Preparing to Adopt - A training pack for preparation groups
Devised by Pat Beesley, Barbara Hutchinson, Ian Millar
and Sushila de Sousa.
Written by Eileen Fursland.
This new edition of Preparing to Adopt fulfils the urgent
need, across the UK, to ensure that agencies offer relevant, high
quality and comprehensive preparation for people who wish to adopt.
This established and highly respected training programme sets out
a comprehensive approach to preparing adopters. It has been thoroughly
revised and updated to meet the legislative requirements for both
procedure and practice in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern
Ireland, and reflect the Adoption and Children Act 2002.
Issues covered include:
The children that need permanence;
How children learn to feel secure;
Overcoming the effects of neglect and abuse;
Keeping family links alive;
Building resilience in children;
The matching process.
Preparing to Adopt will provide agencies with an agreed
common curriculum in a format that will allow applicants and agency
staff to make practical use of the learning from preparation courses
to underpin the eventual assessment. The course will enable prospective
adopters to gain an appreciation of what adoption means and the
roles of all those involved as well as to consider the implications
of adoption for themselves.
Includes imaginative exercises and references to further reading,
and is accompanied by a CD-ROM containing presentations and handouts.
Applicant’s Workbook
£23.00 (£20.00 + £3.00 VAT)
BAAF, September 2006
ISBN 978-1-905664-04-7
This has been significantly expanded to include an extensive and
comprehensive range of up-to-date articles exploring all of the
issues an applicant it likely to encounter if they go on to adopt.
It also provides space to record thoughts and feelings about what
they have learnt.
DVD/Video
DVD Price: £46.00 (£40.00 + £6.00
VAT)
Video price: £46.00 (£40.00 + £6.00 VAT)
Available in both VHS video and interactive DVD formats, this film
contains interviews with adopters about preparation, introductions,
placement and contact. It also has sections on attachment and adopting
from overseas. Running time 35 minutes.
