Explore adoption ethics and implications for UK mental health professionals. These CPD courses provide an overview of adoption practice and family concerns in the UK.
Centred on adoption in South Africa, this course offers UK practitioners insight into how social, racial, legislative and ethical factors shape adoption in that country. It explains why the South African context affects both the need for adoption and the experiences of adoptive families, and identifies features of adoption-competent therapy, notably an ecological understanding of families and strengths-based work. A developmental perspective on the adoptive family life cycle highlights the concerns families present with at different stages. It suits mental health and other professionals working with, or hoping to work with, adoptive families.
This presentation covers an overview of adoption in South Africa for mental health and other professionals working in, or hoping to work in, the adoption community. The presentation discusses the landscape of adoption in the South African context, including social and racial dynamics influencing whether adoption is taken up as a placement option, as well as relevant the legislative & ethical framework. Features of adoption competent therapy are identified, and a developmental perspective of the adoptive family life cycle and presenting concerns in therapy are discussed.
By the end of the presentation participants will:
Recognise the importance of two of the features of adoption competent therapy, namely using an ecological approach to understand adoptive families and emphasising strengths-based interventions;
Have an understanding of how the unique South African context impacts on the need for adoption, the practice of adoption and the experiences of adoptive families in South Africa; and
Have an overview of, and some examples of tasks and challenges that cause adoptive families to present for therapy at different stages of the adoptive family lifecycle
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