10th February 2012 Identity and Contact - Re-Thinking the Link
How can professionals manage the anxieties of adoptive parents around this difficult area of care planning? How can contact be managed well for all the parties in contact?
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Identity formation is commonly cited as one of the central purposes of post-adoption contact. Much contemporary research into open adoption claim that its benefits reside in the support it gives to the adopted child’s identity. Often, however, adopters and social workers report that it creates confusions, distress and chaotic behaviours in the children it intends to help.
This workshop will explore the complex relationship between forms of contact and identity in order to address two main questions: How do letters, photographs and visits from absent relatives help identity issues in adopted children? How can contact be better arranged or managed to facilitate that process?
This exploration will draw upon research in the fields of adoption and permanent placement, as well as PAC’s own practices.
Benefits of attending
- Review your own practice around contact and in particular explore the link between contact and identity
- Gain an overview of relevant research
- Gain a better capacity to assess what different forms of contact can achieve for specific children
Open to
Any professional working in the field About the facilitator
Dr. Sally Sales has worked in the field of adoption and after adoption for many years, including coordinating the Contact & Mediation Service for the Post Adoption Centre between 1994 and 2001.She ha a particular interest and expertise in the area of open adoption and contemporary birth parent support.Her book, The Paradoxes of Adoption will be published by Palgrave Macmillan next year.She is also a psychotherapist in private practice and runs a psychotherapy training in London. Book now
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If you have any queries please call 020 7284 5872 or email training@pac.org.uk.
Venue
NCVO, Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London N1 9RL
Fees for professionals
£125.00 (£150.00 incl vat) - PAC subscribing local authorities
£149.00 (£178.50 incl vat) - PAC non-subscribing local authorities
Discounts
Any professional booking 3 separate training events will receive a 25% discount on the third booking.
Any one organisation sending 3 or more people to the same event will receive 10% discount.
