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Friday, 16th of May 2008
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Training for Professionals
Adopted Children: Age and Stage
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| Theme |
| Many adopted children's behaviour is at odds with their chronological age. This one-day interactive workshop for parents and professionals will explore these developmental discrepancies and provide appropriate ways of responding to age-inappropriate behaviour. |
| Aims |
| To discuss: the ways in which parents and professionals currently interpret and respond to a variety of
behaviours; placing the developmental age of behaviours. To offer: a template for responding to age-inappropriate behaviours, exemplified with role-play. To analyse: the gaps in the child's development in order to assist understanding of the meaning of behaviours and guide further parenting interventions. |
| Who should attend |
| Adoptive and foster parents who want to learn how to help their children overcome developmental delays; Adoption professionals. |
| Date: | 17 June 2008 | |
| Time: | 10.00am - 4.00pm | |
| Venue: | NCH Stephenson Hall, 85 Highbury Park Road, London N5 | |
| Facilitator | Holly van Gulden | |
| Lunch: | Provided | |
| Fees (inc.VAT) | Adoptive/Foster Parents | Professionals |
| Subscriber | £ 88.00 | £ 145.00 |
| Non-Subscriber | £ 94.00 | £ 155.00 |
Registration:
Please complete a registration form and return it ASAP to:
Training,Post-Adoption Centre, 5 Torriano Mews, Torriano Avenue, London NW5 2RZ,
Tel: (020) 7284 0555 Fax: 020 7482 2367
email: training@postadoptioncentre.org.uk
Click here for the Training Brochure 2008-9
| Theme |
| From the start, talking to adopted and fostered children about their histories is extremely important: however, it can be difficult! This workshop is designed to help you think about how you can talk to your children about their adoption and related issues. |
| Aims |
| To explore why keeping secrets about their history does not serve the adopted or fostered child. To examine the fears parents, carers and professionals have about telling the child their history. To provide stage-appropriate language and learning experiences to help tell the story. |
| Who should attend |
| Adoptive and foster parents who want to learn how to tell their children about their adoption; adoption professionals. |
| Date: | Friday October 3rd 2008 | |
| Time: | 10.00am - 4.00pm | |
| Venue: | NCH Stephenson Hall, 85 Highbury Park Road, London N5 | |
| Facilitator | Franca Brenninkmeyer | |
| Lunch: | Provided | |
| Fees (inc.VAT) | Adoptive/Foster Parents | Professionals |
| Subscriber | £ 88.00 | £ 145.00 |
| Non-Subscriber | £ 94.00 | £ 155.00 |
Registration:
Please complete a registration form and return it ASAP to:
Training,Post-Adoption Centre, 5 Torriano Mews, Torriano Avenue, London NW5 2RZ,
Tel: (020) 7284 0555 Fax: 020 7482 2367
email: training@postadoptioncentre.org.uk
Click here for the Training Brochure 2008-9
| Theme |
| To explore the various legal routes to achieving permanency for children where a return home to birth parents is not possible; to examine the therapeutic services needed to support permanent placements; to explore the range of options around contact and what is required to ensure it benefits children; to explore the provision of a sensitive and informed intermediary service for adopted adults and birth parents. |
| Who should attend: |
| Social workers, as an in-service update on permanency within the new legislation; social workers new to adoption work, as an invaluable socialisation into an adoption team; CAMHS team members working within adoption; psychologists and other professionals working with adopted children and their families. This course is also of relevance to therapists and counsellors, and those intending to apply to register as adoption Support Agencies. |
| Date: | Wednesdays 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 April and 7 May 2008 | |
| Time: | 2.00 - 5.00pm | |
| Venue: | London Irish Centre, 50 - 52 Camden Square, London NW1 | |
| Facilitator | Franca Brenninkmeyer, Rose Dagoo, Maggie Rogers | |
| Fees (inc.VAT) | £ 420 for all six sessions; £75 per session | |
Please see the Training Brochure 2008-9 for the content of each session
Registration:
Please complete a registration form and return it ASAP to:
Training,Post-Adoption Centre, 5 Torriano Mews, Torriano Avenue, London NW5 2RZ,
Tel: (020) 7284 0555 Fax: 020 7482 2367
email: training@postadoptioncentre.org.uk
Click here for the Training Brochure 2008-9
| Theme |
| This four-day course will prepare participants to deliver black and minority ethnic training, particularly as it relates to attachment and race. The course will use as its focus PAC’s resource pack Supporting black and minority ethnic adopted children: attachment and race. For further details of the resource pack see overleaf. |
| Aims |
