Kath Drescher proudly hands the Adopt South West service over to Amanda White’s leadership, in the knowledge of the committed hard-working staff, and families she will work with to support all our adoptive families going forward.
Year: 2023
FASD Awareness Month: Do you feel like you need a magic wand?
What is the ‘Right to Choose’?
New SEND support Jargon Buster!
Listed alphabetically, it’s a wide-ranging look at the SEND support terms and words that you’ll hear in school and see written in your child’s support plans.
Finding adopters for children who wait the longest for a permanent home
Children with a disability wait nine months longer to be adopted from care than children without a disability
Update on the Carer’s Leave Bill
Carer’s Leave Bill gains Royal Assent and becomes the Carer’s Leave Act!
Feedback from our Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) online workshop
Cassie’s passion and ongoing research into FASD led her in sharing more about:
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and how does alcohol impact it?
Why is it so hard for a child with FASD to keep it together in challenging situations?
How can we help support a flipping lid with a child with FASD?
Enough tomatoes?
Do your child only eat certain foods? Having a restrictive diet and bulk-buying food at the moment could be an issue as there is currently a restriction on buying certain fruits and vegetables in the supermarkets due to global shortages.
Spotlight on continence needs
Does your child have an Individual Healthcare Plan in school?