The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting Professional Companion

Practical Tools for social workers and those working in child welfare with traumatized children and therapeutic parents which will support family stability, resolve presenting complex issues , help to meet developmental needs and reduce the risk of family breakdown

This resource offers guidance and assessment tools for professionals supporting therapeutic families. It will inform assessments and interventions, improve relationships between supporting professionals and parents, support family stability, ensure developmental needs are met and reduce the risk of burnout and family breakdown.

Designed as a professional complement to Sarah Naish's bestselling A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting, this tried and tested resource offers practical tools for all professionals supporting therapeutic families.

Based on the latest research, and with photocopiable worksheets, pro formas and charts to use with parents, these tools will help you to build supportive and stable relationships with families and reduce family breakdown.

The resource is structured into three parts:

1. The Trauma Tracker Tool - designed to support the stability of the family and to predict possible incidents by providing an understanding of the presenting behaviours in the context of the child's history
2. The Developmental Foundation Planner - to help professionals to identify and address unmet developmental needs in a structured way as soon as a child is placed with a family and thereby help reduce instances of family breakdown
3. The Behaviour - Assessment of Impact and Resolution Tool (BAIRT) - which enables practitioners of most levels to engage in a step by step intervention, breaking down the most complex behaviours with a problem solving supportive process, thereby reducing the effects of blocked care and enabling engagement with parents in an honest, positive process.

Simple to use, and easy to implement, these tools will enable you to create therapeutic, trauma-informed assessments, intervention and support.