Tools & Resources
Tools & resources that can support you
At The For Baby’s Sake Trust, we believe in providing accessible resources to support families and professionals alike. Our comprehensive range of tools, guides, and information covers topics such as mental health, parenting support, and domestic abuse.
Some of these are used within our own work or we’ve created them based on our experience of working with parent, carer, or we’ve worked with partners, such as in the creation of Safer Beginnings resources. We also suggest resources or support from other organisations.
Whether you’re a parent seeking guidance or a professional looking for research-based materials, our resources are here to empower and inform.
Domestic Abuse Resource Pack
This resource pack, created by The For Baby’s Sake Trust, aims to
provide the necessary
information and tools for
addressing domestic abuse.
National Domestic Abuse Helplines
Want to talk to someone? Here are numbers for some national helplines
Getting The Conversation Started Around Domestic Abuse
This webinar is designed for anyone who wants to develop the skills needed to have a trauma-informed conversation about domestic abuse.
Is my relationship abusive? Who should I tell?
Safer Beginnings films with parents and professionals, helping you to recognise signs of domestic abuse and to seek support
What will happen if I tell someone?
Safer Beginnings film with parents and professionals, showing how expert support (including For Baby’s Sake) can help keep you and your baby safe
Is my behaviour abusive? A father’s story of breaking the cycle
Safer Beginnings film with a dad who sought support from For Baby’s Sake and the difference for him, his co-parent and his children
Emotional Safety Plan for Parents
It explains the Emotional Safety Plan, which expectant parents can use to record what they need to feel safe before, during and after birth
Guide to using the Emotional Safety Plan for Parents
Emotional Safety Plan for Parents
You can choose between three different styles of Emotional Safety Plan.
Click the images below to view and download
Guidance and briefing on Emotional Safety Planning for Professionals
Guidance on using the Emotional Safety Plan for Professionals
Briefing on why this matters – emotional safety planning in the context of emotional labour
Safer Beginnings resources in the Baby Buddy app
Baby Buddy app’s ‘Discover library’ includes information on care and relationships before, during and after birth
Mindfulness
Two voice-guided tools, with audio and video, for experiencing mindfulness
Relaxation
Two voice-guided tools with audio and video to help with relaxation
Pressure Pot
Animated tooland drawing to help with understanding and managing anger
Self-esteem
A drawing to help understand your self esteem and how to build it up
Trauma Insight: Overview of the three tools, and Growing up with Adversity
A short film which acts as an overview of all three Trauma Insight Tools
The Adversity Cycle
Trauma Insight: Children
How practitioners can take a strengths-based approach to support children’s recovery from trauma. Tool and guidance
Trauma Insight: Parents
How practitioners can take a strengths-based approach to support parents’ recovery from unresolved trauma. Tool and guidance
Serve and Return video
A video from Harvard Centre on the Developing Child, showing ‘two-way’ parent-child communication
Serve and Return 5-step guide
A 5-step guide to using serve and return to build your baby’s brain
Parental Relationships Spectrum
Helping professionals (and parents) to distinguish between healthy, conflictual and abusive relationships
How Racism Can Affect Child Development
A note from Harvard Centre on the Developing Child explaining how racial prejudice can affect child development and why we need to tackle it.
What We Can Do About Toxic Stress
A note from Harvard Centre on the Developing Child about toxic stress and how to move from surviving to coping to resilience
COVID-19 guidance
Guidance on trauma & resilience provides context around risks of Covid-19 measures to mental and emotional health and offers advice on supporting vulnerable families.
Overcoming barriers to seeking help if you’re experiencing abuse
Overcoming barriers to seeking help if you’re using abusive behaviours
For Professionals - overcoming barriers to enquiring about domestic abuse
Understanding what might be getting in the way might help you reach in and start more conversations
Brain Story
The science of brain development – link to University of Oxford website with information for parents and professionals (including course for professionals)
Domestic abuse and baby's first 1001 days
Evidence on the scale and impact of domestic abuse and the need that our programme is helping to meet
Supporting both parents, starting in pregnancy
Infographic with key lessons from the evaluation of For Baby’s Sake
Domestic Abuse Resource Pack
This resource pack, created by The For Baby’s Sake Trust, aims to
provide the necessary
information and tools for
addressing domestic abuse.
Domestic abuse in LGBTQ+ Relationships
This free webinar is designed to shed light on the – often overlooked – issue of domestic abuse within LGBTQ+ relationships, and how it can affect parenting dynamics.
Working with families impacted by conflict, war, and displacement
A guide from Family Friendly Barnet (London Borough of Barnet)
Maternal Health Matters Webinar
This session brings leading voices in the maternal health space together to share insights and resources.
Barnardo's Care Experienced Parenthood Report
This report sheds light on the unique challenges and strengths of care-experienced parents and highlights the need for systemic change to better support these resilient individuals.
Babies in care proceedings: What do we know about parents with learning disabilities or difficulties?
This report by Nuffield Family Justice Observatory explores the experiences of parents with learning difficulties involved in care proceedings concerning their babies.
Intergenerational Trauma Webinar
This session delves into themes of domestic abuse and intergenerational trauma with a focus on the racial, cultural, and historical contexts that shape them.
Theory of Change: For Baby's Sake
Mapping the journey of transformation for parents, babies, and families impacted by domestic abuse.
Theory of Change: The For Baby's Sake Trust
Outlining the overarching change we aim to achieve as a Trust, driving systemic improvements in responses to domestic abuse, early childhood development, and trauma.
