Think of a time as a child when you remember temporarily losing your parent: You’re 5 years old and you’ve lost your mother in a crowded grocery store. You’re in second grade and your dad is more than an hour late to pick you up and hasn’t called. You’re eleven and taking your first public bus on your own. You miss your stop and get off in an unknown neighborhood. Your cell phone battery is dead. The threat – even fleeting – of losing one’s parent is profound for most children, and memories of situations like those described above can be powerfully evocative for adults. The activity described here is a “Tuning-In” exercise to effectively engage participants in a training session on best practices to support reunification.
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