The Adoption and Fostering Podcast

This month we explore identity. With International Identity Day, International Day of Happiness and Mother’s Day all taking place this month, we reflect on how identity develops and how our experiences and relationships shape the way we see ourselves.

We talk about the importance of checking things out with someone rather than making assumptions, and how creating safe, supportive spaces allows children and young people to explore who they are and feel able to be their authentic selves.

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Hello and welcome to the AandF podcast. 

In this recording adoptive parent and founder of FASD Ireland shares his family's story and unpacks the realities, challenges and some of the solutions to parenting a child with FASD

This is a different kind of episode, in January Tris Casson Rennie joined one one the peer support group sessions that I host with Walking with Families. We are a community of adoptive parents who are living with challenging behaviour and Tris is an adoptive parent and the founder of FASD Ireland. In this session he was able to unpack Feotal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - FASD- with us and help us make sense of behaviour and what can help with that. He gives a pocket sized training then answers some of the questions from the community. 

You can find out more of the work that Tris and his husband Scott do here FASD Ireland. 

If you’re an adoptive parent and would like to join the community. Below is the  link to the joining form, we meet weekly online on Monday lunchtimes as well as during the month in the evenings. 

https://forms.office.com/e/drdn16BLZ2

We also have a FB group that will be part of the community and you can join that here. 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1620682492650215/

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 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]

Listen/subscribe on iTunes here Spotify here