Practise as a foster carer
‘Childhood trauma’ which is so often a feature in foster children's history, affects their interactions and relationships long after they're removed from adverse living conditions. For a child or young person with significant childhood trauma, adjusting to life in a new foster family can be extremely difficult. The analogy in this video from Community Foster Care is a helpful way for foster parents and carers to understand what is going on and why when their looked after children pose challenges.