Welcome toTalk... Don't Walk
One of the greatest fears that parents, carers or guardians can experience comes when they discover that their child is missing or has run away. Parents will experience a range of emotions. The stress of the situation and the different ways in which parents, family, friends and police respond can reach crisis proportions and create further crisis within a family.
Here at Talk..Don't Walk, we want to help to reduce the risk of a young person becoming a run away, or if they have already run away, how we can stop them from repeat running. We work with the young run away, their family and any one else involved such as School or even Social Services to address the reasons why the young person ran away in the first place.
What factors make a young person run away?
- To avoid an emotional experience or consequence that they are expecting in some future encounter or situation.
- To escape a recurrent or ongoing unpleasant, painful or difficult experience in their life.
- To avoid the loss of activities, relationships or friendships that are considered important or worthwhile.
- To be with other young people who are supportive, encouraging and active(this support can often appear positive to them but may have very negative consequences in the long run).
- To be with others or go to places that are a distraction away from other problems in their life.
- To change or stop what they are supposed to or feel they have to do.
We have a wide range of information for parents, professionals & schools
If you are concerned about your child or teenager running away from home or they have already run away from home, then we can help you.
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