1. Magpies and Paint Minding the Gap in Children's Mental Health
Presentation by Dr Mary Glover 28th April 2018

2. Jas; living with uncertainty
Age 10
In foster care; placement precarious
No contact with birth parents
Risk to other children
School unable to give continued support
New school as yet unidentified
Limited funding

3. Living with uncertainty
Historically in the context of being parented
Currently; school [the only stable factor hitherto]
Currently; foster care

4. Self-regulation Attachment style Lack of attunement
Temperamental; reactivity
“responsiveness to change in the external and internal environment, (Broekhuizen et al 2017, p137).”
Temperamental; self-regulation
“processes such as effortful control and orienting that modulate reactivity” (Broekhuizen et al 2017, p137).

5. Holding the boundaries
Keeping safe [a few ground rules]
The room is yours for the next 50 minutes

6. Play
Making a house; then another one; then another one

7. We will keep you safe You will always be given a home
Someone will always look after you
Sometimes a mum can’t manage to look after their children and they need other people to do it for them
It is never the child’s fault

8. What will happen if-----
I put water on my bed
I pull my wall paper off
I push some-one downstairs

9. “I will look after your chicken”

10. Self soothing
“They can’t stop me liking magpies”

11. Imagination
I’ll make you some cake
You make me some cake

12. Play
What happens when a block of flats catch fire?

13. I trust you Introducing art materials
Gradually making more books and toys available
“willingness to nurture their creative initiatives fostered ownership of the art supplies in a way that heightened their sense of agentic participation” (Ryan 2011, p 127)

14. I trust you Pivotal moment in therapy
“Trust and trustworthiness have been regarded
as essential to co-operation and, thus prosociality” (Malti et al 2016, p263)

15. Validating the story Stories we live by
Stories can only be re-authored when we know the original narrative
The importance of validating the story

16. “They can’t stop me liking magpies”
A beautiful girl that will always be a friend to magpies.

17. References
Broekhuizen, M, Slot, P, van Aken, M, & Dubas, J 2017, 'Teachers’ emotional and behavioral support and preschoolers’ self-regulation: Relations with social and emotional skills during play', Early Education And Development, 28, 2, pp Malti, T, Averdijk, M, Zuffianò, A, Ribeaud, D, Betts, L, Rotenberg, K, & Eisner, M 2016, 'Children's Trust and the Development of Prosocial Behavior', International Journal Of Behavioral Development, 40, 3, pp Ryan, N 2011, 'Creativity in treatment: The use of art, play, and imagination', International Journal Of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 6, 1, pp