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Special Guardians and Adopters Together

Posted on 21/06/2019 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

Whilst Potato is a support group, SG&AT are a campaigning group. It’s members ‘come together to think about what needs to change and support each other in campaigning to achieve it.’. There are a number of members of Potato who…

Category: Pages, The Adoption Social BLOG, Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG Tags: adoptees, adopters, parenting, Parents, SG&AT, special Guardians, summer 2019, Support

Parents experience of Child Protection.

Posted on 04/03/2019 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

There are a large number of families with traumatised adoptees who have been subjected to child protection enquiries. Our group has experienced the whole range of enquiries, from the simple set of questions by a social worker to full child…

Category: Media, Pages, The Adoption Social BLOG, Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG Tags: Attachment disorder, authorities, camhs, developmental trauma, False Allegations, post adoption, Social Care

When a child is trafficked…

Posted on 04/03/2019 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

Not an easy thing to talk about but our wonderful adoptive mum Sonya and her daughter Danni are giving it a go. There are a fair proportion of adopted young people who become involved in trafficking, county lines and other…

Category: Media, Pages, The Adoption Social BLOG, Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG Tags: Adoption, county lines, developmental trauma, poor choices, self worth, Sexual exploitation, trafficked, vice

Foetal Alcohol and School

Posted on 04/03/2019 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

There are lots of adopted children who have foetal alcohol who have particular challenges in life and educationally. Not many children are diagnosed at birth because unless it can be proved that birth mum consumed alcohol through pregnancy to a…

Category: Media, Pages, The Adoption Social BLOG, Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG Tags: Adoption, Danni, Education, Foetal Alcohol, Sonya

Film 1- Modern Adoption

Posted on 04/03/2019 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

We are delighted to share a set of short film clips made by one of our members and her now young adult daughter. Emotional in places, with a few swears (you have been warned) but it is raw and so…

Category: Media, Pages, The Adoption Social BLOG, Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG Tags: clip, Danni, emotional, film 1, modern UK adoption, Sonya

When your adopted teen has a sudden change of staff.

Posted on 03/03/2019 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

We have a great deal of parents of traumatised adopted teens who struggle at school. Their troubles are often to do with the ways school run and how tricky things can be to negotiate when you have had a lot…

Category: Pages, The Adoption Social BLOG Tags: ADOPTED, adoption in the UK, Changes, school, staff, teen, traumas, Traumatised adopted teen

Reflections on Adoption.

Posted on 27/02/2019 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

This is an article written for professionals and adoptive parents to use to inform themselves about a way forwards. We think there are some problems within adoption that need addressing. It is written by one of our members, based on…

Category: Pages, Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG Tags: Adoption, Article, birth parent, modern UK adoption, Parents, Professionals

What every social worker should know working with adoptive parents.

Posted on 18/08/2018 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

Over in POTATO group we have a lot of families involved with social workers. Even when the adoption order is through it’s very clear that families need support from professional people who can access relevant help for our traumatised young…

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