‘Momma bear wants to protect’: Vicarious parenting in practitioners working with disturbed and traumatised children

Practitioners working with disturbed and neglected children and young people face many practical and personal challenges, including countertransference and secondary trauma reactions. One under-explored area is the practitioner requirement to negotiate with children’s parents and to process feelings towards both parents and children. We explore the experiences of female counsellors and psychologists working with children and young adults in the UK mental health care sector, using an inductive thematic analysis. While participants spoke positively about their vocation and satisfaction gained from acting as an agent of change in young peoples’ lives, they also related highly intense emotional work and traumatic accounts, using powerful metaphors to convey the impact of hearing and processing stories, indicating vicarious trauma effects and a strong parental invocation in therapists, including maternal feelings toward some children (“vicarious parenting.”). Some parents were cast as potentially harming a child and obstructing the professional’s work. Our paper fleshes out vicarious parenting as a particular form of countertransference

Autistic Hierarchy of Needs : a guide for working therapeutically with autistic adults

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Diagnosing/recognising high functioning autism in adult females : challenging stereotypes

The apparent global rise in Autism has led many to describe it as an epidemic and a major public health concern [1-4]. The extraordinary claim of an epidemic has, however, been widely refuted [5]. Most recently DSM-V unified the four DSM-IV diagnostic categories of Autistic Disorder (“previously referred to as “Autism”), Asperger’s Disorder, is Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, into the single category of Autistic Spectrum Disorder. This shift in diagnostic criteria will change the landscape of autism further, in terms of its presentation, prevalence, and treatment. However, in order to ensure appropriate diagnosis and treatment/intervention across the spectrum, it necessary to address some of the mis-understandings and stereotypes that plague diagnostic and research endeavours with regards autism.Publisher PDFPeer reviewe

Mineral futures discussion paper: Sustainability issues, challenges and opportunities.

Minerals and metals will continue to play an important role in underpinning the future prosperity of our society. However, to confront the challenge of sustainability, the way in which resources are currently used, and might usefully be used in future, merits serious and broad discussion. This paper explores the background issues relating to mineral futures as a first step in the three-year research program of the Mineral Futures Collaboration Cluster – a collaborative program between the Australian CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation); The University of Queensland; The University of Technology, Sydney; Curtin University of Technology; CQ University; and The Australian National University

Validity and reliability of the Apple Watch for measuring heart rate during exercise

We examined the validity and reliability of the Apple Watch heart rate sensor during and in recovery from exercise. Twenty-one males completed treadmill exercise while wearing two Apple Watches (left and right wrists) and a Polar S810i monitor (criterion). Exercise involved 5-min bouts of walking, jogging, and running at speeds of 4 km.h−1, 7 km.h−1, and 10 km.h−1, followed by 11 min of rest between bouts. At all exercise intensities the mean bias was trivial. There were very good correlations with the criterion during walking (L: r=0.97; R: r=0.97), but good (L: r=0.93; R: r=0.92) and poor/good (L: r=0.81; R: r=0.86) correlations during jogging and running. Standardised typical error of the estimate was small, moderate, and moderate to large. There were good correlations following walking, but poor correlations following jogging and running. The percentage of heart rates recorded reduced with increasing intensity but increased over time. Intra-device standardised typical errors decreased with intensity. Inter-device standardised typical errors were small to moderate with very good to nearly perfect intraclass correlations. The Apple Watch heart rate sensor has very good validity during walking but validity decreases with increasing intensity

1,4-Bis(hex­yloxy)-2,5-diiodo­benzene

The centrosymmetric title compound, C18H28I2O2, crystallized in the monoclinic space group P21/c with the alkyl chains having extended all-trans conformations, similar to those in the centrosymmetric bromo analogue [Li et al. (2008 ▶). Acta Cryst. E64, o1930] that crystallized in the triclinic space group P . The difference between the two structures lies in the orientation of the two alkyl chains with respect to the C(aromatic)—O bond. In the title compound, the O—Calk­yl—Calk­yl—Calk­yl torsion angle is 55.8 (5)°, while in the bromo analogue this angle is −179.1 (2)°. In the title compound, the C-atoms of the alkyl chain are almost coplanar [maximum deviation of 0.052 (5) Å] and this mean plane is inclined to the benzene ring by 50.3 (3)°. In the bromo-analogue, these two mean planes are almost coplanar, making a dihedral angle of 4.1 (2)°. Another difference between the crystal structures of the two compounds is that in the title compound there are no halide⋯halide inter­actions. Instead, symmetry-related mol­ecules are linked via C—H⋯π contacts, forming a two-dimensional network

2-(2-Naphth­yl)-1,3-dioxane

The title compound, C14H14O2, crystallizes in the chiral monoclinic space group P21. This acetal is composed of a planar naphthalene ring with a 1,3-dioxane ring substituent, which has a chair conformation. In the crystal structure, symmetry-related mol­ecules are connected via a weak C—H⋯O inter­action to form a helical chain propagating in [010]. While there are no π–π stacking inter­actions present, there are weak C—H⋯π inter­actions involving the naphthalene aromatic rings, which link the helical chains to form a two-dimensional network in the (011) plane

1,4-Bis[4-(tert-butyl­diphenyl­silyl)buta-1,3-diyn­yl]benzene

The title centrosymmetric mol­ecule, C46H42Si2, is composed of a central benzene ring with buta-1,3-diynyl chains at positions 1 and 4. These chains are terminated by tert-butyl­diphenyl­silyl groups, hence the molecule is dumbbell in shape. The mol­ecules are connected via C—H⋯π inter­actions in the structure, so forming an undulating two-dimensional network in the bc plane. There is also a weak π–π inter­action involving centrosymmetrically related phenyl rings with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.8359 (11) Å

The abolition of the General Teaching Council for England and the future of teacher discipline

With the abolition of the General Teaching Council for England in the 2011 Education Act, this article considers the future of teacher discipline in England. It provides a critique of the changes to the regulation of teacher misconduct and incompetence that draws on a Foucauldian framework, especially concerning the issue of public displays of discipline and the concomitant movement to more hidden forms. In addition, the external context of accountability that accompanies the reforms to teacher discipline are considered including the perfection of the panoptic metaphor presented by the changes to Ofsted practices such as the introduction of zero-notice inspections. The article concludes that the reforms will further move teachers from being occupational professionals to being organisational professionals marking them apart from comparable professions in medicine and law