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.
Download the Practice Programme 2025-26 bookletHow to be a Good Intermediary: Advice and Guidance for Intermediary Support
Practice Session delivered by Mike Hancock and Emma Crowther-Duncan from PAC-UK
Supporting Families with Disability Benefits – New – Short and Smart Session – 1hr – FREE
Co-delivered with Sarah Fry CEO of the Belay Foundation and Helen Willis of the Belay Foundation
Introduction to Theraplay©: Healing Relationships Through Connection and Play
Expert-Led Practice Webinar led by Jay Vaughan, CEO of Family Futures
Blocked Care: How to Support Discouraged Adoptive Parents (Repeat event due to high demand)
Practice webinar co-delivered with Lisa Biggs Senior Adoption Practitioner at Adoption Focus
Post Adoption Depression – Short and Smart Session – 1hr – FREE
Co-delivered with Dr Lynn Snow - Adoption Medical Advisor
Common Health Issues for Panels considering suitability of prospective adoptive parents – Short and Smart Session – 1 hour only – Part 3 of 3 Panel Sessions
Led by Jenny Chopra, Medical Advisor, and Jan Way MBE, Panel Chair of CoramIAC.
Using Mentalization Tools when Matching
Practice Workshop co-delivered with Dr Polly Cowan and Dr Alice Loving
The Principles of Best Practice in Preparing more Adopters for Brothers and Sisters
Practice Session co-delivered by Leigh Smith from Adoption Focus and Leonie Hegedus from Yorkshire Adoption Agency
Post Adoption Blues/Depression
Expert-led training session led by Lynda Graham Senior Accredited Counsellor with National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
Supporting Adopted Children and their Families: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and Parenting (DDP) with Kim Golding (Repeat event due to high demand)
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Dr Kim Golding, Clinical Psychologist and DDP Consultant
Emotional well-being in adult adoptees and the importance of therapeutic and peer support
Practice Workshop co-delivered with Dr Hannah Ryan and 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