| The course will give participants the opportunity to: familiarise themselves with the resource pack; practice the skills needed to deliver the training materials contained within the pack; consider adult learning principles; experience working with others to plan, prepare and deliver a presentation; observe and evaluate sessions presented by other group members; consider the importance of the integration of race/ethnicity and attachment in permanent placements; consider their agencies’ and their own practices in supporting adopters and permanent carers; assist adopters and permanent carers to look at their own attachment history, experience, attitudes and values and how this might impact on the care of their children. |
| Who should attend |
| Those who have not previously delivered black and minority ethnic training; experienced trainers wishing to renew their skills; trainers who want to deliver PAC’s resource pack. |
| Dates: | To Be Confirmed – contact PAC for details | |
| Fees (including VAT & copy of resource pack ) | ||
| £766 | ||
Please Note:
Training the Trainers can also be offered on-site for local authorities, consortia and other agencies-contact PAC's
Training Manager on 020 7284 0555 for further details
Registration:
Please complete a registration form and return it ASAP to:
Training,Post-Adoption Centre, 5 Torriano Mews, Torriano Avenue, London NW5 2RZ,
Tel: (020) 7284 0555 Fax: 020 7482 2367
email: training@postadoptioncentre.org.uk
Click here for the Training Brochure 2008-9
| Theme |
| Adoption disruption is a general term used to describe the failure or breakdown of an adopted child's placement. Concerns about adoption disruption haunt social workers and panels when making this important permanency decision. |
| Aims |
| This workshop will explore disruption and why it occurs (chaotic environments and attachment difficulties; matching and on-going support planning) and the practice implications for improving adoption outcomes. |
| Who should attend |
| Social workers and counsellors/therapists who offer adoption support, or who work in adoption teams; adoption panel members. Prior training in attachment issues is assumed. |
| Date: | Friday 31 October 2008 | |
| Time: | 10.00am - 4.00pm | |
| Venue: | NCH Stephenson Hall, 85 Highbury Park Road, London N5 | |
| Facilitator | Renée Marks | |
| Fees (inc.VAT) | ||
| Subscriber | £ 145.00 | |
| Non-Subscriber | £ 155.00 | |
Registration:
Please complete a registration form and return it ASAP to:
Training,Post-Adoption Centre, 5 Torriano Mews, Torriano Avenue, London NW5 2RZ,
Tel: (020) 7284 0555 Fax: 020 7482 2367
email: training@postadoptioncentre.org.uk
Click here for the Training Brochure 2008-9
| Theme |
| Research on adult relationships has identified a number of adult attachment “styles”. This workshop will present these styles, analyse their origins and their impacts on both adult relationships and relationships with children. |
| Aims |
| To introduce professionals to the theory of adult attachment and, in turn, how this impacts on the role and behaviours of parents and carers towards their children; enable participants to begin to be able to identify the characteristics that are associated with each of the main adult attachment styles. |
| Who should attend |
| Social workers and counsellors/therapists who offer adoption support, or who work in adoption teams; adoption panel members. |
| Date: | Friday 7 November 2008 | |
| Time: | 10.00am - 4.00pm | |
| Venue: | London Irish Centre, 50 - 52 Camden Square, London NW1 | |
| Facilitator | Franca Brenninkmeyer | |
| Fees (inc.VAT) | ||
| Subscriber | £ 145.00 | |
| Non-Subscriber | £ 155.00 | |
Registration:
Please complete a registration form and return it ASAP to:
Training,Post-Adoption Centre, 5 Torriano Mews, Torriano Avenue, London NW5 2RZ,
Tel: (020) 7284 0555 Fax: 020 7482 2367
email: training@postadoptioncentre.org.uk
Click here for the Training Brochure 2008-9
| Theme |
| Theraplay® is a short-term, playful, engaging treatment that focuses on parent-child relationships. It can help adoptive/foster children form secure attachments. This one-day workshop introduces the key elements of Theraplay®. The focus will be on practical strategies that can be taken away and used by parents in the home, and by professionals in their practice. A qualified Theraplay® trainer will be on hand to work with you. |
| Aims |
| To: look at the effects of trauma and the role of play in building attachment; see video examples of Theraplay® treatment; learn lots of playful interactions to use at home or in your practice; have lots of fun! |
| Who should attend |
| Anyone who would like to know more about Theraplay®, including those who make referrals and professionals considering adding Theraplay® to their practice. This may include adoptive/foster parents, psychologists & psychiatrists, social workers, counsellors, family therapists, play therapists, teachers, occupational therapists, speech & language therapists and adoption/post adoption counsellors. |
| Date: | Monday 2nd February 2009 | |
| Time: | 10.00am - 4.30pm | |
| Venue: | NCH Stephenson Hall, 85 Highbury Park Road, London N5 | |
| Lunch: | Provided | |
| Fees (inc.VAT) | Adoptive/Foster Parents | Professionals |
| Subscriber | £ 88.00 | £ 145.00 |
| Non-Subscriber | £ 94.00 | £ 155.00 |
Registration:
Please complete a registration form and return it ASAP to:
Training,Post-Adoption Centre, 5 Torriano Mews, Torriano Avenue, London NW5 2RZ,
Tel: (020) 7284 0555 Fax: 020 7482 2367
email: training@postadoptioncentre.org.uk
Click here for the Training Brochure 2008-9
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