Being The Adult They Need

Who We Are For Children In Distress

Who am I being, right now, for this child?

That's the question this book keeps circling back to. Not how do I manage this behaviour. Not even what does this child need. Just that.

It started as a way to cope with the weight of the work. It became a way to make sense of it, and somewhere along the way, a book. The manuscript is finished now, and on its way to Routledge.

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Is this for you?

  • Teachers and teaching assistants

  • SENCOs and pastoral leads

  • Leaders

  • Children's home staff and managers

  • Foster carers

  • Social workers

  • Anyone new to the work, or twenty years in

If you work with children who've experienced trauma, and you've ever walked away from a hard moment wondering whether you handled it well, this book was written for you.

Being the adult they need isn't polished or heroic. It's presence. And presence is something we can all practice.