Stage 1
Below you will find further information about the workshops you will attend as you move through your Adoption journey in Stage 1. To book a place, please speak to your allocated social worker about availability and specific venue locations.
Prepare to adopt
Delivered over four days, our face-to-face course is designed to help you consider whether adoption is right for your family. It covers a range of adoption topics including: the pathways to adoption and the process, children who wait (considering ethnicity, siblings, and additional needs), bonding and attachment, child development, abuse and trauma, grief and loss, therapeutic parenting, identity, openness and life story work, maintaining links with birth families, transcultural adoption and an introduction to adoption support. This culminates in a live Q&A session with experienced AEM adopters who will talk about their experiences.
Dates (*subject to change) | Time | Venue |
6, 8, 13 and 15 January 2026 | All four days from 9.30am - 4.30pm | Nottinghamshire |
3, 5,10 and 12 February 2026 | Derbyshire | |
3,5,10 and 12 March 2026 | Nottinghamshire | |
14,16,21 and 23 April 2026 | Derbyshire | |
5,7,12 and 14 May 2026 | Nottinghamshire | |
9,11,16 and 18 June 2026 | Derbyshire | |
7, 9, 14 and 16 July 2026 | Nottinghamshire | |
4,6,11 and 13 August 2026 | Derbyshire | |
8,10,15 and 17 September 2026 | Nottinghamshire | |
6, 8, 13 and 15 October 2026 | Derbyshire | |
10,12,17 and 19 November 2026 | Nottinghamshire | |
8,10,15 and 17 December 2026 | Derbyshire |
Children and Trauma Community Hub (CATCH) Fostering for Adoption Webinar
This 30-minute webinar was created for prospective parents in the early stages of the adoption process. It outlines the key aspects of early permanence and how it differs to mainstream adoption. It may also be helpful to show to friends and family to help them to understand the fostering for adoption process.
The video covers:
What Early Permanence means
The uncertainty around health and development
The fostering role
Contact with birth parents and expectations
The benefits and challenges of fostering for adoption
To access this session please log onto the CATCH website using your login details (provided to you at the start of Stage 1) and type 'Fostering for Adoption' in the search bar; the screen should look as below:
