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 2025-26 bookletWhat Social Workers need to know when assessing and supporting adoptive parents with children affected by FASD – told through the eyes of an adopter
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Joy Hopgood-Gravett - A teacher by trade, a foster carer, turned adopter
Exploring Influences in Panel recommendations – Short and Smart Session – 1 hour only – Part 2 of 3 Panel Sessions
Led by Adam Walters, Adoption Panel and Agency Advisor
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
Supporting Families with Disability Benefits – New – Short and Smart Session – 1hr – FREE
Co-delivered with Sarah Fry CEO of the Belay Foundation and Helen Willis of the Belay Foundation
Introduction to Theraplay©: Healing Relationships Through Connection and Play
Expert-Led Practice Workshop led by Jay Vaughan, CEO of Family Futures
Blocked Care: How to Support Discouraged Adoptive Parents (Repeat event due to high demand)
Practice webinar co-delivered with Lisa Biggs Senior Adoption Practitioner at Adoption Focus
Post Adoption Depression – Short and Smart Session – 1hr – FREE
Co-delivered with Dr Lynn Snow - Adoption Medical Advisor
Using Mentalization Tools when Matching
Practice Workshop co-delivered with Dr Polly Cowan and Dr Alice Loving
Common Health Issues for Panels considering suitability of prospective adoptive parents – Short and Smart Session – 1 hour only – Part 3 of 3 Panel Sessions
Led by Jenny Chopra, Medical Advisor, and Jan Way MBE, Panel Chair of CoramIAC.
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
Post Adoption Blues/Depression
Expert-led training session led by Lynda Graham Senior Accredited Counsellor with National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
Supporting Adopted Children and their Families: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and Parenting (DDP) with Kim Golding (Repeat event due to high demand)
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Dr Kim Golding, Clinical Psychologist and DDP Consultant
Emotional well-being in adult adoptees and the importance of therapeutic and peer support
Practice Workshop co-delivered with Dr Hannah Ryan and Adoption UK
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
Impact of culture change on adopted children and their families including court decisions
Expert-led training session delivered by Adoption England and Independent Family Justice Consultant Dr Beverley Barnett‑Jones MBE and Vicky Swift, Adoption England
Adoption, ethnicity and education: Navigating the Education System and Positive Outcomes
Expert-led training session co-delivered with Esher Williams, a founder of Anti-Racism Hub