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Foster and Adoption Support
Support for Foster Carers & Adoptive Parents
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Despite extensive training and careful matching, parents of adopted children and foster carers often face difficult behaviours and situations with the children in their care. Often these are related to the children’s early life experiences, but need to be carefully and sensitively dealt with by the present carers.
Studio III Foster and Adoption Support work with adoptive parents, foster carers and practitioners to make these placements succeed, by promoting loving and supportive family relationships.
Our services for foster carers and adoptive parents includes:
- The opportunity to discuss the problems they face in a confidential and supportive environment
- Practice and evidence based solutions to a range of problem behaviours and difficult situations
- Sensitive work to improve family relationships
- Specialist support regarding children with learning disabilities, autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, conduct disorders and mental health problems
- High quality assessments and reports, including:
- Psychological assessments
- Risk assessments
- Support needs assessments
- Capacity assessments
- Ongoing psychotherapy and counselling services
- Help to develop support networks for families
- Liaison with involved agencies and professionals
Contact us on 01225-334111 to arrange a confidential discussion with one of our specialists or use our contact us page
Studio III Foster & Adoption Support helps carers and children, by providing practical solutions, enhancing family relationships and addressing problem behaviours.
Studio III Foster & Adoption Support is part of the Studio III Group. We specialise in providing non-aversive and evidence based solutions to challenging and problematic behaviours across a wide range of settings.
The team includes:
Dave Walker
Studio III Director
Counsellor / Psychologist, Specialist Behavioural Support Adviser
PG Diploma in Counselling, B.Sc. (Hons) Psychology, Diploma in Community and Youth Work, Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Accredited MCB Trainer.
David has over 25 years experience working with children and adults with problematic and challenging behaviours and the families of these children. In addition to his work as a fully qualified psychotherapist David has undertaken additional postgraduate training in child, behavioural and clinical psychological approaches including psychological assessment, augmented communication, pervasive developmental disorders, attachment disorders, eating disorders, self harm, life history work and play therapy. David is currently working with statutory and private foster care and adoption services in England and Wales.
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