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What the Church needs to know about FASD

What the Church needs to know about FASD

Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) are a reality for many looked after children and their families.

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What the Church needs to know about moves

What the Church needs to know about moves

Why 'moves' matter and how to support families through times of transition.

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What the Church needs to know about trauma

What the Church needs to know about trauma

Helping us to understand that all children in care or with a care background have experienced trauma, and how we can respond to support them.

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What the Church needs to know about infertility

What the Church needs to know about infertility

Infertility has been much misunderstood in Christian culture and in the Church.

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What the Church needs to know about invisible needs

What the Church needs to know about invisible needs

Every Sunday, thousands of children go to church with complex additional needs that aren't as visible.

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What the Church needs to know about shame

What the Church needs to know about shame

Why do adopted/fostered children often feel a heightened sense of shame?

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What the Church needs to know about confidentiality

What the Church needs to know about confidentiality

To be safe and welcoming, it is vital that churches understand and respect the need for confidentiality.

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What the Church needs to know about attachment

What the Church needs to know about attachment

To be safe and welcoming, it is vital that churches understand attachment.

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What the Church needs to know about building resilience

What the Church needs to know about building resilience

Relationships are key to repairing trauma, building attachment and resilience.

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What the Church needs to know about loss

What the Church needs to know about loss

Every child coming into care experiences loss but there are things that we can do to support children and young people as they navigate living with loss

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What the Church needs to know about violent behaviours

What the Church needs to know about violent behaviours

For some families caring for children who have had difficult starts in life, home can be a place where violence occurs.

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What the church needs to know about sensory processing

What the church needs to know about sensory processing

Many care-experienced children experience sensory integration difficulties – what does this mean?

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What the Church needs to know about the real impact of support

What the Church needs to know about the real impact of support

How the Church can support foster and adoptive families and the difference it makes.

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What the Church needs to know about single adopters

What the Church needs to know about single adopters

A growing number of those sensing God's call to adopt are single, so here are some thoughts from single adopters so we can better understand and support each one.

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What the Church needs to know about kinship care and how to support caring families

What the Church needs to know about kinship care and how to support caring families

We want to equip the Church to better understand and support all families who provide kinship care and private fostering.

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What the Church needs to know about being called to foster or adopt

What the Church needs to know about being called to foster or adopt

How choosing to foster or adopt can be a response to God's call.

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What the Church needs to know about support through application, assessment and waiting

What the Church needs to know about support through application, assessment and waiting

How to support those going through the process to foster or adopt.

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Five times we should never say the word ‘just’ (and what to say instead)

Five times we should never say the word ‘just’ (and what to say instead)

For being such a tiny little word, ‘just’ carries with it some enormous connotations. Here are five examples of times that we need to avoid saying it – and suggestions for what we could say instead.

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