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The National Adoption Service has just published its mid-year review.

What works for adopted children in school?

A Call for Evidence

Welsh Government awards a grant to the National Adoption Service for Wales (NAS) to support the implementation of the framework for adoption support services.

Every child deserves a forever family. That’s why we #SupportAdoption.

Remember Jamie Baulch's journey to find his birth mum?

The new one off documentary on BBC One Wales is a follow up to the programme which saw him search for his birth mother.

Campaign launched to find adopters for children with delayed development, health problems and from large sibling groups.

In the coming weeks many regional adoption services, councils and voluntary adoption agencies across Wales will be hosting information & support events in their local areas. These will provide an opportunity for prospective adopters to gather information and advice in a relaxed and informal setting from people with first hand experience of the process.

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has established a UK-wide enquiry to consider the role of the social worker in adoption with a particular focus on ethics and human rights. The enquiry will consider adoptions that are undertaken by local authorities for children in care. The focus does not include inter-country or step-parent adoptions.

Adoption UK is calling on all adoptive parents in Wales to let their children’s schools know about a guide to working with adopted children and their families, which is now available to download, free of charge.

This study is about child and adolescent well-being in adoptive families, with the main purpose of evaluating how adoption, child’s pre-adoptive history, and family dynamics can best promote child and adolescent development and well-being.

The National Assembly for Wales Children and Young People Committee has been reviewing the progress made since its 2012 inquiry into adoption services. We welcome the publication of Follow-up Inquiry into Adoption Services in Wales report; it reflects our priorities.

The National Adoption Service has just published its mid-year review. Please click the link to find out more.