationships, experience, manage and express a full range of emotions, and explore the e

A teen with autism is locked in solitary confinement and being fed through a hatch. Have we really moved on from Bedlam? (UK)

“Beth has autism, suffers extreme anxiety and cannot cope with stress – yet instead of being helped to enjoy life she is shut away”

The heading and quote above and the following extracts are from an article by Ian Birrell in the i newspaper on 7^th October:

“She is obese from inactivity and

Standing Together Against Hate: new animation highlights the importance of challenging hate, hostility and harassment in Higher Education

Centre for Hate Studies produces Office for Students-funded animation to be showcased at British Society of Criminology Conference

Watch animation

Professor Neil Chakraborti, Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy and Dr Chris Allen from the University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies will be leadin

Opening Doors – Strengthening families. Ending institutional care across Europe. What is the situation in your country?

The latest compilation of data from 16 European countries document why institutional care – unnecessary, outdated and harmful type of care – still remains a problem for hundreds of thousands of children within EU borders and beyond.

Through recommendations addressed to poli

Getting children out of nappies is about dignity, and about saving valuable time and money

If you have a child still in nappies beyond infancy in your family, school or residential setting, you will know how much time it takes up and how much of your money it drains away.

You will also know the limits it can put on socialising and self-esteem.

These books by learning disability nurse, Cha