Conversation & discussion on contemporary Adoption & Fostering
Episodes
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Oct 14, 2019
In this episode we speak to playwright Karen Bartholomew in relation to her production 'Giving up Marty' a play that considers the reality of adoption reunion from a range of perspectives. Karen is adopted herself but this isn't her story but she hopes to offer an antidote to the fictionalised and sanitised TV versions of reunion that the adoption community often object to. We chat about that and the impact that the earlier test previews of the production as well as her hope to raise funds for a wider production run that would give more people the opportunity to see the play.
Scott and Al discuss Adoption Week and the usual challenges as well as Scott's temporary retirement from the head world of adoption.
Please check out Karen's Crowdfunding page can be found here and giving opens on the 14th October. Also, follow Karen on Twitter here and have a look at the trailer/teaser for the play.
Saturday Oct 12, 2019
Saturday Oct 12, 2019
In this episode, we chat to Cat Theresa an adult adoptee and she shares her experience of being adopted in late 60's.
Cat describes her experience of growing up and the impact of adoption on how she felt as a child and adolescent. Cat went on to reunification with her birth mother at 19 then later with her birth father.
Cat speaks about some of her challenges and the life long impact of being an adoptee so please be cautious as she shares some difficult experiences that she had a child.
The usual warning if you’ve any doubts get a friend to listen first.
We hope you find it interesting and if you’re an adoptee and would like to share your perspective or experience then please do direct message us at our twitter feed here or on our facebook page here.
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Saturday Oct 05, 2019
Saturday Oct 05, 2019
In this episode we talk to Helen Bonnick in relation to Child to Parent Violence and Aggression and her book here
We chat across the topic and cover a broad range of issues including definitions, underlying causes and how practitioners from different services perceive the phenomenon. We also consider some of the interventions and look at one think that can really help.
Helen has a fantastic website 'Holes in the Wall' where you can access a broad range of resources.
I must offer an apology, there's a few audio blips and the final ten seconds the signal went haywire. It certainly isn't prohibitive so hang in there.
As always, thanks for listening and if you get a change a cheeky review wherever you get this podcast would be appreciated.
Saturday Sep 28, 2019
Saturday Sep 28, 2019
In this episode, I chat to Melissa Guida-Richards, an adult adoptee, she shares her remarkable story of discovering that she was an adoptee as a young adult. Melissa describes the experience being compounded as she then discovers that she was adopted from another country and race.
Cleary, this is a remarkable story and Melissa is open and honest about the impact on her as well as her adopted brother who found out the same information. He’s given permission to share his part of the story.
The usual warning if you’ve any doubts get a friend to listen first.
If you've a story you'd like to share then please get in touch with us through the Facebook page here or the Twitter Feed here.
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Saturday Sep 21, 2019
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
In what was meant to be a brief chat we dig down on the Government's Regionalisation agenda. We asked some questions, did a twitter poll and considered some of the challenges, benefits, questions, worries and hopes that we all have in the UK in relation this cunning plan.
Here's a some links to the documents that we reference:
Evaluation of regional adoption agencies
As always a review on iTunes would be welcomed here.
Saturday Sep 14, 2019
Saturday Sep 14, 2019
In this episode we speak to Dawn H a 25 year old UK adoptee. As a blogger she has written come moving and insightful posts on her blog here. In this conversation Dawn shares her story and some of the challenges that she's experienced. She also shares insights as to the impact of adoption in different aspects of her life including dating and she discusses holding the tensions of two sets of parents, growing up with the biological children of her adoptive parents and wider views on adoption.
As always, there are some challenging issues so be mindful of this as you decide if it's ok to listen too what is an insightful conversation.
We hope you find it interesting and if you’re an adoptee and would like to share your perspective or experience then please do direct message us at our twitter feed here or on our facebook page here.
Music by
Together, We Can Make It by Neutrin05 | https://soundcloud.com/neutrin05
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Saturday Sep 07, 2019
Saturday Sep 07, 2019
So, new term, new beginnings. This week we reflect on the summer and get slightly lost in the info banter.
We did a small poll on Twitter in relation to anticipation of the new school starting. With the summer at an end and the new academic year we asked people how they were feeling as they head into the new term. We go through some of the feedback as as well as commenting on the difference across some nations.
Scott chat's about his move from AUK and what the future holds and we generally discuss this and that.
As always thank you for listening and if you're feeling warm and fluffy please do leave a review on iTunes to inflate our delicate egos, click here.
Saturday Aug 24, 2019
Saturday Aug 24, 2019
In what is a summer episode we speak to Professor Brigid Featherstone regarding her recent co authored academic paper in the Journal of Child and Family Social Work, On hope, loss, anger and the spaces in between: Reflections on living with/in adoption and the role of the social worker. This builds on the earlier enquiry commissioned by BASW The role of the social worker in adoption – ethics and human rights: An Enquiry.
We discuss a range of issues including safe spaces for discussion, information sharing, lives at risk, the negative impact of timescales and the voice of children. If you'd like to connect to Brigid through twitter and follow her you can here and she may be able to give access to the new report.
There's limited infobanter as we're enjoying our hols.
Saturday Aug 17, 2019
Saturday Aug 17, 2019
In this episode Black Sheep (a name that will be explained) describes her uncommon experience of being an adoptee who goes on to adopt. Black sheep, as a black child was a adopted into a white family and she discussed a wide range of issues that she faced growing up as well as she went on to reunion with many of her immediate birth family members. The conversation then moves on to her decision to adopt and the challenges thereafter.
We hope you find it interesting and if you’re an adoptee and would like to share your perspective or experience then please do direct message us at our twitter feed here or on our facebook page here.
Saturday Aug 10, 2019
Saturday Aug 10, 2019
In this episode Al has an interview with Andrew Christie the Chair of the Adoption & Special Guardian Leadership Board. We ask some listener's questions in relation to the measuring of the number of children returning to care from adoptive homes, international concerns, social worker retention, RAAs and more. He also considers collating data on children returning to care from adoptive homes and also transracial adoption placements, with the UK having no data on either of theses issues currently. During the interview Andrew explains his hopes for involvement of UK adoptees in consulting and contributing to the Leadership Board's work.
To that end here is the email address that he's provided for those that would be interested in participating in that speciific consultation to let the board know through the email address below.
As always there's a little infobanter from them lads and Scott becomes quite animated.