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I nodi dechrau Wythnos Genedlaethol Mabwysiadu (15 – 21 Hydref), mae’r Gweinidog Plant, Huw Irranca\-Davies, wedi talu teyrnged i’r bobl niferus ym mhob rhan o Gymru sydd wedi mabwysiadu plant. Mae’r rhieni hyn wedi creu teuluoedd newydd gyda rhai o’r plant mwyaf agored i niwed yn y wlad ac maent yn eu helpu i gyflawni eu potensial mewn cartrefi llawn cariad.  

Yng Nghymru:

* Cafwyd teuluoedd newydd i fwy na 300 o blant yn 2017/18, a hynny fel rhan o grŵp o frodyr neu chwiorydd yn achos traean ohonynt
* Cafodd 212 o fabwysiadwyr eu cymeradwyo yn 2017/18\.

Ond hoffem i fwy o bobl gynnig eu henwau. Dyma’r sefyllfa ar hyn o bryd:* Ddiwedd Gorffennaf 2018, roedd 314 o blant yn aros i gael eu mabwysiadu
* Mae 63 o’r plant sydd ar Gofrestr Mabwysiadu Cymru wedi bod yn aros am fwy na 12 mis am gartref parhaol.

Dywedodd y Gweinidog Plant, Pobl Hŷn a Gofal Cymdeithasol, Huw Irranca\-Davies:
> “I nodi Wythnos Genedlaethol Mabwysiadu, hoffwn i dalu teyrnged i’r teuluoedd hynny ledled Cymru sydd wedi mabwysiadu plentyn neu grŵp o blant, ac i’r holl weithwyr proffesiynol sy’n eu cefnogi ar bob cam o’r daith. Mae eu hymroddiad a’u hymrwymiad yn helpu i roi dechrau newydd i rai o’n plant mwyaf agored i niwed.
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> “Hoffwn i hefyd annog unrhyw un sydd wedi meddwl am fabwysiadu i gysylltu â’u hasiantaeth fabwysiadu leol neu’r Gwasanaeth Mabwysiadu Cenedlaethol i gael cyngor ar y broses. Trwy fabwysiadu plentyn, byddwch yn gwneud gwahaniaeth gwirioneddol a fydd yn gweddnewid eu bywyd. Fel tad fy hun, does dim byd sy’n rhoi mwy o foddhad i rywun na gweld plentyn yn ffynnu ac yn datblygu.
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> “Rydyn ni wedi gwneud cynnydd sylweddol yng Nghymru o ran annog pobl i fabwysiadu plant. Ond fe wyddon ni fod angen gwneud llawer mwy i ddarparu’r lefel briodol o gymorth. Rwy wedi ymrwymo i wneud yn siŵr ein bod yn gwneud cymaint ag y gallwn i sicrhau bod y cymorth hwnnw ar gael.”

Mae Llywodraeth Cymru, drwy ei Chynllun Partneriaeth Trosglwyddo Gwybodaeth, yn helpu Cymdeithas Blant Dewi Sant (partner i’r Gwasanaeth Mabwysiadu Cenedlaethol) i ddarparu pecyn cymorth arloesol, ‘Mabwysiadu gyda’n Gilydd’, sy’n cael ei lansio heddiw. Dyma’r cynllun cyntaf o’i fath ac mae’n cynnig cymorth wedi’i deilwra i fabwysiadwyr drwy asesiadau, hyfforddiant ac ymyriadau therapiwtig, cyn ac ar ôl i’r plentyn gael ei leoli gyda theulu newydd. 

Yn ogystal, mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi comisiynu gwaith ychwanegol gan Brifysgol Caerdydd sy’n adeiladu ar yr Astudiaeth Cohort Mabwysiadu. Astudiaeth unigryw yw hon o bron i 400 o blant a fabwysiadwyd o leoliadau gofal, ac mae’n rhoi manylion ynghylch anawsterau cynnar, ansawdd y berthynas deuluol ac iechyd seicolegol plant. 

Yn ystod y cam nesaf, bydd yr astudiaeth yn meithrin cysylltiad uniongyrchol â grŵp o deuluoedd er mwyn archwilio eu profiadau o ffynonellau cymorth mabwysiadu anffurfiol a ffurfiol yng Nghymru, gan gynnwys llesiant seicolegol plant a’u profiadau yn yr ysgol (gan gynnwys anghenion addysgol arbennig).







Translation:


 
To mark the start of National Adoption Week (15th – 21st October), the Minister for Children, Huw Irranca\-Davies has paid tribute to the many adoptive parents across Wales who have made new families with some of the most vulnerable children in the country, and who are supporting them to fulfill their potential in loving homes. 

In Wales:

* More than 300 children found new families in 2017/18 and for one third, this was as part of a sibling group
* 212 adopters were approved in 2017/18\.

However we need more people to come forward in Wales. Currently:

* There were 314 children waiting to be adopted at the end of June 2018
* 63 children whose details are on the Wales Adoption Register have been waiting more than 12 months for a permanent home.

Minister for Children, Older People and Social Care, Huw Irranca\-Davies said:
> “To mark National Adoption Week, I want to pay tribute to families right across Wales who have adopted a child or a group of children, and all those professionals who support them through the journey. Their dedication and commitment is helping give some of our most vulnerable children a new start. 
> 
> “I also want to encourage anyone who has thought about adopting to contact their local adoption agency or the National Adoption Service for advice about the process. By adopting a child, you’re going to help make a real, transformative difference to their life. As a father myself, there’s nothing more rewarding than seeing a child flourish and develop. 
> 
> “In Wales, we’ve made significant progress in supporting people to adopt children. But we know there’s much more we need to do to provide the right level of support. I’m committed to ensuring we do what we can to put that support in place.”

The Welsh Government, through its Knowledge Transfer Partnership Scheme is helping St David’s Children’s Society (a partner in the National Adoption Service) to deliver an innovative package of support – known as ‘Adopting Together’ \- which is being launched today. The first scheme of its kind, it offers tailored support to adopters through assessment, enhanced training and therapeutic interventions, pre and post placement with a new family. 

In addition, the Welsh Government has commissioned further work with Cardiff University that builds on the Adoption Cohort Study.  This is a unique study of almost 400 children adopted from care which evidences a level of detail about early adversity, family relationship quality, child psychological health. This next phase will directly engage with a cohort of families to explore their experiences of informal and formal sources of adoption support in Wales, including child psychological well\-being and children’s experiences at school (including additional learning needs).