What about me? - Louise Bombèr

BEST FOR ..supporting pupils who have experienced trauma and loss through the challenge of small and large transitions throughout the school day and year

Developing the principles she established in Inside I’m Hurting , the author focuses on the particular difficulty with the demands of ordinary school life and specifically with the kinds of transitions children with attachment difficulties, who have experienced relational loss and trauma encounter, in both primary and secondary, within a school day, between phases of the school year and between schools. The author encourages the reader to be proactive with these children and adolescents, rather than reactive. She recognises that working with the children on being curious, planning, decision-making, focus, learning from mistakes, sharing, turn-taking, dealing with stress and establishing their identity are all areas that staff must approach developmentally, allowing for the child's emotional age as much as his or her developmental age.