Adoption support

TACT will carefully match you with the right child(ren). We support adopters, children and families throughout the adoption process and beyond – our support doesn’t just stop when the adoption order is granted; adoptive families can approach us at any time. TACT understands that adoption is for life and we will try to offer a service that meets adopters’ needs or we’ll help adoptive families to find support through other sources. TACT offers great support including:

• Ongoing training for adopters in order to meet the needs of children and develop parenting skills
  
  
• Groups for children, adopters and birth parents
  
  
• Counselling, information and advice
  
  
• Mediation services
  
  
• Support to prevent the disruption of an adoption
  
  
• Therapeutic services for adopted children
  
  
• Respite care if this is considered to be in the child’s best interest
  
  
• Regular communications through an adoption newsletter featuring information about TACT services, real life accounts from adopters and information about our training programme
  
  
• Regular activity events including the annual adoption summer party