ABSTRACT
In this unique book, international trainer and consultant Lisa Cherry invites professionals from education, social work and healthcare to engage in conversations on a range of pertinent topics and issues affecting children and young people today.
Divided into three main parts, which introduce attachment, adversity and trauma, each discussion places an emphasis on emotion and the understanding that we have as humans for compassion, empathy and connection. By encouraging collaboration between sectors and exploring a range of intersecting themes, the conversations take the reader on a winding journey to broaden their depth of thinking, reflect on their practice and to consider the central message: that we can bring about social change, one interaction at a time.
This book is a call to action and an opportunity to look around and decide what kind of service we want to provide, what kind of community we want to live in and what sort of legacy we want to leave. At a time of ever-present social and political challenges, this book will stimulate conversations on current practice and professional development for the future and is a must-read for everyone working with children and young people.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|76 pages
Thinking about attachment
chapter 3|13 pages
A conversation with Andi Brierley
chapter 4|17 pages
A conversation with To the Moon and Back fostering agency
part II|69 pages
Thinking about adversity
chapter 5|13 pages
A conversation with Rachel Tomlinson from Barrowford Primary School
chapter 7|16 pages
A conversation with New Marston Primary School
chapter 8|12 pages
A conversation with Fiona Holiday
part III|102 pages
Thinking about trauma