Learning from Research: The Reflective Fostering Study – building reflective capacity improves the well-being of foster and kinship carers.
Foster and Kinship carers need the right support to be able to provide the best care for the children they look after. The Reflective Fostering Study evaluated an intervention designed to increase carers’ reflective capacity. The Reflective Fostering Programme is a group intervention for carers looking after children aged between 4 and 12 years. It increases carers’ ability to mentalise about the feelings and thoughts of themselves and the child leading to lower levels of stress and burnout and a better relationship with the child. Resulting in better child wellbeing and improved placement stability,
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- How Foster and Kinship carers’ levels of stress and burnout reduces when they learn how to reflect on their own, and their child’s, thoughts and feelings
- Whether the evidence that the Programme led to an increase in the child’s wellbeing eight months after carers attended the Programme
- It is possible to conduct a large scale study within children’s fostering services
PRESENTERS
Marie Crook
Marie is a foster carer with Lancs local Authority. She has been fostering with her husband for 16 years. 4 long term children and close to 100 on respite or emergency. She was part of research study for Reflective Fostering, joining later as an member on our Carer Advisory Group.
Dr Karen Irvine, Researcher, University of Hertfordshire
Karen works at the University of Hertfordshire. She was the Trial Manager for the Reflective Fostering Study, overseeing delivery of the research and now sharing the research findings.
WHO'S IT FOR
This session will be of interest to all social workers, team managers and advanced practitioners, as well as carers or those working with children and young people.
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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