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Help! Is this what you’re saying to social care?

Posted on 26/07/2018 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

Decision makers please listen to and respond to pleas by desperate adoptive parents

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

Mental Health is feeling ill….

Posted on 09/04/2018 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

Good evening everybody. This evenings piece, ready for you is by someone in POTATO who has become quite an expert in mental health services. Not that they set out to do this. Well, few of the the things we set…

Category: Pages Tags: adoptive parents, BLOG, camhs, change, fit for purpose, health service, Mental health, mental health beds, teens

Moving on up, moving on out!

Posted on 27/02/2018 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

This week we are sharing our members journey with her young adult towards supported independence. Moving on up, moving on up! Yes, now you’ve got that 90s classic zipping through your head- have a read of this weeks excellent blog….

Category: Pages, Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG Tags: Adopted Teens, Adoption, BLOG, independence, moving, Parents, POTATO group, Support, UK

Bamboo 2

Posted on 06/02/2018 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

Part 2 of the bamboo scaffolding, Thai adventure.

Category: Pages Tags: adventure, Bamboo, BLOG, dog, Phuket, Thailand

Bloggy McBlogface

Posted on 30/01/2018 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

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…

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

Blogging for Bamboo

Posted on 22/07/2017 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

Several members have submitted pieces and they have been accepted onto the Adoption Social website. We have had an excellent lot of feedback from these pieces, our most recent conclusion of the Bamboo Scaffolding set of pieces. If you would…

Category: Pages, The Adoption Social BLOG, Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG Tags: Bamboo, BLOG, the adoption social, trauma

Bamboo scaffolding

Posted on 17/06/2017 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

Welcome to this months trilogy of Blog pieces all about the wonderful founder member from our group taking her TAT (Traumatised adopted teen) away on an amazing break together. Hugely brave and funny, this Blog is an exciting read….

Category: Pages, The Adoption Social BLOG, Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG Tags: abroad, ADOPTED, BLOG, bravery, part 1 of 3, teenager, Traumatised, travel

Blog Buster!

Posted on 10/05/2017 by Parents of Adopted Teens (POTATO group)

Thank you all for your warm support of our blog pieces. Our website traffic has increased and we have been getting lots of positive feedback. The Adoption Social and The Open Nest have joined us in this venture. Please do…

Category: Pages, The Adoption Social BLOG, Therapeutic Reparenting Adopted Teens BLOG Tags: adoptive parents, BLOG, increased traffic, POTATO group, the adoption social, The Open Nest, traumatised young people, website