Theme
Adoption disruption is a complex and emotionally fraught situation for all involved. The adoption disruption meeting aims to facilitate understanding of different perspectives, and potential contributary factors as well as deepen understanding of the child’s needs to inform future planning. The role of the chair in facilitating these meeting is therefore a complex one, requiring skill and experience. This course will provide guidance on how to conduct and chair these important meetings.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course participants will have:
- Gained a deeper understanding of adoption disruption and the factors contributing to this
- A clear picture of the purpose of disruption meetings
- Understood the role of the chair
- Confidence and ability to plan an agenda and chair an effective meeting
- Recognised the centrality of the child and ways to ensure this is not lost
- Gained knowledge about the preparation and planning required
- Understanding that, for the meeting to be an effective forum in terms of planning for the child and practice development, it cannot be a tick-box exercise
- Recognised the importance of ‘holding’ the emotions of those involved in the meeting
Who should attend?
- Social workers, managers or reviewing officers who chair disruption meetings
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