11 episodes
A Home and Healing for Every Child Adopt Change
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‘A Home and Healing For Every Child’ is an Adopt Change podcast where we host conversations with global thought leaders, experts and individuals with lived experience on topics including foster and kinship care, adoption, child welfare, trauma and healing.
Adopt Change is a not-for-profit organisation founded to ensure A Home for Every Child and healing for those who have experienced trauma. We believe that every child has the right to grow up in a safe, nurturing and permanent family home, and that all families need the appropriate supports for children to thrive.
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Understanding trauma and its impact on healing with Dr Bruce Perry & Deborra-lee Furness
In this episode Bruce. D. Perry, MD, Phd. and Adopt Change Founder Deborra-lee Furness AO chat about understanding trauma and its impacts on healing. Dr Perry is an active teacher, clinician and researcher in children’s mental health and neurosciences holding a variety of academic positions. His work on the impact of abuse, neglect and trauma on the developing brain has impacted clinical practice, programs, and policy across the world. He is also co-author of best-selling book “What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience and Healing”, with Oprah Winfrey, and Principal of the Neurosequential Network. Adopt Change founder Deborra-lee Furness is an internationally acclaimed actress as well as a passionate supporter of children and defender of their human rights across the globe. Deborra-lee’s humanitarian work for children is a driving force in her life.
This conversation was recorded for Adopt Change Virtual National Permanency Conference 2021.
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Find out more about Dr Perry at https://www.bdperry.com
You can find out more about Adopt Change at www.adoptchange.org.au
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Credits:
Host: Michelle Stacpoole, Adopt Change
Guests: Dr Bruce Perry & Deborra-lee Furness AO
Audio Producer: Fernanda Dedic, Adopt Change
Executive Producer: Lily Allsep, Adopt Change
Adopt Change acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded and edited this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. -
Caring for infants in out-of-home care
In this episode, Dr Stacy Blythe, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University discusses the latest research on caring for infants in out-of-home care. You can read the research via the link below. Drawing on her skills as a nurse, knowledge as a researcher and experience as an authorised carer, her research focuses on the health and well-being of children in out-of-home care and their families.
This talk was recorded for the Adopt Change Thrive National Permanency Conference 2022, Supporting Children at Home and School to #THRIVE.
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You can read more about Dr Stacy Blythe here.
You can read the full Infant Research paper here.
You can find out more about Adopt Change at www.adoptchange.org.au
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Credits:
Host: Michelle Stacpoole, Adopt Change
Guests: Dr Stacy Blythe
Audio Producer: Fernanda Dedic, Adopt Change
Executive Producer: Lily Allsep, Adopt Change
Adopt Change acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded and edited this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. -
Lioness: Experiences as an adoptive mother with Sue Brierley & Lisa Sthalekar
Adopt Change ambassador Lisa Sthalekar chats with Sue Brierley, the adoptive mother of Saroo Brierley, whose memoir was adapted into the Oscar-nominated Australian biographical drama film “Lion” starring Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman. This episode discusses Sue’s experiences as an adoptive mother as well as her book “Lioness”.
This chat was recorded for the Adopt Change National Permanency Conference 2021.
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Get in touch:
You can see more from Sue Brierley here.
Get in touch with Lisa Sthalekar here.
You can find out more about Adopt Change at www.adoptchange.org.au
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Credits:
Host: Michelle Stacpoole, Adopt Change
Guests: Sue Brierley & Lisa Sthalekar
Audio Producer: Fernanda Dedic, Adopt Change
Executive Producer: Lily Allsep, Adopt Change
Adopt Change acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded and edited this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. -
Helping kids in care get back on track at school
In this episode co-founders Joe and Tom Bennett chat about their charity ‘Foster the Future’ which aims to connect high school youth in out-of-home care with university student tutors. They founded Foster the Future in 2019 after seeing how mentoring and support can drastically improve the lives of young people in out-of-home care.
This episode was recorded for the Adopt Change National Permanency Conference 2022.
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Get in touch:
Find out more about Foster the Future at https://www.fosterthefuture.com.au/
You can get in contact with us at www.adoptchange.org.au
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Show Credits:
Host: Michelle Stacpoole, Adopt Change
Guests: Joe and Tom Bennett
Audio Producer: Fernanda Dedic, Adopt Change
Executive Producer: Lily Allsep, Adopt Change
Adopt Change acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded and edited this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Additional info:
Tom Bennett is a data scientist working in the field of regulatory analysis. Tom graduated from the University of Sydney with a B. Commerce (Finance, Economics, and Commercial Law). Joe Bennett recently completed his Master of Data Science at the University of Sydney and is now working in Tech. Joe was named a finalist for the NSW Young Australian of the Year and is a deferred candidate for the Harvard Business School MBA Program. -
Dr Jessica Pryce - Inclusive, equitable and effective child welfare
In this episode Dr Jessica Pryce, chats about inclusive, equitable and effective child welfare. After earning her PhD at Harvard University and working in New York state for two years, Dr Jessica Pryce was appointed in 2016 the new Executive Director of the Florida Institute for Child Welfare. Her research has focused on the training and education of the workforce, racial disparity in child welfare decisions, and the disproportionality in the United States foster care system.
This episode was recorded for the Adopt Change National Permanency conference 2020 Supporting Children at Home and School to #THRIVE.
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Get in touch:
Find out more about Dr Pryce at https://jessicaprycephd.com/
You can get in contact with us at www.adoptchange.org.au
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Show Credits:
Host: Michelle Stacpoole, Adopt Change
Guests: Dr Jessica Pryce
Audio Producer: Fernanda Dedic, Adopt Change
Executive Producer: Lily Allsep, Adopt Change
Adopt Change acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded and edited this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Additional info:
Dr Jessica Pryce For the past 10 years, Dr. Pryce has been involved at multiple angles of child welfare (direct practice, teaching + training & policy and research). She has published on child welfare related topics, such as, training and education, racial disparity and anti-poverty practices. She has presented her research at 30+ conferences both nationally and internationally. She is the author of several op-eds focused on racial disparity and effective strategies to impact racial disproportionality within child welfare. Her TED Talk on Implicit Racial Bias in Decision Making has since been viewed over 1.2 million times. -
BONUS: Daniella Park's Personal Story
Welcome to this special bonus episode where Adopt Change ambassador and TV Personality Daniella Park shares her personal story.
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Like this episode? Share your thoughts with us on Instagram, Facebook or TikTok
Credits:
Host: Michelle Stacpoole
Guests: Daniella Park
Audio Producer: Fernanda Dedic
Executive producer: Lily Allsep
Adopt Change acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay out respect to Elders past and present and end that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Daniella Park is an entrepreneur, TV personality, baking & lifestyle expert with influence who is passionate about inspiring people to creatively and simply enjoy food and each other’s company. She wholeheartedly believes that food is an expression of love and “kitchen therapy” is sharing more than just food in the heart of the home. She is passionate about sharing ways to make fancy simple. Having overcome her own personal struggles with dyslexia, Daniella is an advocate for doing what you love no matter the circumstances and motivates others by sharing her powerful story. She gives back and practices this mission through helping children find homes as an ambassador for Adopt Change. Daniella appears regularly on international TV, podcasts and social media bringing fun and sweetness to audiences across the globe.