Emma’s Fostering Days

Emma’s Fostering Blog. Another rejection I feel like I have failed with Craig. When Craig 14 yrs. came to us we knew it would be a challenge but we never realised just how much. Craig had been in Foster care

Emma’s Fostering Blog Holiday With the New Year comes the thought about holidays. I always make sure I get a letter from the Social worker in plenty of time, arranging permission, getting paperwork signed; obtaining passports and overcoming any legal

Emma’s Fostering Blog  Swimming At home Family life is centred on Dan’s needs as he is unable to care for himself as other peers of the same age and he relies on us for all his day to day needs.

Emma’s Fostering Blog. Dinner September – Charlie is 7 and I’m beginning to establish a good routine and boundaries, but I am finding the attention seeking, ‘in your face’ type behaviours difficult to ignore. He is constantly ?dgety and anxious,

Mental Health On Fridays it’s usually a quieter morning, so I like to do my diary notes, they are precise and to the point and focused on behaviours and achievements. Tom is struggling, it’s been 2 years already since the

What is fostering? After reading news and blogs- Foster Carers ‘traditional or professional’ everyone has an opinion it seems, however we spend more time with, know more about and give more to individual children in need than all the other

What is fostering like? After reading news and blogs- Foster Carers ‘traditional or professional’ everyone has an opinion it seems, however we spend more time with, know more about and give more to individual children in need than all the

PTSD. Sam. Sam is 8 years old and is seeing a psychologist every week as she has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Having this interferes considerably with her daily living and she is unable to enjoy playing, finds

Emma’s Blog – Fun times As Foster carers we do struggle finding the right activities or clubs for Children and being able to give them the same experiences as other children. I believe every child is good at something; you

Transition. Foster carers play a huge part in getting transitions right for foster children but it’s no easy task- I have to work hard at developing a good relationship by building a trust and establishing good communication with them before

Emma’s Fostering Blog. Haircuts. I just love taking Henry to the barber! He gets so excited. We like to spend time with people who know and accept him as he has particularly strong interests in certain areas, and unfortunately very

Introducing Emma. Emma’s New Fostering Blog. Hi. Let me introduce myself, my name is Emma and my blogs share many years of my own experiences of Fostering in working with children and Care leavers. Hopefully you can begin to understand