Conversation & discussion on contemporary Adoption & Fostering
Episodes
Thursday May 27, 2021
Thursday May 27, 2021
In this weeks webcast we speak to David Benjamin adoptee and therapist who specialises in trauma. David often shares his experience and perspective on adoption preparation groups. He’s come on the webcast to share his views and thought on preparation of adopters and broader adoption issues.
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Tuesday May 25, 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Hello and welcome to conversations from the adoption and fostering podcast.
In this episode we speak to adult transracial adoptee Vik, she shares her experience of growing up in a community that had little representation of herself and some of the challenges that precipitated. She is open an honest in relation to her experience and how it had informed her broader perspective in relation to adoption.
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Saturday May 22, 2021
Saturday May 22, 2021
In this Episode we have a good old chat about the subject matter of the recent recruitment drive for adopters, Siblings. It's an emotive issue and as parents of siblings Scott and Al reflect on the issue from a range of perspectives and consider challenges that can manifest. We also look at the issues of contact raised in the Radio 4 interview as well as the well raised points on social media relating to the centrality, or lack thereof, of the adoptee perspective in that and the newspaper article later in the week.
There's also talk of pants!
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Thursday May 20, 2021
Thursday May 20, 2021
This is our third Alternative Adoption Preparation Webcast and we invite Social Worker, Richard March, on to share his views.
Unfortunately we has some sort of technical glitch that impacted on some parts of his audio. So, rather than scrap it all Scott and Al did a short summary of the conversation and have included it for those who want to unpick it. We will get Richard back on as his knowledge and insight were spot on and we would love to have an unrestricted chat.
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Saturday May 15, 2021
Saturday May 15, 2021
In this, the 2nd episode, from Scottish Adoption I Arran and Dani young adopted adults from the Teen Talk project start to develop some of the themes that they started last week. They share parts of their stories and their perspectives on them, they also start to consider the impact of adoption on them as well as the broader system around adoption. Again, it's unedited or choreographed discussion and they shared what they wanted in their way. Many thanks to them and we hope that we'll hear from Dani and Arran, as well as some of their Teen Talk colleagues in the future.
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Thursday May 13, 2021
Thursday May 13, 2021
In our second #wednsedayWebcast 'Alternative' Adoption Preparation we speak to Viki McKeown a therapist and social worker.
We chat about the need for early support and raising awareness of the implications of early trauma on children's behaviour. Viki works with many children and families and shares her views on what ways we can support adoptive families better.
Viki's website is here
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Saturday May 08, 2021
Saturday May 08, 2021
In this episode Mel from Scottish Adoption introduces Arran and Dani young adopted adults from the Teen Talk project and they share some of their views on contemporary adoption specifically their thoughts on the adoption and care system. This is the first of a few episodes where we hand over the reigns to them. There's no editing, censoring or direction just their views.
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Thursday May 06, 2021
Thursday May 06, 2021
In what is a new series of #WednesdayWebcast we are looking at adoption preparation starting with perspectives from people with first hand lived experience and insight into adoption. This week we speak to Cat Theresa a psychologist and adult adoptee about her views on preparing adoptive parents.
Over the next few weeks we're going to speak to therapists, social workers, adopters and panel members as we chart the journey to adoption and overall preparation for prospective adoptive parents.
Cat's Internet threw her out of the webcast a few times but fear not they were only minor breaks.
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Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
In this episode we speak to Dave the FOUNDER of Madlug, they provide bags for children in care to promote dignity and value for those children. Dave shares the origin story and the underlying values, ethos and vision as well as being a great guest and good sport. You can visit their website here
As well, Al is eternally shamed for his dark cynical heart and we are then drawn into a somewhat bizarre discussion in relation to children and spoons.
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Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
This week we speak to Damian an adult adoptee. He shares his experience of growing up with the knowledge of his adoption and the personal challenges that brought. He is open and honest in sharing some of the difficulties he faced with his mental heath as well as his path to a very recent reunion.
Of course, we'd recommend caution as this contains some especially difficult issues that some listeners may find upsetting.
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