Tag: adoption
A child’s future could start with you
You could do a wonderful thing, writes Saskia Merry, if you can adopt a child with special educational needs.
The number of children waiting for...
SEN138 : Sept/Oct 2025
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OK, I have to fess up. I had no idea that dogs could be trained to give people...
What Makes a Mum:
My story from Fostered to Adopter
Not a Fictional Mum is a wife, mother and care-experienced campaigner advocating for a community that she feels is...
School attendance barriers for adopted and kinship children
Despite the challenges, there is much that schools can do to break down the barriers to attendance faced by the families and ensure that...
SEN fostering
There are many reasons why people foster, but they all have one thing in common—a wish to make a positive difference to the lives...
Loving and giving
Anna Sharkey on becoming an adopter.
People are motivated to adopt for many reasons such as infertility, wanting to grow their family by providing a...
The long wait for a home
According to Jenny MacQuire, children with disabilities often wait the longest for adoption.
There are about two thousand children waiting for adoption in England, and...
SEN126 : September/October 2023
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I’m a big fan of September, with a touch of autumn in the air and a sense...
Neurodivergence and adoption
The most effective way to support a neurodivergent child is to understand what makes them different, says Dr Gemma North
Neurodiversity is a term increasingly...
A sense of belonging
As part of her masters thesis Stefanie Pearce studied the experiences of children who were looked-after or adopted at a trauma-informed school.
Eliza attends a...
