The accompanying Guidance on the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 and the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 explains that support services provided by local authorities can include:support to groups of adopted children, adopters and birth childrenassistance, including mediation, in arrangements for contact between adopted children and their birth parents, siblings and other relativesservices to meet the therapeutic needs of adopted childrenassistance to adopters such as training to meet special needs and respite caremediation and other services if there is a disruption in an adoption placement, or risk of one.Local Authority adoption services, including the post adoption support they provide, are monitored through inspections by the Care Inspectorate, which has the role of looking at the quality of care in Scotland to ensure it meets high standards, and supporting services to make positive changes where improvement is needed. S6W...