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Helping children move from significant harm to significant help

Most children placed for adoption today have been removed from their birth families because of "significant harm" experienced whilst in the care of their birth family. The significant harm they have suffered causes significant harm to their subsequent development, as evidenced by neuroscience research in recent years. Family Futures has put together a new Fact Sheet on The impact of Significant Harm (June 2018) which you can read here.


Understanding and assessing the impact of significant harm will inform what support or therapeutic intervention is needed to address these developmental issues, now being recognised as Complex Trauma and Developmental Trauma. By taking significant harm as our starting point we are beginning to tackle the epicentre of Developmental Trauma, rather than forever trying to manage the aftershocks.

We need to move from seeing adoption support as helping families in crisis to seeing it as developmental repair. Let's help children move from significant harm to significant help.

Alan Burnell
Registered Manager
      2018 Conference - Assessing and Treating Developmentally Traumatised Children 

Have you booked your place?
 
We hope to see you at our 2018 Conference on Friday 19 October (during Adoption Week) at The Crystal, London.
  • Key note speaker: Professor Colwyn Trevarthen
  • Presentation of Family Futures’ latest research into the evidence for a multidisciplinary, neurosequential approach to the treatment of Developmental and Complex Trauma — a comparison of treatment vs non-treatment groups
  • Choice of workshops on key aspects of working with developmentally traumatised children, including non-verbal therapies and discussion about how services can be improved in the light of what we know about developmental trauma.
Don't forget if you're planning to come, we have an early bird rate of £150 for bookings received by 31 July. If you are an Adoption UK member, we are offering a further discount of 10% (until 31 July) if you use the code ADOPUK18 and enter your Adoption UK membership number under 'additional information' at checkout.

Who is the conference for?
Social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists, teachers, parents, carers and all involved in helping children who are looked after or adopted. 

If you are unable to join us but know others who may be interested, please help us spread the word.

You can see the agenda on this leaflet or visit our website for booking information.
Find out more and book your place here
  Training Courses for professionals, parents, foster carers & special guardians

"The content of the course was excellent. It was presented very clearly."
"Will be very useful to help school staff have a deeper understanding."

“Excellent resources [on Siblings] for the wider professional community – a leader in changing culture!” 
 Siblings Placements  - Together or Apart?
10 & 11 September 2018
Find out more or book your place here

 

 Helping Child Victims of Abuse who are Fostered or Adopted
19 & 20 September 2018
Find out more or book your place here

 The Impact of Trauma in Infancy on Attachment and Development
9 & 10 October 2018
Find out more or book your place here

 Theraplay Level One
25-28 September 2018
Find out more or book your place here

 
 The impact of child abuse and neglect on children's capacity to learn
23 October 2018
Find out more or book your place here

 Sensory Integration for Professionals
10 to 11 September 2018
Find out more or book your place here

 Therapeutic Life Story Work for qualified Therapists working with children in substitute care
1-3 October 2018
Find out more or book your place here
  New resource: 'The Brain Game'
 available as DVD or download


An animation to explain brain development, attachment and trauma to children. 

"Imagine you’re playing a computer game. You have to fight your way to the first level. At the start you choose a character with lots of armour to keep you safe.

But then later in the game your armour gets in the way and stops you moving forward. What do you do?"

Watch a free sample or order a copy here
View full list of resources
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