A generation before Berenice Abbott, another trailblazing lesbian photographer, created her iconic series Changing New York, Alice Austen captured the changing face of the city — this ever-changing emblem of a city — during its most rapid period of transformation as modernity was finding its sea legs and America was becoming America. Postman collecting the day’s mail at 56th Street and Madison Avenue, part of Alice Austen’s 1896 series Street Types of New York. ( Alice Austen House archive.) Newsboy at Grand Central Depot, part of Alice Austen’s 1896 series Street Types of New York. ( Alice Austen House archive.) Organ-grinder with wife at 48th Street and Broadway, part of Alice Austen’s 1896 series Street Types of New York. ( Alice Austen House archive.) Street-cleaner at 34th Street, New York City, part of Alice Austen’s 1896 series Street Types of New York. ( Alice Austen House archive.) Two working children at City Hall Park, part of Alice Austen’s 1896 series Street Types of New York. ( Alice Austen House archive.) Which parts of the CPD standard have you met by doing this activity? By going through the recording process, you will automatically meet standards 4.6 and 4.7. You can use the box below to note the other standards you have met with this piece. Drawing on his magazine connections, he secured publication of Alice’s work in Life, which raised enough funds to migrate her to a nursing home. He then built on the initial visibility to organize an exhibition of her work at a local museum in 1951 — the first and only in her lifetime. When the show opened on October 7, now celebrated as Alice Austen Day, Alice was there with Gertrude by her side. A friend’s young sons in what Alice called her “express wagon,” May 1889. ( Alice Austen House archive.) Six women, Staten Island, 1895. ( Alice Austen House archive.)

Looking forward to connecting. I know how great you all are but the time has come to tell everyone else! 💫 It got me thinking that, where possible, the families we work with benefit from us sharing a little bit of ourselves with them. Softening in some way, especially when there could be a similarity that opens up the opportunity for connection. Alice — artist, athlete, banjo player, sailor, founder of the Staten Island Garden Club, the first woman to own a car in the borough — has come as close to absolute freedom as a woman of her era could come, transcending the narrow roadways of her time with her wheels, her lens, and her love. Alice Austen and her bicycle, circa 1897. ( Alice Austen House archive.) Please repost and share this far and wide, I would love to have as many people take part in this as possible! Tell your colleagues, tell your family, tell the lovely, loud, quirky, cat loving, business support lady you love (surely every team has one of these?!).This video intervention relies on the parent and child spending time doing an activity together each week that is recorded and then we review this together. Aside from being a great tool to help mum connect to what her daughter is thinking and feeling and better understand her needs, it has the added bonus of shining a light on their connection, their smiles, their laughter…and honestly it can be nothing short of magic... and I am so grateful I get to do this work and see how positive it can be for families ✨ If you’re familiar with the ballet world, you’ll hear some familiar stories and the history of some very famous names, but there’s lots here that was new to me even as a ballet enthusiast. And if you’re new to the topic, this is an approachable and informative primer. A foster carer who doesn’t mentalize for the child can not offer them the sensitive and attuned response they need, especially when they may be demonstrating challenging or distressing behaviour. I know how worried I can get when I leave my cats at home during a holiday, so I'd be sure to spend some quality time with yours, to keep them company and give them the attention they need. And I will happily send you updates and photos as often as you would like when you're away.

This question can generate a large variety of answers. It is often a helpful starting point for exploring what is in the parent’s mind about their child and what they feel is in the child’s mind about them. Robb didn't make it as a professional dancer. Ultimately, her body was not built for the exacting requirements demanded of Balanchine's ballerinas, and she moved on to other things. Yet ballet had wrapped its pointe ribbons around her soul—she could leave ballet, but it would not leave her. Thus this book: Don't Think, Dear is part memoir of being a student, part dive into the history of Balanchine and all that surrounded him: the New York City Ballet, the School of American Ballet, the Balanchine technique (which enabled dancers to perform surprising new feats, but at a steep cost to their bodies), the way Balanchine demanded dangerous thinness and complete submission of his dancers.Loving, A. (2018) Attachment, Trauma and Parenting in Social Work Practice, Ph.D., Royal Holloway, University of London. Alice Robb was one of Balanchine's girls: as a student at the School of American Ballet, it didn't matter that Balanchine had been dead twenty years; his ghost still roamed the halls, and girls clustered, breathless, around dancers who once upon a time had studied with Balanchine, who could impart his wisdom. Most children have items of food, toys or activities that they are particularly fond of, and others that they may dislike. For the parent to be aware of these likes and dislikes can demonstrate not only their attunement to what is in their child’s mind, but also the way in which they view them as an autonomous individual. I have worked within the field of child protection for 11 years, across local authority and residential settings. For the past seven years, I have worked independently for local authorities, completing parenting assessments and offering mentalization based parenting intervention. The guide is written by Alice Loving, a practitioner, academic and trainer specialising in parenting assessments, attachment, trauma and mentalization. Alice is a lecturer at the Centre for Child Protection at Kent University.