Training & Workshops
Our Practice Programme delivers practice workshops, evidence seminars, bespoke training sessions, and conferences on cutting-edge topics, and caters to adoption professionals in all types of agencies and organisations.
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Bespoke training for Barnardo's led by Satwinder Sandhu, CEO of CVAA
Emotional well-being in adult adoptees and the importance of therapeutic and peer support
Practice Workshop co-delivered with Dr Danielle Kerley (PATH Clinical Psychologist, Adoption UK)
A Framework for Therapeutic Life Story Work in Adoption: Building Safety into Difficult Conversations
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Katie Wrench, an experienced Therapeutic Social Worker and Psychotherapist
From Contact to Connection: Navigating Culture Change in Adoption Practice
Expert-led training session delivered by Adoption England and Independent Family Justice Consultant Dr Beverley Barnett‑Jones MBE and Vicky Swift, Adoption England
Supporting Black and Brown Adopted Children in Education: Building Inclusion, Equity, and Confidence
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Esher Williams, a founder of Anti-Racism Hub
Understanding Post Adoption Depression: Supporting Adopters Through Transition
Expert-led training session led by Lynda Graham, Senior Accredited Counsellor with National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
Holding the Rope: Professional Support for Trauma-Impacted Families – Short and Smart Session – 1hr
Co-delivered with Sarah Fry CEO of the Belay Foundation and Helen Willis of the Belay Foundation
From Theory to Practice: Refreshed Trauma-Informed and Attachment-Based Approaches to (not only) Adoption Work
Expert-led training webinar delivered by Hedwig Verhagen, an Independent Therapeutic Social Worker and a Lecturer at the University of Leeds
Seen, Heard and Supported: Working Compassionately with Birth Parents
Expert-led training webinar delivered by Naomi Head - Senior Practitioner (Family Team) and Bluebird Project Co-ordinator of Scottish Adoption
Understanding Compassion Fatigue and Supporting Discouraged Adoptive Parents
Practice webinar delivered by Lisa Biggs, a Senior Adoption Practitioner at Adoption Focus
Neurodivergence (including ASD and ADHD) in Children in Care: From Assessment to Family Support (Adoption and Beyond)
Practice webinar delivered by David Robinson-Field, Head of Service Adoption Support at CfAS
Identity After Adversity: Practice Support for Adopted Young People with Adverse Early Childhood Experiences
Practice webinar co-delivered by Dr Zoe Webb, Independent Clinical Psychologist at Synchrony Psychology and Tanya Killick, Adopteens Practice Manager at PAC-UK
Supporting Families (Adoptive, Kinship, Special Guardianship) with Disability Benefits – Short and Smart Session – 1hr
Co-delivered with Sarah Fry CEO of the Belay Foundation and Helen Willis of the Belay Foundation