Difficult Conversations with Children

'Difficult Conversations' is a set of research and training to help social workers, adoptive and foster families to have brilliant conversations about the past.

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@AlisonCrowther @WHATSINMYBOX

[Difficult Conversations with Children @DifficultConvs]

For Social Workers, teachers, adopters and foster carers everywhere everywhere...

[Difficult Conversations with Children @DifficultConvs]

For Social Workers, teachers, adopters and foster carers everywhere everywhere...

[Lesel Dawson @LeselDawson]

When we think about grief, we often think about bereavement, but many other losses can profoundly affect us. Join @MalikAndTheOGs @AlisonCrowther John Simmonds & me to explore the challenges adopted & children in care face & ways they can ask questions & tell their story

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https://t.co/sizJUrvYlR A great chat between the Poet Malik Al Nasir @MalikAndTheOGs , John Simmonds from @CoramBAAF and myself, hosted by Dr Lesel Dawson from Bristol University and the Good Grief Festival. All of us have skin in the game.

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Here is a webinar I did for Adoption UK on Difficult Conversations - very adoption focused (obvs), but a canter through some of the ideas https://t.co/QiXMQrWJYh

[Difficult Conversations with Children @DifficultConvs]

You may have seen this one. Personally the John Lewis ad made me cry. I'm an adoptive mum, of course it did. I can't imagine we know anyone who is underwhelmed by it, but just in case.... https://t.co/Ci6ibb2cSJ

[Dr Lisa Cherry @_LisaCherry]

For anyone is 'underwhelmed' by the @JohnLewisRetail ad
as I've read on a LinkedIn post...

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Great news, https://t.co/p1HAogZ2ns from Adoption UK. Its a new membership offer for friends and family. You know how obsessed I am with community and help for ex LAC children - this helps a lot!

[Difficult Conversations with Children @DifficultConvs]

After my webinar for Adoption UK this Friday, on Saturday 8th I'll be at their conference - usefully in Bristol this year! Come and ask me about Difficult Conversations... I'll see you there! https://t.co/XIi6MMDR1P

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Friday at 11am I'm doing an online webinar for Adoption UK on our Difficult Conversations research and training.
Adoption UK members book here, otherwise it will be available afterwards for non-members for a while. https://t.co/Pgtiht9iXo

[Difficult Conversations with Children @DifficultConvs]

We have a treat in store today - and for the next few days - an online summit of trauma experts - I attend every year. Each day free for the first 48 hours. Today is a live event on trauma and climate change - something all our children struggle with.
https://t.co/BqfR7m8fpd

[Difficult Conversations with Children @DifficultConvs]

Had a delightful meeting today planning a panel about grief and loss in children in care and adoption. Our angle is about difficult conversations (obviously) and making them expected, normal, kind, doable and resulting in a growing identity in the child - and thus the family.

[Difficult Conversations with Children @DifficultConvs]

For the most progessive, kind and reserached ideas on trauma, don't miss out on this https://t.co/j443AEHWYS
I go every year, its free (for 48 hours) and amazing.

[Difficult Conversations with Children @DifficultConvs]

Delighted to be delivering a Webinar the day before the Adoption UK Conference in Bristol. 11am on Friday 7th.... more to follow! (onwards and upwards!)

[Difficult Conversations with Children @DifficultConvs]

A lovely tweet - the reality of parenthood.... ! Its so good for our mental health to have a laugh and see the truth of others lives, not the curated version.

[Isy Suttie @Isysuttie]

If anyone wants to feel better about your life, this is what was under our sofas when we moved them into the new house

[Difficult Conversations with Children @DifficultConvs]

We have completed all the training for trainers discussion films. Now for the editing. Thanks to all those who helped - our partners, social workers and clinical psychologists - many of whom are also adoptive parents. Such kind comments. Thank you! https://t.co/rWZGnCNvow

[Difficult Conversations with Children @DifficultConvs]

Interesting how trauma is finally being linked, on prime time telly, to the realities we are living through - and the effects of privilage in how those behaviours are then punished or ignored and allowed to flourish unhealthily. @DifficultConvs #developmentaltrauma #trauma

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

This is beautifully done by @eddiemarsan — and he’s not wrong either. 👌

[Difficult Conversations with Children @DifficultConvs]

Delighted with the positivity coming from our BetaTesters for Difficult Conversations training tools. "I am fully engaged with the content", "I wish I had something like this at my fingertips when I was a social worker!" Last push now correcting links etc. https://t.co/rWZGnCNvow

[Difficult Conversations with Children @DifficultConvs]

Really pleased we now have the project on twitter @AlisonCrowther

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This logo shows one of the core concepts in having great conversations about troubled pasts. As parents we gently keep the "wound" open and granulate strength up from the bottom with tiny bits of information - about culture, food, ancient ancestors... and more food!!

[Difficult Conversations with Children @DifficultConvs]

This logo shows one of the core concepts in having great conversations about troubled pasts. As parents we gently keep the "wound" open and granulate strength up from the bottom with tiny bits of information - about culture, food, ancient ancestors... and more food!!

[Difficult Conversations with Children @DifficultConvs]

Welcome to the Twitter account of Difficult Conversations with Children - initiated by Debbie Watson at Bristol University and Alison Crowther at MadeToLast Resilience. We will post dates for new workshops, and interesting links here! @CCSAdoption @CoramBAAF