Spread your payments for this product by choosing the PayPal 'Pay Later' option on our payment checkout page. Pay in three monthly payments, interest-free. The lived experience keynote speech and three workshops available here, make up a valuable training resource for your organisation. Part of the Family Futures 25th anniversary conference: Contact in Context on 20 October 2023, you can also see the recording of the full conference (including all workshops and speeches) until 18th January 2024. Find out more about the conference recording and programme here.
Order all 4 recordings together on this page for the special offer price of £80 (each video is £25 to order separately.)
The workshops and the keynote speech will increase understanding about lived experiences of contact in different forms and from a variety of perspectives: adopted and fostered young adults, adoptive parents, special guardians, parents, carers and professionals.
Dee and Cassie’s keynote speech – presented by Dee, an adoptive mother and Family Futures therapist with her daughter Cassie, an adopted young adult.
Contact in Kinship Care – presented by Geoff Hudson, Social Worker at Family Futures, and Michelle Hall, a special guardian, speaking about her research in this area, her experience of contact, and the challenges involved.
Sibling Facilitated Contact – presented by Julia, an adopted young person, and Jay Vaughan MBE, Clinical lead, with Karlien Smith-Claassens, Senior Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist from Family Futures.
How to Respond when Children Make Contact Online – presented by Alison, an adoptive parent and GP, along with Alan Burnell OBE, co-founder of Family Futures, and Michael, Child Psychotherapist at Family Futures.
