Course description

Welcome to Talking to Your Child About Their Adoption Story. In this course we look at why openness matters, how to tell the story at every age, how to share the hard parts truthfully, and how to keep a child's heritage alive. We pay close attention to children whose ethnicity, culture, faith or language differs from their adoptive family's.

Who it's for: Adoptive parents and prospective adopters, adoption social workers and adoption support workers

What's inside:

• Module 1: Why the Story Matters
• Module 2: Telling It at Every Age
• Module 3: The Hard Parts
• Module 4: Heritage, Identity and Support

About 11 minutes of narration, 5 interactive activities, a 10-question final quiz (80% to pass) and a printable certificate of completion. Reflects law and guidance in England as at autumn 2026.

What will i learn?

• Explain why adoption is a lifelong part of a child's identity and why openness matters
• Adapt how you tell the adoption story for toddlers, primary-age children, teenagers and young adults
• Describe life story books, life story work and later life letters, and who writes them
• Share difficult history truthfully and in an age-appropriate way
• Support a child's heritage and identity, including in transracial and transcultural adoption
• Outline adopted adults' access to records and the adoption support available in England
• Receive a printable certificate of completion when you pass the final quiz

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