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 bookletProtected: Bespoke Training: Safeguarding – The Adoption Lens
Bespoke training led by Satwinder Sandhu
Enhancing Adoption Practice with AI: Using Magic Notes to work smarter – Short and Smart Session – 1 hour only
Practice Session delivered by Emma Simpson CEO of CCS Adoption
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 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
From Theory to Practice: Refreshed Trauma-Informed and Attachment-Based Approaches to (not only) Adoption Work
Expert-led training session 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 session 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 session delivered by Lisa Biggs, a Senior Adoption Practitioner at Adoption Focus