Residential child care requires relationships, the understanding about who does what next and why and how. For the visual thinkers it can be seen as a dance.
Let’s explore together this idea.
One aspect of relationship building is the mirroring that occurs between two people. A further stage is synchronicity, where one does one thing to enable or enhance what the other is doing. It is more than mirroring.
You both have to be active participants, present in the relationship and each moment. There are routines, one coaches the other sometimes reminding them. Neither partner can be passive, to be fully expressive you both have to be involved to the max.
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