For parents
An Introduction to Home Education by Adoption UK
A guide to Flexi-schooling by Adoption UK
A guide to Priority School Admissions by Adoption UK
An Introduction to Pupil Premium Plus
Key information about schools for adoptive parents and special guardians by PAC
‘We want you to know’ poster/flyer for young people to take to school
A Guide to Therapeutic Child Care – What You Need to Know to Create a Healing Home [Ruth Edmond, Laura Steckley and Autumn Roesch-Marsh ISBN 978 1 84905 401 0]
The Starting School Book – How to Choose, prepare and settle your child at school [Sarah Ockwell-Smith ISBN 978 0 349 42379 1]
Creating loving attachments: Parenting with PACE to nurture confidence and security in the troubled child. Hughes, D., & Golding, K. (2012). Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
For teachers (adopters please feel free to share these with your school)
Welcoming an adopted child into your primary school
Welcoming an adopted child into your nursery
Welcoming an adopted child into your secondary school
Seven case studies featuring common behavioural challenges faced by adopted children, the reasons behind the behaviour and a range of strategies for schools to try.
5 minute video on Trauma in the classroom: Learning lessons for neglected and abused children
Virtual Heads and Adopted Children
Designated teachers and adopted children
Becoming an Adoption Friendly School; A Whole-School Resource for Supporting Children Who Have Experienced Trauma or Loss – With Complementary Downloadable Material [Dr Emma Gore Langton and Katherine Boy ISBN 978 1 78592 250 3]
Working with Relational Trauma in Schools – An Educators Guide to using Dyadic Developmental Practice [Kim S. Golding, Sian Phillips and Louise Michelle Bomber ISBN 978 1 78775 219 1]
The Trauma and Attachment Aware Classroom – A Practical Guide to Supporting Children who have Encountered Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences [Rebecca Brooks ISBN 978 178592 558 0]
Wellbeing in the Primary Classroom – A Practical Guide to Teaching Happiness [Adrian Bethune ISBN PB 978 1 4729 5154 0]
The Teacher’s Introduction to Attachment – Practical Essentials for Teachers, Carers and School Support Staff [Nicola Marshall ISBN 978 1 84905 550 5]
Observing Adolescents with Attachment Difficulties in Education Settings – A Tool for Identifying and Supporting Emotional and Social Difficulties in Young People Aged 11 – 16 [Kim S. Golding, Mary T. Turner, Helen Worrall, Jennifer Roberts and Ann E. Cadman ISBN 978 184905 617 5]
Observing Children with Attachment Difficulties in School – A Tool for Identifying and Supporting Emotional and Social Difficulties in Children aged 5 – 11 [Kim S. Golding, Jane Fain, Ann Frost, Cathy Mills, Helen Worrall, Netty Roberts, Eleanor Durrant and Sian Templeton ISBN 978 1 84905 336 5]
Observing Children with Attachment Difficulties in PreSchool Settings – A Tool for Identifying and Supporting Emotional and Social Difficulties [Kim S. Golding, Jane Fain, Ann Frost, Sian Templeton and Eleanor Durrant ISBN 978 1 84905 337 2]
Settling to learn: Settling troubled pupils to learn: Why relationships matter in school. Bombér, L. M., & Hughes, D. A. (2013). Worth Publishing.
What about me?: Inclusive strategies to support pupils with attachment difficulties make it through the school day. Bombèr, L. M. (2011). Worth Publishing
Attachment in the classroom: The links between children’s early experience, emotional well-being and performance in school. Geddes, H. (2006).Worth Publishing.
Child abuse and neglect: Attachment, development and intervention. Howe, D. (2005).
