{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69c540df9b6be94a1a8184c6/69e8bcd8c8a506316ddd6794?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Kindness Code - Episode 3 - Why transitions are so hard for looked after children","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69c540df9b6be94a1a8184c6/1776860349072-a9d0fbc7-4a12-43b0-b809-ceb68d456766.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>A new placement. A new school. A new key worker. A new bedtime.</p><p>For most children, transitions are uncomfortable. For looked after children, they can feel catastrophic — and the behaviour that follows is almost always misread.</p><p>In this episode, Carmel and Chelsea go beneath the surface of what's really happening when a young person \"kicks off\" during change — and why the nervous system doesn't care that the move is \"for their own good.\"</p><p>We talk about:</p><ul><li>What transitions actually trigger in a child with a history of loss</li><li>Why the smallest changes (a new shift pattern, a different mug, a swapped routine) can land harder than the big ones</li><li>How adults unintentionally make transitions worse — even with the best intentions</li><li>What regulation, safety, and trust look like in practice when everything feels unstable</li><li>The difference between <em>managing</em> a transition and <em>holding</em> a child through one</li></ul><p>Because transitions aren't events. They're experiences — and how we show up during them shapes what a child believes about adults for years to come.</p><p>Press play.</p>","author_name":"Carmel Saulbrey"}