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Parents of adult adopted children are invited to the fifth of our monthly, face to face, peer support groups being held at Fitzroy North Library.
Topics will be based on the needs identified by participants over the last two months and will be guided by the rich, shared wisdom of participants’ experience within the group. The forum is a safe, non-judgemental space for sharing experiences and a deep sense of trust and respect for participants, together with a good deal of hope and humour.
Where: Edinburgh Gardens Community Room, Brunswick Street, North Fitzroy (this month only) then will revert back to Bargoonga Nganjin Community Hub - Fitzroy library, 182-186 St Georges Rd, Fitzroy North
Dates: Wednesdays 24 April, Wednesdays 22 May, Wednesdays 26 June
Time: 7:30pm to 9.00pm
Topic: 'Connecting with our adult children' - a look at Dan Hughes's P.A.C.E. (Playful, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy) model and how it can be applied to family relationships.
As the go to organisation for the community, PCA Families delivers individual support and peer support services to permanent care, kinship care and adoptive families, informed by lived experience and research.
Whether you’re a prospective family, a new family or an established family, we have brought together information and resources to help navigate and respond to different stages of your family’s permanent care and adoption journey.
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Permanent care, kinship care and adoptive families are an often hidden and under-supported group. They care for some of the most vulnerable children in our community. We often hear from parents and carers that raising children from permanent care, kinship care and adoption backgrounds is rewarding, but that many families also experience a range of challenges. Families deserve to have their voices heard by those who make decisions on behalf of children.
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PCA Families acknowledges the First Nations peoples of all Country throughout Australia. We are grateful for continued connections to lands, waters, seas and communities. We pay respect to Elders past and present as we express our intention to move together to a place of justice and partnership. We acknowledge sovereignty has never been ceded and Australia was, and always will be, Aboriginal lands.
PCA Families has a zero tolerance of child abuse and we are committed to establishing and maintaining child safe environments.
