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 bookletWorking with Traumatised Adopted Children and Adults and Calming the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) (Repeat Session due to High Demand)
Practice Workshop led by Jay Vaughan, CEO of Family Futures - Working with Traumatised Adopted Children
Supporting the Traumatised Adopter: Primary Trauma from the Challenges of parenting their Child
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Fi Newood, Psychotherapist and a Fostering and Adoption Specialist
Using Tools to Assess Prospective Adopters Financial Stability – New – Short and Smart Session – FREE – 1 hour only
Hosted by Joanne Whitworth - Adoption Matters
Using Mentalization to Support with Adoption Assessments
Practice Workshop co-delivered with Dr Polly Cowan and Dr Alice Loving
Awareness of Trauma Experienced by LGBT+ Parents/Carers
Expert-led training session led by Matt Taylor-Roberts Founder and Managing Director of Proud 2 b Parents
Uncovering the legacy of Black British Social Workers: Between the personal, the professional and the political
Evidence based seminar co-delivered with Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor and Kusha Anand from Coventry University
Understanding the Client’s Emotional Journey in Adoption – New – Short and Smart Session – FREE
Co-delivered with Satwinder Sandhu, the CEO of CVAA and Jan Way MBE
Practical and Effective Strategies for Supporting Parents/Carers of Children who are Adopted, Fostered or in Kinship care (Repeat session from 2024 program)
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Denise Golding and Zach Gomm, certified instructors of The Great Behaviour Breakdown
Trauma Informed Self Care for Professionals
Expert-led Practice Session co-delivered with Jay Vaughan, Somatic Experience Practitioner & Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapist and CEO of Family Futures
Life Story Work – Provision and Practice
Practice session co-delivered with Donna Mease - Team Manager Adoption Support at ARC and Lynn Applegarth - Senior Adoption Support Worker at ARC
Individualised Recruitment and Therapeutic Placement Strategy for Children waiting the longest
Practice webinar co-delivered with Mahonga Shibemba (Team Manager) and Penny Rowntree (Team Manager) from Adopters for Adoption
Supporting Adoptive Families Parenting Autistic Children (Repeat session from our highly popular 2024 program)
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Dr Helen Rodwell, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and a Certified Theraplay Practitioner
Assessing Prospective Adopters with Complex Mental and Health Issues: Tackling BMI, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Long-term Medical Conditions and Mental Disorders
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Ellie Johnson, a Health Consultant at CoramBAAF
The Longer View: Intergenerational Dynamics and support needs in analysis of life stories of adopters (now grandparents) and adoptees (now parents).
Expert-led training session delivered by Dr Julia Rimmer (from research led by Prof. Elsbeth Neil, with Dr. Irina Sirbu and intern Emma Speer)
Keeping Birth Parents in mind throughout the Adoption Journey
Expert-led training session delivered by Kate Garside and Caroline Milner from The Adoption Journey
Individualised Recruitment and Therapeutic Placement Strategy for Children waiting the longest
Practice webinar co-delivered with Senior Adoption Practitioners at St David's Adoption Service and Cardiff University
How to be a Good Intermediary: Advice and Guidance for Intermediary Support
Practice Session delivered by Mike Hancock and Emma Crowther-Duncan from PAC-UK
Blocked Care: How to Support Discouraged Adoptive Parents (Repeat session from our highly popular 2024 program)
Practice webinar co-delivered with Lisa Biggs Senior Adoption Practitioner at Adoption Focus
Post Adoption Depression – New – Short and Smart Session – FREE
Co-delivered with Dr Lynn Snow
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
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