In another case a parent who was actually very able, but lacking in confidence and suffering from depression, started work on the programme because she couldn’t cope with the behaviour of her three year old son. She was very self depreciating and felt that she couldn’t cope because she was a ‘bad mother’. The worker used the Jigsaw during the programme in order to enable the parent to see how much she did provide and the value to her child. The parent gained a lot from this exercise and her self esteem grew from it. She was then able to look more positively at behaviour strategies and how she could be effective in carrying them out. (This parent mentioned the Needs Jigsaw to other parents, saying that they would benefit from ‘doing it’).
Integrated Centre, Wakefield
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