Video Resources
Identity Needs Training Session
This training video explores the unique needs of children from racialised and minoritised backgrounds who are adopted transracially. It highlights the importance of meeting their racial, ethnic, and cultural needs, as well as addressing their psychological well-being.
Identity Theories Training Session
This training video focuses on a selection of identity theories relevant to Black and Asian children adopted transracially. It outlines the support needed to foster a positive process of identity formation and deepen understanding of the unique requirements involved.
Microaggression - transracial adoption training resource
This training defines microaggressions and provides examples specific to transracial adoption, along with recommendations of effective approaches for challenging them. The aim is to empower social workers and adoptive parents with the confidence to recognise and address microaggressions.
Race Trauma Training Session
This training video examines racial trauma and its intergenerational impact on children adopted transracially, arising from the experiences of birth families, the wider community, and adoptive families. It offers insights into the complex layers of trauma that can influence identity, emotional well-being, and relationships in transracial adoption contexts. Using practical examples, the video supports social workers and adoptive parents in deepening their understanding of these crucial concepts.
Lived experience expertise videos
Navigating identity information in transracial adoption
Contributors with lived experience discuss the importance of introducing children to the culture, racial background, and ethnic heritage of their birth families. They explore what adoptees can learn about their identity and heritage through adoption files and consider the role of DNA testing in helping transracially adopted individuals understand their cultural roots.
Cultural Preservation in Transracial Adoption
In this video, contributors discuss the critical importance of cultural preservation, including maintaining the child’s native language, traditions, and heritage. They emphasise the value of safe, ongoing contact with the child’s birth family to support a strong sense of identity and belonging, highlighting how these connections contribute to a positive self-concept and cultural continuity.
Nurturing and sustaining cultural practices
This video speaks to the importance of racial and ethnic practices for children adopted transracially, highlighting their cultural significance. It highlights the value of understanding history and heritage, including reading culturally relevant books, hair and skin care, and engaging with food and religious practices as essential elements in nurturing a child’s identity and cultural understanding.
Roots and voices -confronting challenges, stereotypes, microaggressions & racism
This video focuses on microaggressions, drawing on real-life experiences from those with lived expertise. Contributors emphasise the importance of role models and the need to learn from children about what matters to them, helping to strengthen their connection to their racial and ethnic identity.