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It’s taken a little while to pull together some thoughts regarding the recent BBC article on the adoption crisis which…
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Post-Adoption Support in Crisis: Families Speak Out
If you are at all interested in Adoption and LinkedIn, you will already be aware of Claire Agius, a PhD…
The importance of support and understanding for adoptive families
‘Adoption is in crisis’ was the headline of one of our recent guest blogposts, but are things getting better? Blogs…
Why I Wrote “Decoding Aggression, Complex Behaviours, and Brain-Based Disabilities” Maude Champage
As an adoptive parent and as a professional dedicated to supporting children, youth, and their families, I’ve spent years observing…
Fellowship Work – Al Coates
The start point is my own home, we’re a family made through fostering and adoption. How that came about is…
Adoption is in crisis — and change is no longer optional | Fiona Wells | The PATCH Steering Group
Adoption is in crisis — and change is no longer optional. We’ve created a full report and an executive…
Hearing from adopters about living with traumatised young people
In March 2016 I went to Kings Cross to meet with someone I had been talking to on Twitter for…
Support for Adoptive Families
From time to time I receive books for review, particularly where they address the issue of child to parent violence…
Supporting adoptive families experiencing #CPV: making things better, not worse
This is a post that has been a long time brewing. My thanks to a friend for her contribution in…
Therapeutically Parenting Teens, book review time
Julie Selwyn’s groundbreaking report into adoption breakdown found that around one third of adoptions pass smoothly, around a third of…
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