Clinicians, educators, social workers, or other front-facing professionals working with parents and whānau can sometimes forget that the child is often confused, scared and not feeling good about themselves.
It is important as a support person to try and shift their feelings from:
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Negative |
Positive shift |
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Hopelessness |
Hopeful |
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Fear |
Understanding, knowledge through upskilling |
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Anger |
Reframing perceptions, defusing |
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Power struggles |
Work with, rather than against |
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Chaos, confusion |
Organisation, meaningfulness |
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Exhaustion |
Re-engergised, new options to try |
Try and focus with them on shifting from outdated to new interventions:
| Old methods | Brain-based interventions |
| Traditional behaviour management | Recognising brain differences |
| Applying consequences | Preventing problems |
| Traditional interventions | Expanding professional options, creating a toolkit of strategies |
| Trying to change people |
Developing effective strategies, changing environments. |
