DDPI Worldwide are excited to announce the first set of DDP in Focus professional development workshops for 2026, now including sessions in Australian and New Zealand time zones.
This series is designed to help you develop and broaden your cultural competency, and deepen your DDP skills and practice. The workshops are open to professionals who work with children who have experienced relational trauma, including managers and team leaders, and with a wide range of DDP experience.
All sessions explore DDP and PACE in practice as they relate to a variety of themes and applications. After many requests for workshops in more time zones, we’re thrilled to be able to bring you two for Australia, New Zealand and Singapore in this first set with more to come in the second half of next year.
Other themes include Transracial Adoption, DDP when supporting and working with people with an intellectual disability, supporting frontline Residential Workers, combining DDP and Theraplay®, exploring Affective Reflective Dialogue and core elements of DDP.
“I’m excited to introduce our first round of 2026 DDP workshops — including our first offerings in Australia and New Zealand time zones, which will help us better connect with practitioners across the region.”
Erica Myers-Davis
Executive Director, DDPI Worldwide
Our presenters are Practitioners in DDP from across the world including (a-z): Lorren Arezio, Georgia Cooper, Nic Jones, Lucy Joy, Leah Millward, Vivien Norris and Vicky Sutton.
They are all being held online using Zoom. Some are timed for North and Central America, UK and European time zones, others for Australian and New Zealand time zones, however everyone globally is invited.
Timed for North and Central America, UK and Europe
Roots and Rhythms: Transforming Discomfort in Transracial Adoption, Lucy Joy
21 January 2026
LGBTQ+ parents & DDP: a short long story, Georgia Cooper
12 February 2026
Supporting Frontline Residential Workers: Why Training is not Enough, Vicky Sutton
11 March 2026
Combining DDP and Theraplay®: Opportunities, challenges and applications, Vivien Norris
14 April 2026
Timed for Australia, Singapore and New Zealand
DDP Back to Basics, Lorren Arezio
5 March 2026
A Deeper Dive into Affective Reflective Dialogue, Leah Millward
24 March 2026
(Top left to bottom right): Lorren Arezio, Georgia Cooper, Lucy Joy, Nic Jones, Leah Millward, Vivien Norris and Vicky Sutton
Ticket prices vary according to the length of the session. We’re delighted to include Intersectional Inclusion tickets to welcome people from intersections of our DDP Community as part of our offer. This includes but is not limited to people who self-identify as LGBTQ+, Global Majority, physical disability / sensitivity, neurodiverse, low income, adult adoptees for example.
All sessions can be found under DDPI Worldwide Professional Development. Please book through the individual event and training pages, where you can also find more detailed course information.
If you have any questions about the DDPI Worldwide professional development program please use our Contact form.
Buy 2 tickets, get 3rd FREE Offer. Are you buying tickets for your organisation, company, not-for-profit or charity etc. and are happy to do so via invoice? Contact us directly to take advantage of this offer and for more information (T&Cs apply).
