How to Think About Caring for a Child with Difficult Behaviour

The aim of this book is to help substitute parents and carers to be mindful and knowledgeable rather than overwhelmed and defeated by the behaviour of the child in their care. It is a resource that will help with the task of thinking and planning clearly in order to gain control and enjoy building a relationship together at the child’s pace. As a result substitute parents can increase the quality of the relationship they create with their child as well as help the child recover from a period of adversity.

You can work through the exercises in this book in your own time or you may want to use it for group learning. You could sit with a friend, partner or supportive colleague and reflect on the exercises that give you an opportunity to understand more deeply the reasons for your child’s behaviour and thereby respond more effectively, leaving you free to grow a new, constructive and more joyful relationship.

The solution to the extreme behaviour of the child in your care will lie in the quality of parenting that the child receives from you now. The task has fallen to you and this book is designed to help you to feel supported and happier in this challenge.