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First 1000 Days Training

Adoption UK Cymru

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Training courses and events especially for families in their first 1000 days.

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Understanding Attachment 26.06.24
Wed 26 Jun, 18:30 BST
Free
Life Journey Work 22.05.24
Wed 22 May, 10:00 BST
Free
Helping your adopted child to cope in school 24.04.24
Wed 24 Apr, 10:00 BST
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Adoption UK Cymru

Organizer of First 1000 Days Training

Adoption UK Cymru is the leading charity in Wales providing support, community and advocacy for all those parenting or supporting children who cannot live with their birth parents.We connect adoptive families, provide information and signposting on a range of adoption-related issues and campaign for improvements to adoption policy and legislation at the highest levels.With over 8,000 members, we provide a strong, supportive community and are the largest voice of adopters in the UK.

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Building Your Support Network

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Adoptive parents always say they need support from people who 'get it’. They sometimes become isolated as people in their network drop off. This course aims to highlight this risk and consider ways to encourage parents to build on their support network.

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Contact – what does it really mean?

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This training course is based on the online course developed with AFA Cymru and available on the National Adoption Service website. It provides space for adoptive parents to reflect on the benefits and risks associated with contact.

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Difficult Conversations

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Adoptive parents often ask how to have difficult conversations with their children. This training course focuses on how we can start talking about these really difficult topics from a very early age.

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Getting Ready for School

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This course has been designed by our Lead Education Officer for Wales and is aimed at parents with pre-school/recently placed children. The course will provide up-to-date information about how to choose the school best suited to a child’s needs.

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Life Journey Work

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This training course will help de-mystify Life Journey Work and introduces the Wales National Adoption Service’s Life Journey Work Good Practice Guide, Framework and Toolkit.

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Non-Violent Resistance (NVR)

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An introduction to a range of practical Non-Violent Resistance approaches.

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Self-care Workshop

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A 2 ½ hour workshop focussing on self-care for parents. An opportunity for parents to learn more about the importance of self-care and help them find time in every hectic day for moments of pure, selfish indulgence.

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Settling in

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This course is for adopters who are in the early days of their adoption journeys. Learn more about matching, introductions, how to help a child feel at home with you and managing the transition from foster care to “forever home".

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The Power of Play

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An opportunity for parents to explore their own relationship with play and how it impacts on how they play with their children. Parents will consider how play can help build attachment with their child before looking at therapeutic play.

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The Teen Years

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This course is based on the online course developed with AFA Cymru and available on the NAS website. The course gives participants space to reflect on teenage brain development, adolescence and the impact on behaviour.

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Understanding Attachment

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This interactive course gives participants an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of what we mean when we talk about “attachment issues”.

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When the Senses Don’t Make Sense

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A training workshop providing opportunities to talk about the links between sensory and emotional issues for adopted children, and how using connected play and developing relationships can help in child development.