Our Learning from Research webinars, which are free to members or a one-off fee for non-members, run monthly and promote evidence-based policy and practice. Presentations include Q&A sessions to enable attendees to delve deeper into the subject matter and explore connections to their own practice.

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Learning from Research: Safeguarding in the context of adoption and special guardianship

30 April 2026 | 11.30am - 1.00pm | Online
Join us to hear the latest research on safeguarding in the context of adoption and special guardianship. Supported by the Nuffield Foundation, The Institute of Public Care at Oxford Brookes University and the University of Birmingham, this research has been studying safeguarding in the context of adoption and special guardianship in five local authority areas in England and Wales. The team examined the experiences of children who were subject to statutory safeguarding interventions after adoption or SGO through case file analysis and interviews with families and professionals

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Our recordings

Members can watch our webinar recordings from the previous 12 months below or head over to our YouTube channel to view earlier ones

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Learning from Research: 'I lived for those mornings'; parents' experiences of visiting their children in care

Polly Baynes' research with 10 mothers and fathers (half of whom had learning disabilities) explored their experiences of keeping in touch with children who were no longer in their care, using photographs and interviews. Contact provided an important but limited opportunity to express a continued sense of parental responsibility.

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Developments in attachment research launch event

Learning from Research Special: Developments in attachment research launch event

Developments in Attachment Research explores the contributions of several research groups in developmental science that have shaped the study of attachment and caregiving in recent decades, each with a different image of the history of attachment research, of the nature of attachment, and why and how attachment research might be valuable.

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Learning from Research: Improving opportunities of physical activity for care-experienced children and young people

This session will showcase finding from the recent Local Government Association (LGA) report: Guidance on improving physical activity for care-experienced children and young people. The guide provides information, advice, and current good practice examples in supporting care-experienced children and young people to be physically active.

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Developments in attachment research

17 July 2025

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Innovating practice in kinship care

26 June 2025

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Walking with families living with care experienced children's challenging, violent or aggressive behaviour

29 May 2025

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Young people's experiences of family life with an SGO

27 March 2025

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In their own words - Care experienced young people on local and national policy

27 February 2025

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Supporting adopters with post adoption depression

30 January 2025

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Permanently Progressing Phrase 2 - Middle Childhood

28 November 2024

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"What's the point?" How does CAMHS listen to young people with a social worker?

26 September 2024

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The recordings of our Exploring Expertise and Learning from Research webinars are available to members only for 12 months after publishing. After this time period they are uploaded to our YouTube channel to be available to all.

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