Adoption UK's "It's a piece of cake" programme enables carers to explore their own expectations and share and brainstorm creative parenting strategies.
It is now to undergo its first formal evaluation, involving participants and providers, thanks to a successful 10,000 funding application made to Lloyds TSB, to identify how the programme is valuable to adoptive families.
Janet Smith, training manager at Adoption UK, said that so far evaluation had only been done on an informal basis.
A formal evaluation team of purchasers, volunteers and staff would be established in collaboration with the Evaluation Trust and the Hadley Research Centre, she said.
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