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
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 event due to high demand)
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 event due to high demand)
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
Maintaining relationships’ in adoption: why does adoption need to change and how can we achieve this?
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Ruth Copson from the University of East Anglia
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)
An Introduction to FASD – New – Short and Smart Session – FREE – 1 hour only
Hosted by Barbara Ogston - FASD Services Manager at Adoption UK and Jo Garofalo - Lead Advisor in Adoption UK
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
Adoption, ethnicity and education: Navigating the Education System and Positive Outcomes
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Esher Williams, a founder of Anti-Racism Hub
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 – New – Short and Smart Session – FREE
Co-delivered with Dr Lynn Snow
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
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