Conversation & discussion on contemporary Adoption & Fostering
Episodes
Saturday Jul 17, 2021
Saturday Jul 17, 2021
In this week's episode we reflect back on the response to the interview with Josh MacAlister, to say it's been 'mixed' is fair. We also look at recent research on adoption disruption and consider the findings they highlight. If you can get access it can be found here
Its a ranging chat and we catch up with some of the recent news and unpick what's going on with what seems like a growing 'adoption influencer' culture and the dreaded oversharing. We all chat through some aspects of Transracial adoption.
As always we're very happy to hear from you all and if you want to get in touch please email us at aandfpodcast@gmail.com or through our Twitter or Facebook page.
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Saturday Jul 10, 2021
Saturday Jul 10, 2021
In this episode Scott chats to adoptee Rebekah, she was adopted in the late 70's by a family that did not share her ethnicity and she shares her views and experiences.
You can connect to Rebekah and the work she does on Facebook here
Or at her HappyMarlo website here
or on instagram via @happymarlolife
We hope you find it enlightening and as always if you’ve experience of adoption, Fostering or special guardianship from any perspective and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook or twitter page or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
As always, the views expressed are his and reflect his experience and thoughts on adoption.
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Saturday Jul 03, 2021
Saturday Jul 03, 2021
In this week's episode we stretch out a little and speak to Josh McAlister the Chair of the Independent Review of Children's Social Care in England.
Understandably, there's been a lot of interest in the care review and as it's been billed as a 'once in a generation' opportunity. When the review was announced we asked Josh to come on and we arranged to speak to him to coincide with the release of the interim report. So, that what this is an interview with Josh that reflects the work done so far. Many people with experience of social care are following it closely and there is a high level of criticism from some quarters. There are many concerns being raised in relation to the timings, limitations and intentions of the review and we do discuss them with Josh.
We're not Newsnight and our manner is conversational. We wanted a discussion rather than an interview and to that end we achieved what we set out for. Of course there were a myriad of other questions that we could have pressed him on but time was limited and we did reflect the questions that were passed to us through our Facebook page here.
If you want to read The Case for Change you can do so here.
We hope you find it enlightening and as always if you’ve experience of adoption, Fostering or special guardianship from any perspective and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook or twitter page or email us at aandfpodcast@gmail.com
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Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
In this webcast we announce our latest project, No Borders Training (visit website here)
With No Borders we want to provided easily accessible training, events and resources for parents, carers and professionals. We want to step out of the adoption and fostering world and look at a broader range of issues that impact on children and those who care for them. We’ll be getting experts and professionals to come on and share nuggets of information that will be helpful and hopefully open up discussion and conversation about topics that matter.
You can also listen to our new "The No Borders Podcast" as well to find out more about what we're doing and find some practical advice on specific issues. You can find details our website which is Noborderstraining.org or on iTunes here
You can contact us on NoBordersTraining@gmail.com
Saturday Jun 26, 2021
Saturday Jun 26, 2021
In this episode we speak to Shania a young black adopted woman and she shares her experience of Adoption. Shania is the co founder of Adoptee Futures and an advocate and campaigner for greater awareness of the realities of contemporary adoption and during this podcast she is open and honest in her views. You can find links to Adoptee Futures here and their twitter feed here.
We hope you find it enlightening and as always if you’ve experience of adoption, Fostering or special guardianship from any perspective and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook or twitter page or email us at aandfpodcast@gmail.com
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Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
This week we're back in the same room recording to our heart's content. We discuss the call for a national apology for forced adoption from the 50s,60s and 70. Scott talks about his little gig at the Adoptee Futures event at the festival of debate (watch here) and we unpick the thorny, but far too frequent, issue of adoptive families being pulled into safeguarding proceedings.
As always we're very happy to hear from you all and if you want to get in touch please email us at aandfpodcast@gmail.com or through our Twitter or Facebook page.
As always, thanks for listening and you can also listen to the podcast:
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Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Not a normal episode but Scott has a chat with Joanne Alper, friend of the show, and Director at Adoptionplus, a part of Barnardos.
Adoptionplus is known for being a very therapeutic voluntary adoption agency, with a real focus on new innovations and ideas, and it was a pleasure to chat to Joanne about their pilot of STEP.
STEP – Supporting Tracking and Evaluating Progress is a new Digital Tool that helps Parents to track their families progress in terms of support and interventions, including therapeutic support. The initial Pilot will be in partnership with regional adoption agency, Adopt East.
Joanne hopes to see more RAA’s coming forward to consider STEP as a way of being able to support families in the future.
We talk security of data, how it works, what parents have to do, and what happens with the information they provide.
As ever Joanne is enthusiastic about this new innovative idea, and in Scott’s eyes, this is a useful tool that will help families to know when they may need additional support, and not wait until they are in crisis.
For the usual podcast we’re always very happy to hear from you all and if you want to get in touch please email us at aandfpodcast@gmail.com or through our Twitter or Facebook page.
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Saturday Jun 12, 2021
Saturday Jun 12, 2021
I this episode we speak to Marie an adult intercountry adoptee and she shares her experience and views on contemporary adoption. Marie discusses issues of identity and belonging as well as the work that she does with www.intercountryadopteevoices.com and you can also find her at @scribbleyoga on twitter.
It's Marie's story and views and, as always, if you would like to share your story, then please do contact us on our social media platforms, or via email aandfpodcast@gmail.com
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Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
In this episode we focus on the experience of going to panel. It's a nerve wracking and challenging experience for many adopters and Kat shares some of her experiences and offers insight into Panel from her perspective as a panel member and an adoptee. We discuss the process, the challenges, quality of PARs and a whole raft of aspects of what impacts on the panel's function. Kat also shares some of her experiences of being an adoptee and her perspective on adoption generally. It's a great chat and rest assured, Al is sorry for the interruption of his daughter through FaceTime!
As always, thanks for listening and if you'd like to email us with comments or suggestions the you can at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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Saturday May 29, 2021
Saturday May 29, 2021
In this episode of adoption conersations Scott speaks to adoptee Simon Benn coach and speaker. Simon is coach and speaker and shares his experience of adoption as well as how he started to consider the implications for him in his 40s.
As always, the views expressed are his and reflect his experience and thoughts on adoption.
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