Understanding Stress and Distress in Dementia Care: Beyond Behaviour Management
It is nearly four o’clock. Margaret is standing by the front door of the lounge, coat half on, asking again where her mother is. A
It is nearly four o’clock. Margaret is standing by the front door of the lounge, coat half on, asking again where her mother is. A
It’s ten past nine on a Tuesday morning. A three-year-old is standing by the block corner, red-faced, hurling blocks across the carpet because it’s tidy-up
When we say a setting is rights-respecting, what do we actually mean? Do the children, adults and families who spend time there feel safer, more
If you lead a school, a care service, a residential setting or a whole organisation, you already know the weight of it. You are the
There is a particular quality to the moment when someone becomes overwhelmed. The eyes go distant, or they go bright with something that is not
Before you have said a single word, something has already been communicated. The person sitting across from you in a difficult meeting, the young person
There is a particular kind of tiredness that does not respond to a weekend. The kind that is still there on Monday morning, that makes
It happens quickly. A child refuses to engage. A young person walks out. A person you support becomes withdrawn and unreachable. And in that moment,
There are moments in this world that stay with you. The young person who overturned every desk in the classroom before anyone understood why. The
Before a child can learn to manage their emotions on their own, they need to experience what regulation feels like in the presence of someone