13 March 2025
Zoom | 10:00 – 14:00
About the Trainer:
Joan Hunt is a highly experienced independent trainer and consultant in the fields of adoption and fostering. She has worked extensively with local authorities and independent agencies, providing expert training to professionals, foster carers, adoptive parents, and extended family members. With a specialist understanding of child welfare, Joan’s training sessions incorporate the latest research, best practices, and legal frameworks to ensure participants gain valuable, practical knowledge. She has delivered training across the UK and beyond, helping to equip those involved in adoption with the skills and confidence needed to support children and families effectively.
Course overview:
Teenage years are a time of great change for any young person yet for those who have experienced trauma, abuse and loss there are considerable challenges to be navigated. This training looks to bring understanding of the implications of a young person’s personal history, teen brain development and the impact of abuse and trauma on their presenting behaviour. It looks to give carers and parents the skills and tools needed to support and navigate the family and the young person during this crucial period of development. The training session will consider: The impact of abuse and trauma on a young person’s functioning, understanding the teenage brain, strategies, overcoming adversity, helping the young person live with their past and to find out what support is there.
