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#FFConference23 Workshop 4
The webinar on sibling contact was so good I forgot to tweet! Thanks to Jay Vaughan and Julia for such an insightful session #FFConference23 @FamilyFuturesUK #siblingcontact
Pretty amazing to hear about successful contact with birth siblings. Reaffirms that it will be right for my girls to have lifelong contact with their birth siblings #FFConference23 @FamilyFuturesUK
I’m telling my girls about this experience of face to face contact. We are all really interested in how it went. “Creating solid foundations” #FFConference23
This is why Jay Vaughan is so good. Julia, an adoptee, wishes she’d engaged in therapy more. But Jay reminds her she did the best she could at the time #FFConference23 @FamilyFuturesUK
Making me laugh hearing how Jay @FamilyFuturesUK won over Julia, an adopted child. Jay & therapists did hiphop dancing with my Small to try to win her over. No end to the lengths they’ll go to support children #FFConference23
Contact can be retraumatising. It needs to be
taken slowly when birth parents are ready & supported as well as CYP. “Contact is a journey not a destination.” Has to be right for each child moving beyond the formulaic arrangements of the past #FFConference23 #FamilyFutures
Some thoughts from the podcast discussion...
Helen, adoptive parent - contact is a journey not a destination.
Julia, adopted person – enforcing contact can be hugely damaging and possibly re-traumatising
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Amazing to be joined for a special live recording of #TheFFPod at #FFConference23. Our expert by experience panel are sharing their experiences of contact from different perspectives and reflecting on what we've heard so far
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So interesting to hear adoptees’ views about contact whether positive or not. So grateful to have this opportunity. “Life story work grounded me and enabled me to have ongoing contact with siblings” #FFConference23 #adoption #fostering #FamilyFutures #contact
The adopter guests have some advice: there should be full assessments including contact needs for all children when they are adopted. Professionals need experience in trauma, child development and contact as it needs great skill to handle contact. #FFConference23 #contact
Now listening to Sue Hughes from Family Futures speaking to an adopted young person with her parents all about contact.
What messages do they have for professionals planning and supporting #contact?
#FFConference23 #adoption #NationalAdoptionWeek
"It’s always important to put the child’s trauma hat on" when adults are making decisions about contact."
- Cassie, adopted person, reflecting on how she felt about contact as a child.
Do I feel safe, comfortable and loved here? The key consideration for contact #FFConference23
Cassie remembers the word mother for her as a traumatised child could mean: fear, scarcity, inconsistency, sporadic love. It is important to put the child’s trauma hat on. “Biology shouldn’t trump the child’s needs or feelings of security” #FFConference23 #adoption #fostering
The reality of a contact centre was stark - loud, public, cold. Not conducive to the right kind of atmosphere for the ideal meeting with Cassie’s birth mother #FFConference23 #adoption #fostering #FamilyFutures
Currently listening to Dee and her adult adopted daughter Cassie who now works with children herself #FFConference23 #adoption
👋We're about to begin our #FFConference23! Very excited to be joined by so many attendees joining our virtual platform #vfairs and networking together already. Our introduction session starts in 5 minutes⏲️ See you there! #adoption #fostering #kinshipcare #NationalAdoptionWeek
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