BraveHeart Education - Parents & Carers

18/02/2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8hHGIJKf3o

OK, here goes..."What is Autism to You?" from an Autistic adult's perspective. Part 1 of 3 in our "What's Normal Anyway" video series. TRIGGER WARNINGS: incl...

18/02/2019

Love this video -

This week's episode of "What's That?" is about autistic STIMMING.

18/02/2019

Love this video - really explains why some of our children need to move and fiddle so much

This week's episode of "What's That?" is about autistic STIMMING.

17/11/2015

Calling all adoptive parents we're doing a survey on support and would value your input..
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/T92HY8H

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09/06/2015

We are holding a conference in November for those working or living with vulnerable children and young people. What are the top five issues you would want to hear about?

31/08/2014

Summer time and the living was easy....sometimes. http://www.braveheartadoptionsupport.co.uk/blog/2014/08/summer-time-and-the-living-was-easy-well-some-of-the-time/

Thoughts are off summer and back to the daily routine of school and work for next week. As I reflect back on our summer break though I am encouraged in some ways that we have progressed as a family over the last six years since our children were placed with us. I remember the very first summer when…

17/08/2014

It's been a while since I've done a blog due to summer madness but few thought this week on the pressure on marriages for adopters
http://www.braveheartadoptionsupport.co.uk/blog/2014/08/the-adoption-relationship-dilemma/

This week I was asked to give my opinion on a dilemma discussed on our local radio show BBC WM. Whilst I don’t like to make judgements on other peoples lives I have thought a lot since about this particular dilemma and how the essence of it impacts most adopters I know.

21/05/2014

For those with teenagers.....
Wow this explains some things for me - how the teenage brain works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiduiTq1ei8&feature=youtu.be

27/04/2014

http://www.braveheartadoptioncoaching.co.uk/blog/2014/04/a-lonely-place/

Being an adoptive parent can be a lonely business sometimes. When you feel that very few understand the pains involved and the challenges. When your child tells you they just want to be with their ‘proper’ mum or that they wished you would have a heart attack and die or that they wished they never c…

03/01/2014

How much should we expect of our children? http://www.braveheartadoptioncoaching.co.uk/blog/2014/01/how-much-should-we-expect-of-our-children/

The balance between unrealistic expectations and hoping for the best is sometimes had to strike with adopted children. I am forever trying to temper my expectations of what my children can do with the reality of their difficulties. This week whilst we were on Christmas break this struggle hit me har...

15/11/2013

Life is a series of problems we must solve....http://www.braveheartadoptionsupport.co.uk/blog/2013/11/life-is-a-series-of-problems-we-must-solve/

‘Life is a series of problems that we must solve – one then the next then the next until we die’. – Downton Abbey

25/10/2013

http://www.braveheartadoptioncoaching.co.uk/blog/2013/10/birthday-bizarre/

Our youngest had a birthday this week – all three children now in double figures and don’t we know it! I just had to reflect on it all this morning as how my children react to things sometimes fascinates me. The birthday boy woke bouncing around the house saying “it’s my birthday, it’s my birthday”…