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 2023-24 bookletAssessing Prospective Adopters Considered for Sibling Groups
Training session delivered by Maggie Davies and Rachel Makin, senior adoption practitioners at Coram Ambitious for Adoption
Therapeutic Toolkits for Social Workers to provide Good Quality Support to Adoptive Families
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Joanna Parker, Child and Family Therapist at PAC-UK
Keeping Adopted Children Safe Online: Specialist Digital Safeguarding for Adoption Practitioners
Bespoke training course delivered by Tammie Redman, a qualified Safeguarding Consultant
Overcoming Blocked Care: How to Help Adoptive Parents to Reconnect
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Sarah Naish and Sarah Dillon from The Centre of Excellence in Child Trauma
Adoption Panels: How to be a Confident Panel Member
Expert-led training session co-delivered by Elaine Dibben, an independent Social Work Consultant
Assessing Second-time Adopters: Considering Best Practice
Practice webinar co-delivered with ARC Adoption
Good Practice Guides and Post Adoption Contact: Practice Implications and Reflections for Adoption Professionals
Practice session co-delivered with St David's Society
Supporting Adoptive Families Parenting Children with Autism (including Children diagnosed with Autism Post-adoption)
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Dr Helen Rodwell, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and a Certified Theraplay Practitioner
Supporting Adoptive Parents experiencing Secondary Trauma and Compassion Fatigue
Expert-led training session co-delivered with David Bell, a specialist practitioner at Body & Soul
Assessing Cultural Identity and its Implications for Adoption Placement
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Dr Beverley Prevatt Goldstein, an academic, social worker and author
Adoption Assessment Report (AAR): Making Adoption Assessments more Effective for Children with Complex Needs and those Children who wait the longest
Practice session co-delivered with Senior Adoption Practitioners at Barnardo's
Understanding Complex Identity of Children in Adoption: A Journey through Race, Religion and what Adopted Children need from You
Evidence based seminar co-delivered with Dr Sariya Cheruvallil - Contractor and Kusha Anand from Coventry University
The transition from Foster Care to Adoption: The UEA Moving to Adoption Model in Practice
Evidence seminar co-delivered with the Moving to Adoption research team at University of East Anglia
Developmental Trauma and Sensory Processing Challenges in Adopted Children
Expert-led training session delivered by Helen Stringfellow, Occupational Therapist at Adoption Matters
Therapeutic Innovations: Arts-Based and Body-Focused Interventions for Supporting Adoptive Families
Practice webinar co-delivered with senior adoption practitioners at Coram
Adoption Services and Ofsted, Inspections and Recent Developments
Expert-led practice session with OFSTED Inspectors
Access to Records and Peer Support Service for Adopted Adults
Practice session co-delivered with senior adoption practitioners at Adoption UK
Providing Adoption Support for Adopters Parenting Adolescents – Learning from Experience
Practice webinar co-delivered with senior adoption practitioners at Coram
Working with Traumatised Children and Adults and Calming the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Expert-led training co-delivered with Jay Vaughan, Somatic Experience Practitioner & Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapist and CEO of Family Futures
Supporting Adopted Children and Young People with Trauma, Attachment Disruption and Neuro-diversity (including ASC/ADHD)
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Denise Golding and Zach Gomn, certified instructors of The Great Behaviour Breakdown
Managing Family Time for Infants in Early Permanence Placements
Evidence based seminar co-delivered with Ruth Copson from the University of East Anglia
“Left in the Dark” – Ensuring Birth Parent’s Voices are heard throughout the Adoption Process and beyond
Training session co-delivered with a senior adoption practitioner Ally Osnowska at PACT
Supporting the Mental Health of Adopted Teenagers: Research, Theory and Practice
Expert-led Evidence seminar co-delivered with Dr Morvwen Duncan, a Clinical Psychologist
Blocked Care: How to Support Discouraged Adoptive Parents
Practice webinar co-delivered with senior adoption practitioners at Adoption Focus
Assessing yourself: The Role of the Social Worker in undertaking equitable Assessments
Practice session co-delivered with Satwinder Sandhu, the CEO of CVAA
Supporting Adopted Children and their Families: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and Parenting (DDP) with Kim Golding
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Dr Kim Golding, Clinical Psychologist and DDP Consultant