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AUK responds to legal ruling giving pupils with autism greater protection against exclusion

Adoption UK welcomes today’s legal ruling, which offers children with autistic spectrum disorders greater protection against school exclusion.
Emily Boardman

Trustee
Domestic abuse and the adopted child

This one-day workshop provides adoptive parents and practitioners with an introduction to how domestic abuse can impact children and how to develop therapeutic techniques to help children heal and recover.
Telling About Adoption

This one-day workshop, for adoptive parents or foster carers, will help them help the children they care for with their life-stories.

The Adoption Support Fund – how it's working for families

Adoption UK is proud to announce that their updated online Adoption Support Fund (ASF) guide has now been published, to mark National Adoption Week 2017.
The Adoption Support Fund - the First Year

This guide to the Adoption Support Fund includes information for parents about how to access the resource as well as examples of how it has worked well.
Parents' questions answered

Here we provide answers to a number of frequently asked questions about the Adoption Support Fund.
Statistics

The following statistics show how many people are benefiting from the Adoption Support Fund (as of 1 April 2017) and the types of therapies that are being applied for.
What won't the fund pay for?

Local authorities and adoption agencies should already be providing a certain amount to their adoptive families:
What will the fund pay for?

The Adoption Support Fund (ASF) will pay for therapeutic services that are not currently provided by local authorities. These include:
The Process

Here we illustrate the Adoption Support Fund process:
Fair Access Limit FAQs

Here we provide answers to a number of frequently asked questions about the Fair Access Limit.