2007 conference

Workshops

This year's conference features a wide range of workshops around the professionalisation of the fostering service.

• Workshop 1: Mentoring : Foster Carers supporting other foster carers
• Workshop 2: Pay for foster carers : the wider implications
• Workshop 3: Acclimatising to the heat in the kitchen!
• Workshop 4: Understanding and implementing the CWDC Training, Support and Development Standards for Foster carers
• Workshop 5: Parent and child placements
• Workshop 6: Attracting and keeping the foster carers you need
• Workshop 7: Involving young people in service delivery
• Workshop 8: Fostering Links in Scotland: developing a national consensus for foster care
• Workshop 9: Fostering emotional resilience with looked-after children : a model of working together
• Workshop 10: Tax, national insurance and state pensions : understanding the issues, solving the problems
• Workshop 11: The symbolic significance of food in the treatment, care and recovery of emotionally damaged children
• Workshop 12: Fostering achievement : improving educational outcomes