We have come across a great booklet, developed with the support and advice of individuals with FASD, family members and professionals.
News
Now is the time to adopt
We want to highlight our children in care who can wait the longest to be adopted. Children with disabilities can wait the longest to be adopted, on average spending more than 450 days in care before their forever family is found. Children over the age of four wait on average nearly 250 days in care; […]
National Adoption Week 2022: identity
It’s National Adoption Week (17 to 23 October) and we are recognising the significance of identity for those children who are adopted as they mature into adulthood. Watch the brilliant new emotional short film.
Topic of the month: SEND meetings
What are Special Educational Needs (SEN)?
Is your School providing regular SEND meetings through the 4 part cycle?
Why do you need them?
How do I request a SEND meeting?
What can nurseries do to meet the needs of children aged 0-5 with SEN?
Pupil Premium Plus (PP+)
How do you make sure your child’s school claims Pupil Premium Plus+ (PP+)?
It’s £2,410 for adopted primary and secondary school age children. Find out how…
Have you read My Name is Why?
Vanessa Dove, Team Manager at Adopt South West shares her review of My Name is Why by Lemn Sissay: “I will carry this book with me forever and it will continue to shape the work that I do with children and families.”
Have you adopted in the past four years?
Help us celebrate adoption! Have you adopted in the past four years? For October, we’d love you to be part of our fourth birthday milestone celebratory story.
Have you considered Fetal Alcohol?
Do you know if your child’s biological parent drank or took drugs during pregnancy?