# The Adoption Support Services (Local Authorities) (Wales) Regulations 2005, Regulation 3: Prescribed services


For the purposes of section 2(6) of the 2002 Act (definition of “adoption support services”), the following services are prescribed —
(a) financial support payable under regulation 11;
(b) services to enable groups of adoptive children, adoptive parents and natural parents of an adoptive child to discuss matters relating to adoption;
(c) assistance to adoptive children, adoptive parents, natural parents of an adoptive child and related persons in relation to arrangements for contact between an adoptive child and a natural parent or a related person of the adoptive child;
(d) services that may be provided to an adoptive family in relation to the therapeutic needs of an adoptive child;
(e) assistance for the purpose of ensuring the continuance of the relationship between the child and the child’s adoptive parent, including —
(i) training for adoptive parents for the purpose of meeting any special needs of the child; and
(ii) respite care; and
(f) assistance where disruption of an adoption placement has occurred or is in danger of occurring including —
(i) mediation; and
(ii) organising and holding meetings to discuss disruptions in adoption placements.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/1512/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-services-local-authorities-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-3
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