BUSS Model

20/01/2026

🎺 Exciting news! 🎺

📖 The article ‘Developmental trauma and the impact on bodily regulation’ written by BUSS Practitioner, Laura Cothay, is now live on The Fostering Network’s website.

💭 Laura has over 15 years of experience working therapeutically with fostering families, and in this guest blog she explores why understanding the link between movement, touch, and emotional wellbeing is so crucial when caring for children and young people in care.

🧑‍💻 You can read the blog in full on The Fostering Network’s website:
https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/blogs/developmental-trauma-and-the-impact-on-bodily-regulation/

🔗 Or to find out more, visit our website following the link in our bio 🔗

21/12/2025

We had so much fun celebrating another wonderful year at BUSS HQ this week 🧡

Our team day had a bit of everything! From discussing progression through the clinical model, getting crafty with buttons and wires, to a ruthless battle in the Christmas quiz🏆

We hope you all a lovely time over the festive season, and our very best wishes for the New Year 🎄✨

09/12/2025

We're so looking forward to this - should be a brilliant day

02/12/2025

We’re having a wonderful time delivering BUSS Training at the beautiful Rockfield House in Ireland, hosted by Irish Foster Care Association. Over the past two days, we’ve been working with a fantastic group who are training to run LEAPlets, the BUSS Early Years group programme 📚

We feel very lucky to be back here enjoying the scenery - and the decorations at Rockfield House are definitely getting us into the festive spirit! 🎄

Click the link below to find out more about our upcoming training events 👇
https://bussmodel.org/upcoming-events/

26/11/2025

💬 Client Testimonial 💬

We recently received such an uplifting update from a family that we supported through the BUSS programme - and we thought it was too good not to share ✨

We love to hear from parents and carers about the changes they have seen in their children, and how these changes positively impact all aspects of their lives.

Want to find out more?

🗓️ There are still a few spaces available on our next Introduction to BUSS webinar in January 2026. To learn more about BUSS, you can book your place here:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/bussmodel

📖 You can read about the impact of early adversity on bodily development and regulation in an article by BUSS Practitioners, Jo Robinson and Jenna Broome, published in BASW’s Professional Social Work Magazine this month:
https://bussmodel.org/resources-and-research/

🌐 Or visit our website for more information on the model and our training courses:
www.bussmodel.org

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19/11/2025

📣 Attention Stoke on Trent! 📣

The fabulous team at Gateway Psychology will be running their LEAPlets group again in the New Year for children aged 2-6 years and their parents and carers.

The group is due to start in January 2026. Take a look at their post for more information 👇

https://www.bussmodel.orgThe other videos referred to in this video can be found both on the website and on this YouTube channel.

18/11/2025

We’re delighted to be partnering with Little Owls Nursery Two Willows again to deliver LEAPlets at their Centre this term 🦉🌳

Our latest focus has been thinking about the shoulder girdle, using our imagination to commando crawl as mermaids swimming through underwater caves 🧜🌊

Thanks to our BUSS Practitioner, Rhiannon, and the amazing team at Two Willows, building strong bodies can be so much fun!💪🏼🧡



Child Friendly Leeds

14/11/2025

We're looking forward to heading over to Ireland in a few weeks to deliver BUSS Level One Training with Irish Foster Care Association 🧡

You can find out more about this training event here👇

IFCA is delighted to partner with BUSS Model UK!
Join us for BUSS® Level One Training supporting foster carers and practitioners to understand and rebuild children’s sensorimotor foundations through playful, attuned movement.

• 1 & 2 Dec 2025 – In person, Rockfield House, Kells
• 22 Jan 2026 – Online (Zoom)

Book by 21 Nov 2025: learning@ifca.ie, for more info please visit www.ifca.ie/events

13/11/2025

🌟 Exciting news! 🌟 An article written by BUSS Practitioners Jo Robinson and Jenna Broome has been published in ‘s Professional Social Work Magazine this month.

💭 In this piece, Jo and Jenna consider the impact of early adversity on bodily development and regulation, exploring how understanding disrupted development of sensorimotor systems can help to inform Social Work practice.

📖 You can read more on the ‘Research and Resources’ page on our website, under publications:
https://bussmodel.org/resources-and-research/

11/11/2025

A heartfelt thank you to actor Anna Maxwell Martin for passionately advocating for adopted and kinship children and their families on this morning’s Good Morning Britain.
We’re incredibly grateful to see Anna using her platform—alongside Clare and the Action against ASGSF changes team—to ensure these children receive the vital therapeutic support they deserve.

07/11/2025

What a great collaboration this has been - we wish we could’ve been with you to listen.

30/10/2025

Please help to support this in any way that you can 🧡

https://www.adoptionuk.org/asgsf-campaign

With less than a month until the Budget on 26 November, we are calling on the government to urgently review the impact of the cuts made to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) in April this year, and to confirm funding levels for next year that will meet the needs of eligible children as part of any budget decisions.

Evidence collected by campaigners Action against ASGSF changes https://asgsfprotest.com/ representing 777 children and young people showed:

98% of families reported the new reduced limit was not sufficient to meet their needs
36% of families have been forced to choose between an assessment of needs that would help inform the most appropriate type of therapy for their child or therapy for their child
81% of respondents stated that the cuts to the ASGSF had a very negative or negative impact on their child’s mental health

Please consider writing to your MP, asking them to write to the Minister for Children and Families, Josh MacAlister MP, and the Chancellor, calling on them to review the impact of the cuts, and to commit to a permanent fund that ensures the needs of all children who are adopted and in kinship care are met. Please find a template letter here https://www.adoptionuk.org/asgsf-campaign

Bridget Phillipson