During this insightful and interactive course, our friendly and experienced Social Workers will gently guide you through the Early Permanence route to adoption and offer you expert advice and tips.

Please note that this training is only available to people who are in at least Stage 1 of the adoption process and who have completed the Prepare to Adopt course.

Therapeutic Parenting is a highly nurturing parenting approach with empathy at its core. TP uses firm but fair boundaries and routines to aid the development of new neural pathways in the brain so that children may gain trust in adults.

In this course provided by ‘Changing Lives’ you will be given an invaluable insight into the world of Therapeutic Parenting, offered practical hints and tips to use with your own child/ren and helped to ensure your parenting journey runs as smoothly as possible.

Please note that this is an online, 2 part course and that the 2nd part will need to be booked separately.

Building on the foundations and skills you learnt in Part I, the 2nd part of this course, delivered by Changing Lives, will offer you further practical hints and tips to aid your Therapeutic Parenting approach as your child grows.

Please note that this is an online course and you must have completed Part 1 to take part.

A good support network is vital for you and your child/children as you progress through your adoption journey. During this course, we will teach your nominated family member or friend about the adoption process, underline the importance of their role and give them invaluable hints and tips on how to help and support you and your child/children.

Please note that this event will take place in a central Leicester location.

A good support network is vital for you and your child/children as you progress through your adoption journey. During this course, we will teach your nominated family member or friend about the adoption process, underline the importance of their role and give them invaluable hints and tips on how to help and support you and your child/children.

Please note that this course is available in both Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire on different dates which you will be able to select when booking.

After establishing the first set of skills to help your loved one and their child/children transition into their new family life, the second part of our innovative training course looks at adding to these skills and the different issues which may arise as the child gets older.

Please note that this course is run in a central Leicester location.

This course is suitable for the friends and family members of adoptive families who have children placed with them.

Talking about adoption can be difficult. In this course we cover how and when it’s appropriate to talk about your situation and advice that you can give to your child as they transition through their childhood.

This is a virtual, 2 part course. Please book on to the 2nd part separately.

This is a full day virtual course building on the foundations of part I with two experienced Post Adoption Support Workers.

This training is for adopters who want to understand how adopted children might make sense of their early experiences and how you can help them talk about their past using PACE, therapeutic parenting techniques and creative approaches to explore their inner world.

This is a half day training course aimed at introducing the child’s sensory world to their parents.

The course will provide an overview of the sensory system, how this can be impacted by early childhood experiences, how this can affect the child’s behaviour in the home and at school and some ways parents may be able to help their children.

This NVR training will teach you new and effective ways to react to your child/young person. During this course you will learn that by developing a safe, calm, authoritative presence, you are able to change your reactions to behaviours, so behaviours change in response.

To ensure that you are fully prepared for adoption we offer a comprehensive 3 day course covering a variety of subjects including how to talk about adoption, what adopted children need, Therapeutic Parenting and more. Your Social Worker will book you onto this course as part of your preparation.

Take part in this unique course to gain an invaluable insight into living with a child with FASD and identify new resources to use with them.

‘Growing Your Family’ training is for second time adopters, prospective adopters or foster carers who have a child or children already.

The aim of this 4 hour course is to…
· Explore how you talk about adoption to your child/children
· Teach you how to prepare your child/children for having a sibling through adoption
· Give you guidance on how to support your child/children to feel secure and loved when a sibling joins the family
· Talk about managing any potential rivalry

This training will offer all that attend the opportunity to become more aware of the condition; its causes and effects, the impact that it can have on people with the condition and those they live with. It has been written to specifically address the nationally identified concerns with the collaboration of those working at the national cutting edge as far as recent developments in the FASD field are concerned. All of the training is based on professional and lived experience of working and living with affected children and young adults.

Join our unique training to help you discover whether you could adopt siblings and the key points to think about when they join your family.

The sibling bond is one of the strongest there is and adopting siblings is an amazing thing to do. To support you, we offer this unique training course which covers the following areas:

-Thinking about adopting siblings, how many, of what age and gender
-Considering the individual and collective needs of siblings
-Thinking about the practicalities and impact of parenting siblings
-Considering what you could offer a sibling group
-Considering the children’s journey to adoption and issues around telling and contact