• Lack of intervention can be because of 'turning a blind eye' (Rustin, 2005) - need to 'really look' at the child
• Being listened to
  
• Need for a "robust social worker"
  
• Permanence
  
• Stability
  
• Timeliness
• Formation of new attachments bonds
• All supports resilience
  

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"Fear, confusion and disorder"

"Stability and love"

"Someone to show that they cared"

"Loss leaves people forever transformed" - (Goldsworthy, 2010) 

“Loss & grief are integral parts of life, with all changes in our lives involving loss and all losses in our lives requiring change.” (Neimeyer, 1999)

‘Trauma is more emotion than the brain can deal with’ (Liz Mullinar)

'Trauma is any negative life event that occurs in a position of relative helplessness' (Robert Scaer, 2005)

"I felt safe, secure, loved... it was here that i began to change from the volatile, frightened little girl into a more confident and rationally-thinking young person"

"Adverse childhood experiences carry unique associations to compromised psychological health well into adulthood" (Nurius et al, 2015, p149)

"What the neighbours would think of her raising two children on her own"

"You can't judge it because you don't know anyone else's"