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Parenting book - Hostility to Harmony

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Parenting From Hostility to Harmony™: 10 Steps to Changing Your Child’s Challenging Behaviour

Practical strategies to restore calm, rebuild trust, and reclaim your role as the parent.

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Adoption Academy Support for Foster Carers - South Gloucestershire County Council

Adoption Academy was commissioned to work with their foster carers to help them build resilience. Many were foster carers of long standing (one had fostered for 30 years). We also work with adopters in South Gloucestershire. 

Adoption UK commissioned us to provide 2 live training courses: Building Resilience to Stress Less for Adopters and Building Resilience to Stress Less for Waiting Adopters.  Following the success of the 2 days, we were requested to deliver a programme of 6 x One hour webinars for 10 adopters.

After initial consultants with regards their requirements a programme of training was drawn up and delivered. A workbook was also provided to delegates.

Happy child with parent - adoption academy

Feedback from South Gloucestershire

“Gill’s training, Building Resilience to Stress Less workshop didn’t disappoint. It gave foster carers that much needed time to be able to reflect on their individual situations. Gills openness by willingly sharing her own experiences with the group, as well as her warmth & humour, enabled carers to feel safe in the room. There was very much the feeling of support, and not being alone. Through carefully guided activities, Gill enabled carers to reflect on their own experiences and identify what they were going to work on and “let go” when they returned home. They looked at themselves, what they did to take care of themselves, and the importance this has on being an effective foster carer.  Carers left better informed and more self-aware, some with new strategies to try out, some realising the importance of admitting when we get it wrong. They also all left with the challenge of making some time for themselves – this perhaps being the one they struggled with most!”

Some quotes from foster carers

  • “Fantastic”
  • “Identified ways of de-stressing”
  • “Good techniques”
  • “Very good informative course”
  • “I enjoyed seeing what my drivers were and was surprised at them.”
  • “Very helpful course, lots of practical suggestions and tips”