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Children who have been deprived of proper care and stimulation in
their early years may not develop normally and may show 'disorders
of attachment'. They may be depressed and withdrawn, over-active or
aggressive, unable to respond appropriately to events and may
display many other behavioural problems. This kind of situation can
make it difficult for their families or carers to look after them
and they risk being trapped in a pattern of change and
disruption.
The Therapeutic Reparenting Scheme helps children aged between 4
and 13 to start a recovery process towards achieving stability and
security in their lives. Specially trained foster carers meet
regularly with a psychologist and other members of the support team
to identify what needs to be done. The key aims are to help the
children gain trust and stability so that they can begin to develop
properly and to achieve at school.
Often they will have learned inappropriate responses in the past
and so the scheme allows them to regress and then to relearn
appropriate behaviour. The carer's task is to learn about the
child, understand what went wrong and work to put it right. This
might be by providing experiences that the child has missed or
helping them overcome traumatic events in their lives.
Many such children will not be able to return to their parents'
care - although continuing contact with their birth families will
usually remain important. In these circumstances, the scheme's goal
is to give each child the best possible chance of successfully
joining either an adoptive family or a long-term foster family in
the near future.
Are you an experienced carer?
Kent County Council are looking to recruit foster carers across
Kent for the
Therapeutic Re-Parenting Scheme.
Here are details of two children who we are being matched for
long term families for. If you feel you have the qualities we need
and could be the right family for similar young people either now
or in the future please ring in and we can explore the options with
you.
Find out more about Susan and Jason's needs.
- Susan needs to be the youngest or only child in the family and
will need long term stability.
- Jason is academically bright and has a talent for English and
needs a long term family.
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