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Feasibility and Acceptability of Integrating Principles of #SensoryRegulation, #Theraplay, #EMDR, and #DDP (STEDi) for #trauma & #attachment within #AdoptiveFamilies: A Framework Analysis

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#AdoptiveParents & support workers experiences of Remote #TherapeuticParenting

👉18 Parents Questionnaire Data
👉6 Support Worker Interviews

🔎Accessing such support was accessible & met family needs
🔎Consider a face-to-face meeting prior to online work

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Impact of a #Theraplay informed intervention for #trauma & #attachment

👉30-hour integrative intervention
👉47 #AdoptiveFamilies

🔎Significant reductions in anxiety, anger, PTSD, social & thought problems, self-regulation, & nonreciprocal interactions.

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Lived Experiences of #Autistic women

👉 #ThematicSynthesis
👉10 Studies
👉226 Participants

🔎4 Key Themes
1️⃣ Relationships
2️⃣ Diagnosis
3️⃣ Vocation & Education
4️⃣ Service Provision

🟰Experiences reflected long term journeys towards realising identities

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Psychological Interventions for #AdoptiveFamilies #SystematicReview

👉18 studies
👉>729 #adoptedchildren & >829 #adoptiveparents

🔎Preliminary support for integrative interventions which include #sensory aspects #Theraplay #DDP & #EMDR

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#Theraplay informed intervention for carers.

👉6-Week Intervention
👉Remotely Delivered
👉12 Carer Experiences

🔎5 Themes
1️⃣ Positive Experience
2️⃣ Benefits of peer support
3️⃣ Skills gained
4️⃣ Impact on child & carer
5️⃣ Commitment to play

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Experiences of Remote #Autism Assessments during the Covid-19 Pandemic

👉24 Autistic Adults
👉Questionnaire Data
👉Thematic Analysis

🔎3 Themes
1️⃣ Practical and sensory issues
2️⃣ Emotional responses
3️⃣ Pros and cons of different assessment methods

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#ACEs & #Autism: A Meta-Analysis

👉40 studies
👉5,619,584 participants

🔎Autistic individuals more than twice as likely to experience ACEs, compared to non-autistic individuals.

🟰Appropriate support for autistic individuals and families necessary

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Experiences of Remote #TherapeuticParenting consultations

👉8 Interviews with Foster Carers
👉Thematic analysis

🔎4 Key Themes
1️⃣ Reassurance & support
2️⃣ Approach and understanding
3️⃣ Online consultation approval/disapproval:
4️⃣ Behaviour change

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Final word 💬

The study shows that successful integration of #SensoryRegulation, #Theraplay, #EMDR, and #DDP requires:

❤️ Human insight
📚 Clinical knowledge
🛠️ Ongoing support systems

More research is also needed to move from theory to safe, reflective, and effective practice

Therapists & Services engaging in the integration of #SensoryRegulation #Theraplay #EMDR & #DDP should:

✅Focus on enhancing parent comfort during integration
✅Explain the “why” behind methods
✅Reflect on acceptability, not just outcome.

Better understanding = better outcomes

What helps make integration work?

📌 Safe & supportive working environments
📌 Regular, in-depth supervision
📌 Peer support
📌 Outcome measures to guide progress

Therapists, take note 👂

Therapists in the study described the integration of #sensoryregulation, #Theraplay, #EMDR, & #DDP as both powerful & challenging.

🧩 Integration requires qualification, thought, support, & skill — not random improvisation.

So What?

Real-world clinical impact 🌍🧠

Integrating #sensoryregulation #Theraplay #EMDR & #DDP is feasible & acceptable across a wide age range of adoptive parents (28–54) and children (3–13)

This is promising as integrating these models to varying degrees is already common.

Adoptive parents described therapy as tiresome but valuable: "Burdensome & Worthwhile" ⚖️

💪 “it’s all time consuming and hard work but that was… it was worth it... the ends justified the means””

The effort felt worthwhile.

Adoptive parents shared therapy pushed emotionally & they had to lean into discomfort "Finding Comfort in Discomfort"🌀

💡“You have to get through that awkwardness to come out the other side”

😟“You dont know, should I say something now should I do something will it interfere?”

Adoptive parents shared that sessions made sense but at times challenged natural parenting instincts: "Clear & Confusing" 🔄

✅ “Everything that happens in sessions makes complete sense.”

🤯 “It goes against your instincts and vision of what you should be doing.”

Adoptive parents saw real, meaningful change—but knew it wouldn't solve everything: "Impactful & Imperfect" 🌱

✨ “There really has been amazing change for all of us.”

⚠️ “You can’t solve it in [30 sessions].”

Integrating these therapies was helpful but not a miracle cure.

Therapists stated that integration provided flexibility, but also pressure: "Easier & More Challenging"⚖️

🧰 “When one therapy feels stuck, having other tools makes it easier.”

😬 “Maybe I’ve done too little of too much.”

Freedom helped but also increased burden on therapists

Therapists expressed feeling: "Self-Assurance & Apprehension" 💬

💪 “there is a variable on how the therapist is willing to take those risks.”

😟 “It could be that you feel... Maybe I shouldn’t integrate… maybe I should stick to one.”

Confidence coexisted alongside self-doubt

Therapists expressed understanding the need for integration but often questioned how to do it well: "Clarity & Ambiguity" 🔍

✅ “We’re working with complex children—they don’t come with one issue.”

❓ “When we’re mixing it… for me its a question of am I doing the right thing?”

Therapists described integration as both empowering and challenging: "Successful & Precarious" 🎭

✅ “I’ve got lots of different ways of working depending on how they present that day.”

⚠️ “If I’m not careful, I’ll end up throwing everything at them and it just becomes a mess.”

So is such integration feasible?

➡️ 8 adoptive families were offered a combined total of 240 therapy sessions
✅ 238 sessions were attended - 99% attendance
📝 28/28 therapy outcome measures were returned - 100% pre/post completion

Incredible commitment 👏

Feasibility ✅✅✅

What did we do? 🧪

To explore acceptability, we interviewed:
🔹 9 #trauma & #attachment #therapists
🔹 14 #adoptiveparents from 8 UK families

To assess feasibility, we analysed attendance patterns and outcome measure completion rates.

First of its kind 🚨

Integrating these core models is becoming more and more common in clinical practise.

This is the first study to explore how feasible and acceptable it is to integrate #SensoryRegulation, #Theraplay, #EMDR, and #DDP into one #AdoptionSupport intervention.

Feasibility and Acceptability of Integrating Principles of Sensory Regulation, Theraplay®, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, and Dyadic-Developmental Psychotherapy (STEDi) with Adoptive F... Request PDF | Feasibility and Acceptability of Integrating Principles of Sensory Regulation, Theraplay®, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, and Dyadic-Developmental Psychotherapy (STEDi) w...

🧵New Research Alert 🚨

Feasibility and Acceptability of Integrating Principles of #SensoryRegulation, #Theraplay, #EMDR, and #DDP (STEDi) for #trauma & #attachment within #AdoptiveFamilies: A Framework Analysis

Can be read here:

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Excited for University of Salfords #FASD conference today, can't wait to hear leading researchers discuss best practice!

I will be presenting Chrysalis Associates research on the use of #Theraplay and #Sensory work to support children with #PAE & post-natal trauma.

Come say hey if you're there 👋