by blick | Sep 7, 2023 | Articles & factsheets, Resources
The experience of adoption or separation from a child has lasting ripple effects that can also impact future generations. Silverstein & Kaplan (1986) argue that adoption triggers seven lifelong or core issues for all members of the adoption triad, regardless of...
by blick | Sep 7, 2023 | Events
We have now completed our Creative Expression for Mothers 6-week course with Michele Hutchins. We hope to run this course in 2024 subject to funding. Michele is a highly skilled facilitator and we have received wonderful feedback from previous participants. In this...
by blick | Sep 7, 2023 | Events
VANISH delivered professional training to over 50 post-adoption support and mental health professionals in November 2023. The next training dates will be published in early 2024. Looking Through the Lens of Adoption: Working with Loss and Trauma Related to Past and...
by blick | Sep 7, 2023 | Events
All VANISH members are invited to attend this year’s Special General Meeting, featuring a presentation from guest speaker Jeannot Farmer: “The Scottish Adoption Apology: Tackling Historic Adoption Injustice.” When: Friday 22nd September 2023, from 4pm to 6pm Where:...
by blick | Sep 7, 2023 | News
In March 2022, the Victorian Government formally responded to the Inquiry into responses to historical forced adoption in Victoria, supporting 33 of the 56 recommendations made by the Legal and Social Issues Committee. The response includes a plan to develop...
