Category: The Adoption Social BLOG
Hello all you MEMBERS and those of you who sign post people to our group (thank you!) We have got a poster here for our November conference. We have decided to have a longer day conference so we have space…
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We have been really impressed by the recent publication by Special Guardians and Adopters Together. For those who don’t know, we work with this organisation a lot to help give an honest picture of modern adoption. Several of our members…
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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…
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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…
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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
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…
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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…
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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…
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Decision makers please listen to and respond to pleas by desperate adoptive parents
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Category: Pages, The Adoption Social BLOG, Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG
Tags: ADOPTED, allowance, BLOG, camhs, decision makers, families, Professionals, single parent, Social Care, Support, therapy, trauma, Traumatised
Mother’s Day Yes, that time of year that most mothers and fathers look forward to. That cheerful card and fresh bunch of flowers, a lovely family roast dinner. OK well here’s the thing. Mother’s Day is a complex thing for…
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Category: Pages, The Adoption Social BLOG, Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG
Tags: ADOPTED, Article, birth mother, Cards, fathers, first family, Mothers, Mothers Day, parenting, roast, secret, teens, Traumatised, yp
Ahoy there! Its TUESDAY and every week we are going to publish a blog piece on our website. So all aboard the Bloggy McBlogface. Frankly I can’t wait to hear from our members how they have been getting on with…
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Category: Pages, The Adoption Social BLOG, Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG
Tags: Bamboo, BLOG, bloggy Mcblogface, overseas, Part One, Scaffolding, TAT, Traumatised adopted teen, travel, TUESDAY
