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Future proofing your adoptive family
The document discusses strategies for future-proofing adoptive families, focusing on the importance of understanding a child's traumatic past and sensory experiences. It emphasizes the need for truthful narratives to help children reconcile their past with their current lives, aiming to prevent negative beliefs and behaviors stemming from trauma. Resources for learning and adaptation in parenting and trauma management are also provided.
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- 1. ADOPTION UK WEBINAR: JUNE 2020 Future-proofing your adoptive family : (whistlestop concepts) Helen Oakwater Adopter, Coach, Trainer, Author, Explorer • Story telling • Pointers to resources: deeper dive • Facebook & contact • Oakwater shrapnel metaphor • Understand the past : ie WHY • Jigsaw of truth • Reframing • Damage limitation in future www.FABparents.co.uk @HelenOakwater Former: AUK Trustee AUK Local Coordinator LA Panel member x2 Govt Task Force
- 2. Opening cartoon from SOYOU WANT(ED) TO ADOPT: How to prepare yourself to parent a child from the care system by Helen Oakwater TIM Traumatised Infant Maltreated SANDY Securely Attached Normally Developing Youngster © Helen Oakwater 2018
- 3. © Helen Oakwater2020 Facebook changed everythingSUPERFICIALLY? Adoptive Family Birth Family
- 4. TIM sensory experience SEE Darkness HEAR Shouting& slamming doors TASTE Milk & vomit SMELL Sour milk & excrement TOUCH Nappy rash FEEL Hungry & cold © Helen Oakwater 2016
- 5. Sensory Shrapnel Sensorinen Shrapnal NEGLECT ©Helen Oakwater 2016
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- 7. FEAR EMOTIONAL ABUSE NEGLECT SEXUAL ABUSE PHYSICAL ABUSE Helen Oakwater’s Bubble Wrapmetaphor © Helen Oakwater 2016 Distorts our view of them & their perception of the world
- 8. 8 Age 0 5 201015 Timeline 2: with birth family Different Maltreatments What behaviour might you see? what do adults tell him? Beliefs formed? © Helen Oakwater 2016
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- 10. I am a badboy No therapy or reframing Shrapnel still inside Tim © Helen Oakwater 2016
- 11. What story isTim told? “The house was a bit messy” © Helen Oakwater 2016
- 12. 12 Language:“messy bedroom” © HelenOakwater 2016
- 13. “The house wasa bit messy” Frequently MISMATCH between sensory life experiences and story child is told © Helen Oakwater 2016
- 14. “The house wasa bit messy” Child needs truthful life chronicle which matches his sensory experiences full of rubbish, flies, rotting food and blocked toilet X XX© Helen Oakwater 2016
- 15. 15 “The house wasa bit messy” They slept on mattresses soaked with urine, covered with filthy bedding, wading through mouldy rubbish ankle-deep to get through the front door and off to school. © Helen Oakwater 2016
- 16. TIM sensory experience SEE Darkness HEAR Shouting& slamming doors TASTE Milk & vomit SMELL Sour milk & excrement TOUCH Nappy rash FEEL Hungry & cold © Helen Oakwater 2016
- 17. Confusing MISMATCH oflanguage “The house was a bit messy” clean untidy versus disgusting squalor © Helen Oakwater 2016
- 18. I am a badboy No therapy or reframing Shrapnel still inside Tim © Helen Oakwater 2016
- 19. 19 Age 0 5 201015 Timeline 1 : No interventions © Helen Oakwater 2016 Beliefs drive behaviour
- 20. https://youtu.be/hrK9_ZPo790 https://youtu.be/hrK9_ZPo790 Robert Dilts explainingLogical Levels (Helen Oakwater YouTube Channel) First video
- 21. https://youtu.be/hrK9_ZPo790 Robert Dilts explainingLogical Levels and TRAUMA (Helen Oakwater YouTube Channel) Second video
- 22. 25 pieces: outlining of story Aged6 Jigsaw of Truth: Heaps of sensory memories 100% Truth Telling in an age appropriate way Flag Boat Umbrella Clouds Sea © Helen Oakwater 2016
- 23. 100-400 pieces: significant details shared Aged 9 -13 Jigsaw of Truth: Heaps of sensory memories 100% Truth Telling in an age appropriate way Flag Boat Umbrella Clouds Sea + + + © Helen Oakwater 2016
- 24. 1000 pieces: the entire detailed story By 18- 21 Jigsaw of Truth: Heaps of sensory memories Jigsaw of Truth: Heaps of sensory memories 100% Truth Telling in an age appropriate way Flag Boat Umbrella Clouds Sea + + + + ++++++
- 25. However in reality many absent pieces Unknowns Lies Halftruths Jigsaw of Truth: Heaps of sensory memories Jigsaw of Truth: Will have gaps Heaps of sensory memories 100% Truth Telling in an age appropriate way Flag Boat Umbrella Clouds Sea + + + + ++++++ © Helen Oakwater 2016 1000 - 199 = 801 pieces
- 26. Age 0 5 201015 Reframe neglect so thats why I feel scared when I'm hungry, & I like fart smells © Helen Oakwater 2016
- 27. 27 Age 0 5 201015 Reframe removal episode it was not my fault he was drunk and wrong I was rescued I am important I am a good boy © Helen Oakwater 2016
- 28. 28 Age 0 5 201015 Reframe: deeper understanding with age I wash myself & my clothes Keeping clean is nice Alcohol can be harmful Eat regularly © Helen Oakwater 2016
- 29. Avoid False NegativeBeliefs through a Coherent Narrative “Knowledge is only a rumour until its in the muscle” JUDY DELOZIER Head, heart and gut understanding Intrinsic truth Photos Evidence & indisputable material Information, data, words saccharine life story book © Helen Oakwater 2017
- 30. Coherent narrative allowschild to trust their bodily sensations “The body keeps the score” BESSEL VAN DER KOLK FEEL SAFE INSIDE THE BODY© Helen Oakwater 2016
- 31. https://youtu.be/qp0HIF3SfI4 Start with Why SimonSinek TED talk & book Although this video is about inspiring leadership,NOT TRAUMA or CHILDREN, the concepts map across to the importance of WHY when trying to understand impact and legacy of child trauma Importance of WHY in relation to contact & beyond
- 32. © Helen Oakwater2020 Facebook changed everything Who is pulling? Where? How? Why? Adoptive Family Birth Family
- 33. (Adult) Arousal Diagram(Ogden & others) Window of Tolerance / Modulation Model Window of Tolerance Hyper / over vigilant Hypo / under vigilant ?? Dissociated?? Feel & Think Feel ?Feel? or not A R O U S A L © Helen Oakwater 2017
- 34. Extract from WANTTO ADOPT by Helen Oakwater © Helen Oakwater 2019 © Helen Oakwater 2019
- 35. Trauma Triggered Behaviour HelenOakwater’s Online Course
- 36. FREE RESOURCES -articles, links, podcasts, etc LEARNING PLATFORM & TOOLS ONLINE TRAINING - various audiences FUTURE-PROOFING - evidence & thinking REAL and honest EXPERTS in various fields (coaching, leadership, communication skills, trauma, etc) LEADING LEARNER principles FABParents.co.uk © Helen Oakwater 2017