Being a Dad after separation

Give yourself time: It might take a little while to get used to having a one-on-one relationship with your kids, especially if you haven't been their main carer in the past. Go easy on yourself if things don't always go the way you plan.

Be reassuring and open: Children can be frightened by the strong emotions that go along with separation. They need to hear that both parents love them and that the separation isn't their fault. Try to explain what is happening in terms they can understand. For example, 'Mum and I won't be living together, but we both love you and want to see you whenever we can.'

Read more about tackling tough topics with children. http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/tough_topics.html

Read more about Being a Dad after separation: http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/separation_and_dads.html

Housing & Support Alliance free advice service about housing, support and rights for people with learning disabilities – England and Wales

telephone2 This service is free to people with learning disabilities, families and members. If we can't help you with something straightaway, we will get a specialist advisor to contact you as soon as possible.

If you get our answer machine, please leave a message and we will phone you back on the same day or next day. We can help with most things about housing, support and rights for people with learning disabilities, including:

- supported living and supported housing
- home ownership options
- renting privately
- family investment in housing
- extra care
- funding for housing
- support options
- welfare benefits
- rights to housing and support
- tenancies
- mental capacity.

Telephone: 0845 456 1497 Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm.

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New career, new skills. Become registered in the UK to work therapeutically with children

apacsmall Did you know that in Play Therapy the most used therapeutic medium for boys is sand tray but for girls it's drawing and painting.

Become registered (UK) by training with APAC. 8 venues throughout the UK.

See: www.playtherapy.org.uk

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Tel: 01825 761143

Early Childhood Intervention International Survey - Birth through 3. Invitation to participate

The International Society on Early Intervention and the Open Society Foundation are working together to gain a better understanding of the global state of early childhood intervention.

The purpose of this survey is to map the status of country-level policy, regulations, standards, guidelines, financing and service delivery across the globe.

In this survey, early childhood intervention (ECI) is defined as

a system of services provided to the families of children under the age of 3 years who have developmental delays, disabilities, atypical behaviour

who are likely to experience delays due to risk factors such as low birth weight, identified syndromes, malnutrition, illness or experience of trauma, abuse or neglect.

Visit: http://depts.washington.edu/isei/ECI-survey.html