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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.

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24th
Apr
2025
Online

Working 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

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3.5 CPD
29th
Apr
2025
Online

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

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6 CPD
6th
May
2025
Online

Using Tools to Assess Prospective Adopters Financial Stability – New – Short and Smart Session – FREE – 1 hour only

Hosted by Joanne Whitworth - Adoption Matters

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1 CPD
7th
May
2025
Online

Using Mentalization to Support with Adoption Assessments

Practice Workshop co-delivered with Dr Polly Cowan and Dr Alice Loving

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3.5 CPD
15th
May
2025
Online

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

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3.5 CPD
21st
May
2025
Online

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

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6 CPD
10th
Jun
2025
Online

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

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1.25 CPD
24th
Jun
2025
Online

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

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6 CPD
25th
Jun
2025
Online

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

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3.0 CPD
2nd
Jul
2025
Online

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

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3.5 CPD
17th
Jul
2025
Online

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

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3.5 CPD
22nd
Jul
2025
Online

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

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6 CPD
13th
Aug
2025
Online

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

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6 CPD
11th
Sep
2025
Online

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)

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3.5 CPD
8th
Oct
2025
Online

Keeping Birth Parents in mind throughout the Adoption Journey

Expert-led training session delivered by Kate Garside and Caroline Milner from The Adoption Journey

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3.5 CPD
23rd
Oct
2025
Online

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

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3.5 CPD
4th
Nov
2025
Online

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

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6 CPD
25th
Nov
2025
Online

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

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3.5 CPD
2nd
Dec
2025
Online

Post Adoption Depression – New – Short and Smart Session – FREE

Co-delivered with Dr Lynn Snow

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1.0 CPD
15th
Jan
2026
Online

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

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3.5 CPD
22nd
Jan
2026
Online

Post Adoption Blues/Depression

Expert-led training session led by Lynda Graham Senior Accredited Counsellor with National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society

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3.5 CPD
10th
Mar
2026
Online

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

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6 CPD