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The Adoption and Fostering Podcast

Al Coates & Scott Casson-Rennie

Conversation & discussion on contemporary Adoption & Fostering

kids & family parenting

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Conversations - Anne, adult adoptee and birth mom.

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2024/06/01

Hello and welcome to this edition of conversations from the A&F network. In this episode I speak to adult adoptee and birth mom to a child who was adopted Anne Peshka. Anne lives in Florida and share her story of being adopted, the experience of giving up one of her children to adoption and two stories of reunion. It’s a story that raises lots of questions and Anne is a remarkable woman in terms of her fortitude and resilience. You can visit Anne's website here. As always if you’ve experience

56:04

Episode 188 - Elections and Barometers

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2024/05/25

Hello and welcome to conversations from the A&F Network. Well, just before we pressed record an election was announced in the UK in what was pretty poor timing for Adoption UK and their Barometer. We unpick both things and consider the impact of a change of government on the landscape as well as reflect on the release of the Barometer and the finding it highlights this year. You can read the Barometer here. We also discuss touch on the recent speech by Sir Andrew McFarlane at the recent potato

01:09:27

Conversations - Adoptive Parent Matt

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2024/05/18

Hello and welcome to this edition of conversations from the A&F network. In this episode I speak Adoptive parent Matt, he shares his experience, with his partner, of adoption. It was a complicated and challenging path having to change agency mid assessment. They are now parents and Matt is open and honest thoughout this interview. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast

01:12:24

Episode 187 - An interview with Laura Machin founder...

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2024/05/11

Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast. In this episode we welcome Professor Laura Machin from the Lancaster University. She is an an adult adoptee, adopter and academic and has set up Adopters Advocacy who seek to "highlight the voices and needs of adopters during the adoption process and after a child has been placed, without diminishing the importance of adoptees and their birth families.". Before we get into the heart, vision and work that they do we dance lightly across the latest hot

25:42

Better Me Better You - Episode 12

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2024/05/07

Hello and welcome to this episode of the Better Me Better Us Podcast with Vicki and Hayley. It’s the start of GCSE exams so we talk about how to support our children and young people through this difficult time. We also highlight Foster Carers week and the amazing work that they do every month not just in May. Connect with us - Instagram- BMBUltd Facebook – Better Me Better Us Twitter – BMBUltd Email – info@bettermebetterus.co.uk

36:49

Conversations - Michelle Hall Contact and Kinship Care

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2024/05/04

Hello and welcome to this edition of conversations from the A&F network. In this episode I catch up with Kinship carer and researcher Michelle Hall, she is looking at the issue of contact between kinship carers and birth parents for her PhD. Michelle highlights the ongoing and complex challenges that can be present and shares the experiences of those she has spoken to. You can find access to her research here. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from

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Episode 186 - CVAA Strategy Launch and DfE updates

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2024/04/27

We're back in the same room after a year online. Consequently, we're a little giddy but get ourselves on track and discuss the CVAA strategy update that we were attending in that London. We ask the question that many prospective adopters ask, RAA or VAA? Then we unpick adopter sufficiency, PP+, the three year rule and more. Here's a link to the new Adoption England Strategy that we mention, we'll unpick it more in another episode. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special

47:39

Conversations - Adult Adoptee Julie McGrue

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2024/04/20

Hello and welcome to this edition of conversations from the A&F network. In this episode I speak to adult adoptee Julie McGrue, she was adopted in the US with her twin sister and grew up in the 60s knowing she was adopted. Julie shares her story of fighting to get access to her birth records and the names of her biological parents and the support that she received through a post adoption support group. Julie’s website here shares more of her story and her writing and is an excellent resource

01:15:34

Episode 185 -An interview with Transnational/racial...

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2024/04/13

Hello and welcome to Episode 185 of the Adoption and Fostering Podcast. In this episode we interview transnational/transracial Adoptee and Sexologist Anna Linde. Anna's research, website and social media can be found below Free Discovery call and my ”workbase” at Healing Exchange LLC: https://www.healingxchg.com/booking-calendar/discovery-meeting-with-anna?category=0ec8fc3e-78a2-4ef9-921b- 40851f4b1fa5&referral=service_list_widget Intimacy coaching group for Adult

25:01

Better Me Better Us - Episode 11 – Expectations

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2024/04/09

Hello and welcome to this episode of the Better Me Better Us Podcast with Vicki and Hayley. As it’s National Stress Awareness Month we thought we’d talk about expectations both of ourselves and others and how it contributes to our stress levels. We would love to hear your experiences and open up the conversation. Connect with us - Instagram- BMBUltd Facebook – Better Me Better Us Twitter – BMBUltd Email – info@bettermebetterus.co.uk

44:04

Conversations - Adult Adoptee Courtney-Grace

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2024/04/06

Hello and welcome to Conversations from the the A&F Network. In this episode I speak adult adoptee Courtney-Grace. She shares her experience of adoption and is frank in relation to the challenges she faced growing up and re entering the care system as a teenager. Courtney-Grace is honest and frank about the impact of her experiences and the challenges that she has navigated. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or

01:07:27

Episode 184 - Jenny Ginger - Adopting when you've got...

