Training materials

How It Is – An Image Vocabulary for Children about
Feelings, Rights and Safety, Personal Care and
Sexuality

NSPCC and Triangle. Available from NSPCC Publications and
Information Unit, Weston House, 42 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3NH.
£8 including postage.

This booklet and CD-Rom is aimed at improving communication with
disabled children. It was developed to help children who use
symbols, pictures or images to communicate. More than 100 children
contributed by drawing or commenting on the images.

Disruption in Adoption – The Challenge to Policy and
Practice: Trainer’s Pack

Catholic Children’s Society 7 Colwick Road, West
Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 5FR. 0115 955 8811, £145 plus
£3 p&p.

The pack comprises two videos, “themes” and “perspectives”, the
latter made up of three case studies. “Themes” features approved
adopters speaking about their preparation, the impact of the
children on their lives and the ways in which the reality of
adoption was removed from their hopes and aspirations. It also
includes supporting material, including discussion points for
trainers, practice notes and guidance.

Contact in Adoption: Resource Pack for
Trainers

Catholic Children’s Society 7 Colwick Road, West
Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 5FR. 0115 9558811, £45 plus £3
p&p

This training resource pack aims to meet the needs of trainers
in a range of settings. The pack has enough material for a one-day
or a series of training events. It includes overheads, case
studies, presentations, good practice frameworks and a specimen
contact policy. The pack has been piloted with social services
departments through the Department of Health funded project
Adoption – A Quality Option.

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