Learning from Research - The impact of building bodily regulation on children’s emotional regulation, parent-child relationships, play and learning: An evaluation of the Building Underdeveloped Sensorimotor Systems (BUSS®) Model
Building Underdeveloped Sensorimotor Systems (BUSS®) is a relationally based model, designed for children in fostering, adoption, special guardian or kinship families. BUSS® works with parents and carers to understand their child’s bodily regulation through the lens of foundation sensorimotor systems, recognising that where there has been disruption in the early days of a child’s life, these systems may not have had as much input as they need to thrive. Parents may notice their children bumping or tripping more than their peers, perhaps needing to do everything at top speed, or avoiding things like climbing. They might see their child over or under responding to sound or touch.
BUSS® supports parents and carers to play games with their children to fill in gaps in early touch, nurture and movement experiences, building good bodily regulation. This gives a firm foundation from which they can get better at managing their feelings, playing, making and keeping relationships and learning.
In this session, Sarah Lloyd, Author of the model, will give a brief overview of the model. Dr Helen Close, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University will talk about the evaluation they undertook, examining outcomes for 468 families who went through the model. We’ll also hear from a parent who has been through the model with their daughter, and the impact this has had on their lives. Information will be given about what the intervention involves and how local authorities, regional adoption agencies and other services can provide or help families to access it.
WHAT ATTENDEES WILL LEARN
● What is bodily regulation
● Why is it useful for professionals and families to have an understanding of bodily regulation where there has been disruption at the beginning of a child’s life
● How it’s possible to go back and fill in gaps in a child’s nurture, touch and movement experiences, building bodily regulation
● The findings from Newcastle University’s evaluation of a range of outcome measures from 468 families who completed BUSS® and the impact of BUSS® on emotional regulation, parent-child relationships, play and learning
● The chance to hear from families who have been through the BUSS® intervention
● Opportunity for discussion and questions
PRESENTERS
Sarah Lloyd, Consultant Occupational Therapist, Author and Director of the BUSS® Model
Sarah is a Consultant Occupational Therapist who developed the BUSS® Model after many years working in CAMHS. Sarah is passionate about the role that good bodily regulation has in giving children a foundation for relating, play and learning. More information about BUSS® can be found on the website - The BUSS Model
Katie Wrench, Head of BUSS® Clinical Services, Therapeutic Social Worker & Art Psychotherapist
Katie is a Therapeutic Social Worker and Art Psychotherapist with extensive experience working with care-experienced children and young people. Katie first heard about BUSS® while managing a Local Authority Therapeutic Social Work Team and supported integrating the model and considering bodily regulation, into the team's practice. Katie is now Head of Clinical Services for BUSS® and manages the Clinical Service, works directly with children and families as an Accredited BUSS® Practitioner, and delivers training and supervision to practitioners and trainees.
Katie also delivers training in Therapeutic Life Story Work to professionals, organisations, and parents/carers and has published four books related to life story work and creative therapeutic practice
Dr Helen Close, Principal Research Associate, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University
Helen is part of the NIHR Research Support Service team (RSS Hub Newcastle and Partners), leading on hub-level social care research strategy. Formerly a community and hospice nurse, she has expertise in a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods including trial design and delivery in adult health and care settings. Motivated by her experiences as an adoptive parent carer, she has recently moved into social care research and is delivering a programme of research to improve the lives of adopted and care-experienced children and their families.
WHO THE EVENT IS FOR
This webinar will be particularly relevant to parents and carers, service leaders, commissioners and practitioners working with care experienced children in local authorities and regional adoption agencies.
FEES
Members: FREE (don't forget to log in to your account to receive your discount)
Non-members: £20+VAT.
CONTACT
Telephone: 0207 520 7520 / 0310
Email: events@corambaaf.org.uk
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