Support for adoptive families

Adoption is a process which impacts many people.

Adoptive families can receive different kinds of support. Norfolk Adoption Service is always available. It doesn't matter how much time has passed since you adopted children. Behaviour in later childhood can display the impact of neglect or trauma before adoption. We can provide support and advice about any aspect of adoptive parenting. 

Adults who were adopted as children may wish to receive support. Trauma or rejection from their early years may result in powerful emotions in later life. Or you may want help in tracing their genetic family for any number of reasons.

Counselling is also available for parents whose children were adopted.

Some of the support services we offer

• Keep in touch by receiving our regular newsletter
• Workshops and training groups covering therapeutic parenting, contact, loss, sleep, and non-violence resistance
• Connections with other adopters at regular events we hold
• Opportunity to have an assessment of need completed by a social worker. The assessment considers your family's needs and develops a support plan. This could signpost you to advice or therapy
• A 'buddy' service of trained adopters to offer you support
• A letterbox service for contact between adoptive and birth families. We can support adopters or birth relatives with letter writing
• Support group for birth parents
• Counselling service for specialist support about a birth parent's child's adoption
• We support direct contact agreements when this is part of the contact agreement
• Support for adopted adults to access their adoption records
• Counselling for adopted adults for matters relating to their adoption