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2024/03/30

In this episode we speak to Jenny Ginger in relation to her Phd looking at the issue of adopting when you've already got a biological child. It's a fascinating subject and we drew on Jenny's research and knowledge as well as a raft of interesting comments and questions that came from listeners though our FB page. You can read them here. We mentioned a new research project 'family routes' you can find more details of that here. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special

56:28

Wednesday Webcast - Sarah Anderson from FosterWiki

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2024/03/28

In this webcast we discuss the latest updates in the world of fostering and chat about FosterWiki’s latest independent survey. We cover a lot of ground and reference comments from our FB page here. Please follow and like to recieve notifications and info about what we're discussing and upcoming episodes. You can participate here in the FosterWiki survey here. We’d love to hear from any other carers or adopters from far flung lands so if that’s you please do get in touch through the Facebook page,

47:02

Conversation Special - Supporting fathers with CPV an...

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2024/03/23

This episode is an interview that Al did with Adopt 4 Life's Kathryn Connor and Murray Coulter looking at the support service that they provide for fathers experiencing challenging and violent and aggressive behaviour. You can check out their website here. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook page, the app formerly known as

25:26

Podcast Special - CoramBAAF Post Adoption Support...

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2024/03/19

Hello and welcome to this special edition of the A&F Podcast. In this episode we’re sharing a keynote speech that I gave to the CoramBAAF post adoption support conference to mark the release of the their best practice guide by Caroline Thomas and John Simmonds. I tried to ground the talk in the lived experience of families but there was certainly much more that could have been said. I hope you find it interesting and please let us know what you think. As always if you’ve experience of

57:45

Episode 183 - Changing the System, Post Adoption...

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2024/03/16

Hello and welcome to episode 183 of the Adoption and Fostering Podcast. We had a plan but got slightly sidetracked by the good news of FASD Ireland's funding success. That led us down a rabbit hole in terms of how do we affect change, what are the levers we need to pull and what are the challenges. We unpick that then Al has some feedback from CoramBAAF's post adoption conference and we run through that. We also check in with Al and get an update on his solo parenting experiment as well as the

23:57

Better Me Better Us Ep 10 - Mistakes

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2024/03/12

Episode 10 – Embracing mistakes for growthIn this months podcast we talk about mistakes- What was our experience of mistakes growing up and how they were responded to? Does this impact how we respond now? Do you create safe spaces and relationships for conversations to happen? We would love to hear your experiences and open up the conversation. Connect with us - Instagram- BMBUltd Facebook – Better Me Better Us Twitter – BMBUltd Email – info@bettermebetterus.co.uk

41:51

Conversations - Foster Carers Halima and Adam

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2024/03/09

Hello and welcome to this edition of conversations from the A&F network. In this episode I speak to foster carers Halima and Adam. They have chosen to be carers while raising a young family and describe their positive experiences as well as some of the challenges that they face as carers. It’s a thoughtful conversation and demonstrates how effective support is essential for all foster carers. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective

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Episode 182- Phil Watson talks Fostering, Recruitment...

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2024/03/02

Hello and welcome to the 182nd episode of the A&F podcast. In this episode we chat to Phil Watson, amongst many other things, he works as a recruiter for Liverpool fostering as well as being a foster carer and adoptive parent. This is a somewhat chaotic but cracking chat with Phil sharing some of his personal experience as well as speaking to the challenges of recruiting as well as the nature of fostering itself. We would recommend following Phil here on social media as he is always

53:41

Episode 181 - Post Adoption Support and Scaffolding

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2024/02/24

Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast. In this episode we unpick a few questions in relation to post adoption contact as well as think about how much scaffolding is too much and downsizing when your children get to 18.Here's a link for next Intro to NVR that we're holding on the 13th & 20th May. As it's online it's open to any persons from anywhere https://rb.gy/dx888x Link for other workshops: www.fasdireland.ie/workshops - this includes an Introduction to FASD. As always if you’ve

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