Kia ora everyone
This month we celebrate Mother’s Day (Whakamihia te rā o te Māmā), thanking those women (wahine) who have held mothering roles in our lives. The positive influencer, caring organiser, empathetic listener are just some of the attributes we identify as inspiring mother figures.
As we will celebrate Mother’s Day this month; this may mean different things for our families as we juggle the emotional conflict that can sit with our tamariki. It can be a bittersweet time, a source of anxiety for the tamariki or young people in our care. Do they feel conflicted in what they should do? Who do they make gifts or cards for? If they make a gift for their Caregiver Mum, does it mean they do not love their biological mother? Do they want their biological mother or Caregiver Mum to miss out, feel left out… Oh, the endless possibilities where an innocent celebration of our mums could be read in the wrong way and have negative outcomes. What we can do to lessen that anxiety for them is to use the A & E (Acceptance and Empathy) of our Therapeutic Parenting Model of PACE to make this more tolerable for them.
Stephanie James-Sadler
National Support Manager
0800 693 323
You, who give of yourself in this way, are like the quote “Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together”. I think we often are the ones who are the hardest on ourselves. I saw this Facebook poster recently and I LOVE IT! Go on, read it and believe it!
In the term coming up we will be delivering two new trainings:
Difficult Behaviours-Managing Confrontation and Intimidating Behaviours. This explores the reasons why tamariki can regularly be confrontational and why it’s important to step aside from that confrontation. This workshop also looks at the different ways of managing confrontation, so you don’t get pulled into it.
The second training workshop we are offering is an introduction to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). This training increases knowledge and awareness to better understand FASD, a brain-based disability. We look at how FASD affects tamariki in their ability to be able to respond or behave as we might want or expect them to. This programme also explores strategies for parenting and working with tamariki affected by FASD.
See dates and times, face to face or online in our calendar link
Remember to be kind to yourselves and try to take some time out for you! 😊
Me tiaki, noho pai. Take care and stay well.
Stephanie
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