Every child, with or without impairments,
should experience a social and physical environment
where "being me" is not to be too little but to be just right,
and "what I am able to do" is more than enough.
Every child, with or without impairments, should experience a social and physical environment where "being me" is not to be too little but to be just right, and "what I am able to do" is more than enough.
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I am hopeful and looking forward to reading the report. I am especially interested in seeing the response it will receive in the US, given how great a difference there is between the United States and Europe generally in the understanding and treatment of mental health problems and those who experience them;both in the wider public and in the communities of research and professional practice. I'd say that it's about time ⌚! Here are a few excerpts from the press release: 21st March 2015 will see the US launch of the British Psychological Society's Division of Clinical Psychology's ground-breaking report 'Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia'. I see that my role as professional childcare provider and my training,
make me able to hold the choices I make when extending and supporting parenting, up to accountability in terms of how they comply with ideals and knowledge in a way parents do not and cannot be expected to. I have learned to be mindful and aware of what compel me to act in some ways and not others, and ensure I am as objective as can be; I can ascertain that I deepen and expand my knowledge by continuously pursuing and integrating knowledge and skills. I can make sure that do not sleep too little, and that I do not work when I am sick or weakened. I also do not work where I live which makes it easier not to bring my home to work (although I do very often) What parents can do that? What I cannot and will not want to do, is be the actual parent. Because there is such a thing as perfect imperfection. I firmly believe that every child needs to experience imperfections and mistakes in his or her parents so that he or she may not grow fearful or resentful of shortcomings in him- or herself. Remember that a child grows up to be human too; with feelings, irrationality, regrets of reactions, making mistakes, and hurting the one's he or she loves. If the parents never exhibit, acknowledge, and accept this in themselves, how could they provide for such authenticity and self-acceptance in their child? |
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