Do you need training on a specific issue connected to adoption?

We offer a wide range and comprehensive range of courses that are sure to help you.

Feel free to contact After Adoption Yorkshire to discuss your requirements.

All courses are available to be purchased as in-house packages. After Adoption Yorkshire will also keep a list of interested delegates for future courses.

For further information about purchasing in-house courses please contact:

Jane Clark-Joyce or Faith Parmenter on 0113 2786487 or at info@aay.org.uk

You can view our current list of available courses and workshops below.

This will show you the range of titles and workshops on offer.

If you are interested in a training course or require further details don't hesitate to contact us. We can send you further details of a course and a booking form.

If you require a variation on any of the courses we offer please contact us and we will try to meet all your needs.

All courses are available as in-house training packages, starting from £650 per day plus expenses. After Adoption Yorkshire will also keep a list of interested delegates for future dates.

Learning outcomes

What is the purpose of contact?

What is it trying to achieve?

Making sustainable contact plans.

What if things are not working well?

How contact often changes after time.

A course for adoption professionals and adopters

Learning Outcomes

How adopters can prepare their family and friends for the arrival of their adoptive child.

How children feel before being placed, and what adopters can do to help them at this stage.

Attachments and introductions - what helps? Practicalities, GP's, schools etc.

A course for adoption professionals and adopters.

Learning outcomes.

The different stages, what children understand.

Difficult histories, how much to say and when.

How to build the adopted child's self-esteem.

How other adopters have felt.

A course for adoption professionals and adopters.

Learning outcomes.

How children's experiences affect behaviour in the adoptive family.

Keeping children safe – boundaries and security.

What adoptive parents and their family can do to help.

A course for adoption professionals and adopters.

Learning outcomes

When to begin?

Who should do the work?

How birth families can input into the Child Placement Report.

Pre-placement meetings between birth family and prospective adopters – the benefits.

A course for adoption professionals and childcare workers.

Learning outcomes

How to develop the information as the child gets older.

How to explain difficult information.

What to do if there is no Life Story Book.

A course for adoption professionals and adopters.

Learning Outcomes

Identify and celebrate knowledge and experience gained from the first adoption.

Consider the impact of a further child joining the family.

How to prepare children already in the family.

Looking again at attachments.

Changes in legislation and practice.

A course for adoptive families who plan to adopt for a second or third time, and adoption professionals.

Learning Outcomes

Introduction to the adoptive family.

Life story book contributions.

Future Contact.

Serial loss - what helps?

A course for foster carers and family placement workers.

Does your work involve Schedule 2/birth records counselling, intermediary and post reunion work?

Do you provide advice, support, guidance, information and consultation to adult adoptees?

This course will cover:

The Schedule 2 interview.

Sharing records.

The search — practicalities and impact.

Intermediary work.

Preparing for reunion.

A course for adoption professionals.

Learning outcomes.

What should be in a life story book?

What is the book trying to achieve?

Who should complete the book, who should have input?

How children feel about their life story books.

A course for anyone who compiles life story books including adoptive parents whose children have no life story book.

Learning Outcomes

Messages from research and legal considerations.

Understanding the difference between fostering and adoption.

The implications of attachment.

Identifying good practice.

Celebrating foster carer adoption.

A course for foster carers where the plan is for adoption, where an adoption of a fostered child has already taken place.

Learning outcomes

How do contact needs change over time?

How to provide a framework for talking to children about adoption.

How life story books can be used to help a child understand their situation.

A course for adoptive parents and adoption workers

A one day whistle-stop tour for all childcare professionals, looking at adoption from the viewpoint of those directly inside the adoption triangle.

This course looks at:

Loss.

The impact of adoption on birth parents.

The birth family and the adoption process.

The cycle of bonding and adoption.

The impact of adoption on the adoptive family.

The child's understanding of adoption.

The impact of adoption on the adopted person.

Post adoption support.

A course for adoption professionals and childcare workers.

This course can also be adapted to be delivered to adoption panel members.

A six day course spread over six months, this course recognises how children with disturbed attachment patterns can be, and aims to offer adoptive parents an opportunity to:

Meet other adoptive parents experiencing similar difficulties.

Consider some of the underlying reasons for their child's challenging behaviour.

Explore new approaches to managing disturbed behaviour.

Look at ways in which parents can encourage their children to develop healthier attachments.

Look at anger management and self care for adopters.

Maximum number of participants - 14

Other courses can be designed to meet your needs.