The Adoption and Fostering Podcast

Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. 

In this episode I speak to Richard McCombe an adoptive parent. He shares his family’s experience of adoption including the challenges that they have faces caring for children with complex needs and complex behaviour. Richard lives in Scotland and the different aspects of that experiences are also shared. 

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, BlueSky or email us at [email protected]

 

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Hello and welcome to this special edition of the Fostering and Adoption podcast

On the 12th February Patch held their first in person conference in Liverpool bringing together adoptive parents, adult adoptees and professionals from the adoption arena. Fiona Wells is the founder and a driving force behind Patch and here is a recording of her morning keynote presentation on the “Journey of the Child.”

If you want to know more about the work of Patch you can find that 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, BlueSky or email us at [email protected]

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Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast with Scott Casson-Rennie AMBII and Al Coates. 

This was recorded the day of the Children's Minister's announcement on the Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund and the announcement of a consultation. So, after a little banter we get right into it and unpack our views on it. Frankly we pull no punches and throw caution to the wind of ever getting Josh Mac on the podcast. 

We also unpack the announcement for an extra 10,000 carers and after a short pause we get onto the issue of is foster caring a job! 

Below is the link to the FASD Ireland conference. A limited number of Early Bird tickets are now available - secure your place today: www.fasdireland.ie/conference

If you're an adoptive parent and are wanting to join the 'Walking with Families' online FB group you can join here 

or 

if you want to sign up to the weekly online support meetings for adopters caring for children with challenging behaviour you can do so 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, BlueSky or email us at [email protected]

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As February is the month of love, we thoughts we’d explore what love really means especially in the context of adoption and fostering.

What does love look like in real life? How do our different love languages shape the way we give and receive? And how does trauma affect the way children and adults experience love, connection, and safety?

We reflect on the powerful truth that while love is vital, love alone does not heal trauma and consider what children and families need alongside love. 

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Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. 

In this episode to Dr Maude Champagne , social worker, psychotherapist and NVR practitioner who works in adoption and foster care. Specifically she works with parents who are experiencing violence and aggression and I asked her on to talk about parents experience of recovery once children, who are challenging, leave the home. 

There are links to her work below:

Recovery When Your Child who is aggressive no Longer Lives at Home

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, BlueSky or email us at [email protected]

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