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Insight and Strategies
This two-day workshop aims to give practitioners a deeper understanding of life in an adoptive or foster family. You will also learn strategies to help support parents and carers living with hurt children, and develop understanding.
Designed for social work, education and health care practitioners working with adoptive and foster families, this workshop builds upon the success of Adoption UK’s acclaimed ‘It’s a Piece of Cake?' parent’s support programme, and was developed in response to demand from practitioners.
Participants will gain a deeper understanding of life in an adoptive or foster family and learn practical strategies to help support parents and carers.
Delivery
The workshop is participative and interactive, balancing theory with practical exercises. Pre-course reading is provided for all participants.
The training material will be delivered in ten hours, over two days, with topics divided into four separate sessions.
Content
The workshop is broken down into four sessions:
- Expectations, realities and loss - this session looks at the realities of adoption and permanent foster care and addresses the loss issues for all concerned.
- Attachment, Difficulties and Repair Work - considers the causes and symptoms of attachment difficulties. It suggests how sensory experiences can be used to enhance the special relationship between parent and child.
- Effects of Early Trauma - develops an understanding of the child’s reactions and behaviour as a survival mechanism.
- Addressing the Effects - offers suggestions for creative parenting strategies. Practitioners can explore how they may use their learning to work with children and their adoptive parents or foster carers.
Trainers
All Adoption UK’s experienced trainers are adoptive parents providing a unique perspective into living with hurt children. They come from a variety of professional backgrounds and all have completed Adoption UK’s ‘Training for Trainers’ programme.