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As part of Foster Care Fortnight, we wanted to share with you some of the work we do to support a number of amazing, caring and dedicated foster carers across the country.  We are fortunate to have the opportunity to provide regular psychological consultations to foster carers. Our consultations provide a safe space where carers […]

Meadows Psychology Service are honoured to be delivering ‘Safe Connections’ (formally Herefordshire Intensive Placement Support Service, HIPSS), the relaunched service for Herefordshire’s care experienced children.  When planning the delivery of the new service, we consulted with foster carers and care experienced children and young people to identify a name for the service that fits with […]

Meadows Psychology Service are excited to be getting involved in Foster Care Fortnight 2024.   What is Foster Care Fortnight?  Foster Care Fortnight is the UK’s biggest foster care awareness raising campaign, delivered by leading fostering charity, The Fostering Network. Established in 1997, the campaign showcases the commitment, passion, and dedication of foster carers in an […]

Traditional, behavioural parenting styles can often be viewed as punitive, i.e.,  based on the idea that if a child is punished for displaying a particular behaviour, the child will learn that the behaviour is not acceptable. However, when a child has lacked an emotionally secure base, such as those we specialise in working with, this […]

Meadows Psychology Service are looking forward to presenting at The Children and Young People’s Mental Health: Improving Access to Effective Support Conference. An Introduction to Our Speakers Dr Nicola Curran – Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Managing Director of Meadows Psychology Service Dr Curran began working with care experienced children and young people in 2002, when she […]

The primary goal of any school is to support every student to achieve their full potential. To effectively meet this goal, all children and young people need to feel supported, safe, and ready to learn. This can be extremely difficult for children and young people who have experienced developmental and relational trauma, attachment disruptions, and/or […]

Supporting Professionals to Feel Confident Identifying, Discussing and Responding to Harmful Sexual Behaviour Children and young people’s sexual behaviours exist on a continuum from developmentally appropriate to inappropriate, harmful, and abusive. Understanding where a behaviour fits on this continuum, and how best to support the young person/people involved, can be a complex process that can […]

Children and young people who have experienced developmental trauma have often been exposed to environments which are chaotic, unpredictable, and unsafe. Developing predictable and consistent routines are fundamental to helping children to feel safe in their environment, and in their relationships with carers. School holidays bring lots of changes to routines, and this can be […]

The International Day of Happiness is a global movement towards a happier, more inclusive, and compassionate world. This year’s theme is ‘Happier Together’, which aims to remind us of the importance of feeling connected to others, and feeling we belong to something bigger than ourselves. Feeling connected Connection is important for all of us, at […]