Events
Please find below information on Adoption UK events and events by other organisations which may be of use to prospective adopters, adoptive parents and practitioners.
Adoption UK training event listings (conferences and workshops) can be found on the Training pages
Adoption Reform: Establishing stable, secure and supportive family environments
When: 29 March 2012
Where: Central London
Website: Community Care Conferences
Speakers:
- Matt Dunkley, President, Association of Directors of Children’s Services
- Jonathan Pearce, Chief Executive, Adoption UK
- Lord Justice McFarlane, Court of Appeal Judge and member of the Norgrove Review Panel
- Julie Selwyn, Reader and Director, The Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster Care Studies, University of Bristol
- John Simmonds, Director of Policy, Research and Development, British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Alison Bailey, Principal Officer, Fostering and Adoption, Social Care, Development Directorate, Ofsted
- Jeanne Kaniuk, Head of Adoption and Permanent Families Services, Coram
- Helen Oakwater, Adoptive Parent and Author, Bubble Wrapped Children
- Franca Brenninkmeyer, Head, Children and Families Service, PAC
As pledged by the government, adoption is due radical transformation, with a review panel tasked to deliver key recommendations in March. In addition, a current consultation by Ofsted aims to refocus inspection of adoption support agencies from September 2012.
This new Community Care conference will explore the government’s ambitions to reduce timeframes for successful adoption and offer guidance on how stable, supported family environments can be created.
Register your place or before Friday 23rd March and you could save up to £50!
After Adoption's Annual National Conference
Making the Connections: Attachment, adoption and children
When: 24 April 2012
Where: Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Website: After Adoption
Speakers:
- John Timpson, Chairman of Timpson, adoptive parent and former foster carer
- Louise Bomber, Attachment Support Teacher Therapist
- Dr Jill Hodges, Joint Head of Psychotherapy at the Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health and;
- Louis Sydney, Child and Adult Psychotherapist.
After Adoption's 2012 conference will focus on the issue of attachment in adoption, looking at research that informs practical parenting and attachment theory.
The conference will be of interest to those working in the fields of adoption, fostering, childcare, youth work, mental health, CAMHS, play therapists, academics and psychologists.
After Adoption Annual Conference Flyer