Building secure futures: Longitudinal evidence on attachment in adoption

Evidence from three stages of adoption: young children, adolescents and young adults

16 October 2026
11am – 4pm
FREE online event

Join researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to hear findings from the three phases of this 25-year longitudinal adoption study, focusing on attachment, identity and developmental outcomes from childhood to early adulthood, alongside adoptive parents’ experiences.

The longitudinal study was a collaboration with Anna Freud, Coram and Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Speakers include:

  • Dr Saul Hillman: Senior Research Fellow, Child Attachment Psychological Therapies, Anna Freud Centre & Honorary Lecturer, UCL
  • Dr Miriam Steele: Professor in Psychology, New School for Social Research, Psychology, based in New York
  • Jeanne Kaniuk OBE: Formerly Adoption Manager, Coram
  • Dr Emily Blackshaw: Senior Research Manager, Research Impact and Evaluation Team, Coram Institute for Children
  • Dr Naomi Bartle: Research Manager, Research Impact and Evaluation Team, Coram Institute for Children
  • Jenny Kenrick: Formerly Consultant Child Psychotherapist Adoption, Fostering and Kinship Care team, Tavistock Clinic

Further speakers to be confirmed.

 

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