prep course day 2

For the second day of the prep course we looked in more detail at the types of abuse that children suffer. A couple of horrendous case studies illustrated exactly what a lot of these children go through. There was some more group work and we also learned the fundamentals of Theraplay. This was useful up until the point we were asked to try out theraplay on each other. It just doesn't work between 2 adults and so turned into a weird session. One of the things that was disappointing was that we were told self esteem and understanding why looked after children have so little of it is one of the fundamental things we will have to address with a new child. But we only spent 10 minutes on it. I am wondering whether it was genuinely a time issue or whether it was glossed over on purpose so that we didn't think about it too much and back away from the process.

Flash is not finding the prep course useful - not enough theory and too many 'silly games' for his liking, and I tend to agree that some of the content could have been delivered in a more constructive way.

A busy week all round - took part in a fundariser for the Willow foundation which raised over £900 went shopping, visited the in laws. I have come back to work for a rest!