When a child moves into a new home, adults often feel relief because the child is now safer. But physical safety is not always the same as feeling safe.
A child may be away from previous risk and still feel frightened, angry, grief-stricken, confused or constantly on guard. Familiar people, routines and environments may be gone, even if those environments were unsafe.
This free practical guide from Able Training helps foster parents, carers and professionals understand why safety on paper can feel very different inside the body.
It explores how children in care may communicate distress through behaviour, withdrawal, clinginess, testing boundaries or a need for control, and how adults can respond in ways that build trust over time.
This resource is ideal for:
Rather than expecting a child to feel safe immediately, this guide encourages adults to focus on consistency, curiosity, steadiness and emotionally safe relationships.
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