Image with text celebrating Belay's launch of new help for families seeking respite at home - advertising our free webinar, free video, and brand new guidance pack, with a link to our website to access all the fun stuff here: https://thebelayfoundation.org.uk/trauma-responsive-support

Intrigued about #Belay's new resources to help #kinship and #adoptive families find help at home?

> #FreeWebinar (next is Tues 24 March)
> #FreeInformationVideo and #BrandNewGuidancePack on our training portal

Visit: thebelayfoundation.org.uk/trauma-respo...
Tthanks to #NationalLottery!

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Free #DLA information for #adoptive #specialguardianship and #kinship families … noon on Monday

Dragon remembers christmas with his adoptive parents

#owncharacter #dragon #oc #dragonoc #alien #planet #story #sad #christmas #holidays #family #adoptive #monster #fanart #drawing

Just listened to an adoptive mom on #BBC lament how this regime’s immigration policy could separate her family. I try to be empathetic as a fellow #adoptive mom, but she voted THREE times for this. She did it to her family.

People really DO assume an #adoptee is genetically from w inherited traits from our #adoptive (A) parents.

💯STOP DOING THAT

Yes. I am talking to you, esp A parents/family/relatives, #HAPs, teachers & HC providers.
#adoptionistrauma
#adoption #birthfamily #fosterkids

I wasn't #adopted.
I am an #Adoptive #Relative #Kinship #Parent.

My primary bond was my Grammy. I was with her from birth (she literally caught me as I was born) until I was 5yo. My mom was there too, but she worked & grammy cared for me. At 5yo my mother moved with me to a different state. 1/2

when you’re a prospective #adoptive parent checking out the website of that agency based in Utah, it’s wombscrolling

The Letter Review Prize Winners January – March 2025 - The Letter Review With enormous excitement today we bring to our reading and writing community the winners of The Letter Review Prize January - March 2025. This has been one of the most astonishingly difficult rounds w...

Just learned my story “Infant Of” - about talking with my #adoptive mother about wanting to search for my #birthmother was shortlisted for The Letter Review Prize for NonFiction. It is an excerpt from my forthcoming #memoir - Thank you Letter Review. letterreview.com/the-letter-r... 🥚

Video still of Sarah Fry speaking about the Belay Survey, with details of the launch as per the rest of the post.

Our big #BelaySurvey is out! Are you a #specialguardianship #SGO #kinship or #adoptive family? Can you share how you feel about in-home practical support ("respite") and your experiences? We'd be VERY grateful!

Intro video: vimeo.com/1094294617
Straight to the survey: forms.office.com/e/EDfKWKgntV

BookTrust’s new #ReadingRights report shows how shared reading supports bonding, identity & stability for children in social care & can be used by #foster, #kinship & #adoptive professionals to build trust, heal trauma & offer safe spaces. 📚💛

“There may be a genetic tendency …”: How adoptive parents understand and communicate about substance use and risk behaviors with their adolescent children For adoptive parents, evaluating their children’s potential for risk-taking behaviors, such as substance use, may be complicated by both known and unk…

Clark University Professor Abbie Goldberg is lead author of "How #adoptive parents talk to their children about their genetic #risk for #substanceabuse," published in Children and Youth Services Review. sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #addiction #drugs #families #AcademicSky

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Howling for my pack members. Are you out there? 🐺✨
#wolf #spirit #howl #hireath #kinship #surrogate #adoptive #family

My sons need therapy - Labour might be about to take it away Adopted children won’t magically stop needing therapy if their support disappears.

A truly insightful article about the threat to the ASGSF fund which will affect many thousands of #adoptive families from
@lisamainwaring.bsky.social

#ASGSF #AdoptionSupport #AdoptionMatters

metro.co.uk/2025/03/17/s...

The #WIPSnips word for March 6 is "reputation".

#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

#snip from my #LiteraryFiction #BookSeries, "Stefan's Owl from Oblivion." #adoptive father, Fredrick Docherty, of 8 year old British, #alien-human child, Ty, has a history he prefers his son not know.

Walking with Familes - System change, my report and some dates. An adoption blog following a adoptive father's story and process Adoption Dad and his adoptive family

Walking with Familes - System change, my report and some dates.
Should services for #adoptive and# kinship families be structured around the fact that families will need support rather than might need support to manage #CPV #CCVAB

#ChurchillFellowship

Walking with Familes - System change, my report and some dates. An adoption blog following a adoptive father's story and process Adoption Dad and his adoptive family

Walking with Familes - System change, my report and some dates.
Should services for #adoptive and# kinship families be structured around the fact that families will need support rather than might need support to manage #CPV #CCVAB
#ChurchillFellowship

Walking with Familes - System change, my report and some dates. An adoption blog following a adoptive father's story and process Adoption Dad and his adoptive family

Walking with Familes - System change, my report and some dates.
Should services for #adoptive and# kinship families be structured around the fact that families will need support rather than might need support to manage #CPV #CCVAB
#ChurchillFellowship

The #WIPSnips word for March 1 is "late".

#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

#snip from my #LiteraryFiction #BookSeries, "Stefan's Owl from Oblivion." #alien-human 8 year old #child Ty's #adoptive father, Fredrick Docherty, talks with Professor Kettil, teacher of the #children's class.

Donate to Help Us Fight for a Child’s Right to Safety & Family, organized by Bicycle Walrus Help Us Fight for a Child’s Right to Safety & Family We are re… Bicycle Walrus needs your support for Help Us Fight for a Child’s Right to Safety & Family

The #GoFundMe for my daughter's legal representation has been going incredibly well! If you believe that every child should have a right to safety, and family - please consider supporting and sharing this cause.

#Foster #Adoptive #ChildWelfare

gofund.me/b1072c10

Donate to Help Us Fight for a Child’s Right to Safety & Family, organized by Bicycle Walrus Help Us Fight for a Child’s Right to Safety & Family We are re… Bicycle Walrus needs your support for Help Us Fight for a Child’s Right to Safety & Family

We're in the midst of an incredibly important #foster and #adoptive care issue. We could use all those support we can get to protect a young lady who desperately wants to return to her chosen family, but instead is languishing in the system.

Please consider helping:
gofund.me/32b46b73

The #WIPSnips word for February 9 is "include".

#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

#snip from my #LiteraryFiction #BookSeries, "Stefan's Owl from Oblivion." #alien-human, #Tibetan-American, 16 year old #teen, Elof, talks about his #adoptive, #exploitive father with Professor Kettil.

The #WIPSnips word for January 29 is "conversion"

#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

One more #snip from my #LiteraryFiction #BookSeries, "Stefan's Owl from Oblivion." #alien-human #child 8 yr old Ty talks about his #adoptive father's inadequate conversion from human to Saeshell.

The #WIPSnips word for January 29 is "conversion"

#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

This #snip is from my #LiteraryFiction #BookSeries, "Stefan's Owl from Oblivion." #alien-human #child 8 yr old Ty talks about his #adoptive father's inadequate conversion from human to Saeshell.

The #WIPSnips word for January 28 is "card"

#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

This #snip is from my #LiteraryFiction #BookSeries, "Stefan's Owl from Oblivion." #alien-human #teen 16 year-old Elof argues with his #adoptive father, Ed. Ed starts the conversation. Click excerpt to read.

The #WIPSnips word for January 27 is "player"

#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

This #snip is from my #LiteraryFiction #BookSeries, "Stefan's Owl from Oblivion." #alien-human #child 8 year-old Ty's room. His #adoptive father is Fredrick Docherty, director of ERID and former assassin.