Adoption Today

Our members' magazine, Adoption Today, is full of the latest news, advice from experts, real-life insight and ideas for families. Adoption UK members receive their copies every February, April, June, August, October and December. Members can also access back copies via the members' area of our website.

Articles in the August 2018 edition include:

• Bridging the Gap
  Campaign with us for an equal chance
  
  
• Getting it right
  Adoptive parent Kelly knows for certain she made the right choice when she moved her child to Cheadle Primary School in Stockport. “It has changed my life,” she says.
  
  
• Thank you to my teacher
  It took the support and belief of just one member of staff to turn adoptee Keigan from a school refuser into a happy pupil. His proud mother tells her story.
  
  
• Designated teachers: How the new guidance will support our children
  From September, schools will be required to nominate or appoint a member of staff to help adopted children in school. Headteacher Stuart Guest explains.
  
  
• Riding the Waves
  How an innovative project which began on a Cornish beach is using surfing as therapy for troubled children.
  
  
• Drawing on resources
  One adoptive mum used art to navigate life with a traumatised son and found herself a new career helping others along the way
  
  

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