Introduction to More About Me

Description

More About Me is a short intervention of 10 to 12 sessions that are designed to help children, young people and adults who have been impacted by traumatic events that continue to negatively define their lives and current emotional presentation. Many children and young people do not need a full life story intervention; however, they may struggle to understand a situation, behaviour or social challenge, but are otherwise settled.

As an example, a 2-year-old placed in the care of her grandmother, as her parents were unable to meet her needs. She understands that is the situation and let us say 8 years passes and she is now subject to a Special Guardianship Order. Her birth mother has matured out of her challenges and becomes pregnant – after an assessment, the baby can stay with her, she can meet her baby’s needs. How does the now 10-year-old make sense of this – she wants to go home but can’t? “If mum can look after a baby, she can look after me surely?”

Sadly, or rightly, she cannot go to live with mum, it is not safe for the baby, for her or for her birth mum, that her grandmother is now her legal guardian and is her secure base.

More About Me is designed to answer these questions and to help understand single issues.

This course is also available for organisations to commission for in-house delivery for more information visit our ‘Commissioned Training’ page.