Tag: education
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Reclaimed Belonging, with Richard Rollinson
A child disappears into the underside of a foam settee, furious when the adults cannot find her. Another child “loses” Super Ted again and again, and what looks like chaos turns into a quiet test: will you come looking, will you bring me back, will I still belong? I sit down for the second instalment…
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Caring Means Holding Grief Without Turning Punitive, with Richard Rollinson
Care gets framed as gentle and cosy, but that story falls apart the moment you work closely with children who have lived through fear, loss and disruption. I sit down with Richard Rollinson for another instalment of objects that help use remember and think, to explore a tougher, more honest view: care as something we…
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Attachment in Supervision – Dr Alex Rowell
Recently, I had the opportunity to speak to Dr Alex Rowell on The Secure Start Podcast, on the topic of attachment informed supervision. Alex was a highly engaging and informed speaker on the topic of supervision, and I took a lot from him I hope you do too. How Supervisors Create A Secure Base For…
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From Bambi To Boundaries: What Objects Reveal About Mind, Body, And Meaning, with Richard Rollinson
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in Developmental Trauma | The Secure Start Podcast, Foster Care & OOHC | The Secure Start Podcast, Reactive Attachment Disorder | The Secure Start Podcast, Residential Child Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma Informed Care | The Secure Start Podcast, Trauma-Informed Schools | The Secure Start PodcastObjects that teach therapeutic care Objects can be trivial, or they can be portals. In therapeutic care, they often become the latter: anchors that hold a story, a lesson, and a person. Across this conversation with much-loved veteran leader Richard Rollinson, we track how a toy fawn, a battered picture book, a chocolate egg, a…
