Planning tools and templates

Part of Staying in touch: Contact after adoption > Planning for staying in touch

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In this section you will find a downloadable practice tool which sets out a six-step approach to planning for staying in touch (as diagram below), as well as a template and two worked examples of staying in touch plans.

“Sometimes children want to meet some of their family and play with them and it's good to know who your brothers are and how they look in real life and not just pictures or photos or drawings. Sometimes they might want to ask questions to anybody older than them about what do they know about why we're adopted because the older ones have more experience.” (adopted child).

Planning

This planning tool and template is based on the evidence in the Research Brief: Contact: making good decisions for children in public law. It has been developed by Polly Baynes with Beth Neil, Mary Beek and Julie Young at the University of East Anglia.

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Worked examples

The worked examples demonstrate using the planning tool and template for Arlo Hopkins who is seven months old.

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