Our Role as Carers in Emotional Intelligence
As parents and carers we need to be therapists, key workers and educators for our young people. In the aspect of emotional intelligence – this is what I see the role of carer to be…
As parents and carers we need to be therapists, key workers and educators for our young people. In the aspect of emotional intelligence – this is what I see the role of carer to be…
The Downward Inflection Voice This video explains how to use the downward inflection voice – to be used when telling your child something that they probably won’t like, but it is fact, and you aren’t going to change your mind – but you are conveying the message without it being threatening, aggressive or stirring up…
These are an important element to the lessening of behaviours that challenge. If you understand what these are, and work with your young person to exercise the use of these in them – then you will have a young person who is more aware of their own feelings and yours. Someone who is more ‘workable’…
This video describes my findings on working with young people who have a severely ambivalent young person. There’s a fear to them that leads to manipulative, controlling and aggressive behaviours.
This is our introduction to you – of who we are and a bit about our background in fostering and then in residential care. We then include our top tips for new carers… One of our later influences in how we worked was Dr Amber Elliott’s – Why Can’t My Child Behave – in fact…
A very important part of behavioural management of any young person – is you knowing the rules, and having an understanding of the game! If you are having to manage high emotions from a young person – then you need to know how those emotions work to be able to deal with them successfully. So…
This is a great emotional learning tool… and we will have other videos out suggesting ways to use it with your young person. The image for the Anger Volcano can be downloaded for free at: https://camhsprofessionals.co.uk/2021/03/31/the-anger-volcano-%f0%9f%8c%8d