BUSS Model

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

24/10/2025

🗣️ Feedback Friday 🗣️

This week, we’re sharing feedback from a Therapeutic Mentor who attended our Introduction to the BUSS Model training.

We’re always eager to shine the spotlight on our BUSS Parent Mentors - our “Experts By Experience” - who do such a brilliant job at sharing their experiences. We feel incredibly lucky to have them as part of our training team, as well as supporting our work with families 🧡

🧑‍🏫 Interested in learning more about the work we do? Join us for the next ‘Introduction to the BUSS Model’ one-day webinar!

🗓️ Monday 19th January 2026

⏰ 9:30am - 3:15pm

💻 Online via Zoom

🎟️ To book tickets, go to:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/bussmodel

Or visit our website for more information about training in BUSS, as well as our upcoming training dates 🗓️

14/10/2025

Sarah, Katie and Jo enjoyed the peaceful woodland on their morning walks at last week. Here are just a couple of snaps from the beautiful grounds 🌳🍂

They loved spending more time with the children, their carers and teachers - and seeing how much they’ve enjoyed trying out new BUSS games! 🧡

07/10/2025

We’re supporting to celebrate by shining the spotlight on the vital role of Kinship Carers 💛

This week, we were really lucky to have a Kinship Mum join Sarah Lloyd, Author of the BUSS Model, to talk about her family’s experience of the BUSS programme and how working to build her childrens’ bodily regulation has impacted their lives 🎙️

🎧 Listen along to hear more about their story... 🎧

You can also visit our website (www.bussmodel.org) through the link in our bio to find out more information about the BUSS Model and the work that we do 🌏

19/09/2025

Pleasure to be working with TK Gymfit, Bradford Virtual School, Bradford CAMHS, and Bradford Fostering Team to bring LEAPlets to Bradford! This morning the team (that’s us ⬇️) introduced foster carers to the new circuit and we had a little go ourselves - because sometimes things are harder than they look 🫣.

19/09/2025

Thanks to Julie for such a fun discussion about play at all ages, and how playfulness is central to the BUSS Model!

In this episode of Pondering Play and Therapy, our host welcomes Sarah Lloyd, a consultant occupational therapist and play therapist, who introduces her inno...