120 episodes

Conversation & discussion on contemporary Adoption & Fostering

The Adoption and Fostering Podcast Al Coates & Scott Casson-Rennie

    • Kids & Family
    • 3.9 • 7 Ratings

Conversation & discussion on contemporary Adoption & Fostering

    Wednesday Webcast - Sarah Anderson from FosterWiki

    Wednesday Webcast - Sarah Anderson from FosterWiki

    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, the app formerly known as Twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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    • 56 min
    Conversation Special - Supporting fathers with CPV an interview with Adopt4Life

    Conversation Special - Supporting fathers with CPV an interview with Adopt4Life

    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 Twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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    • 47 min
    Podcast Special - CoramBAAF Post Adoption Support Conference Keynote

    Podcast Special - CoramBAAF Post Adoption Support Conference Keynote

    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 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 Twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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    • 25 min
    Episode 183 - Changing the System, Post Adoption Support & Good News

    Episode 183 - Changing the System, Post Adoption Support & Good News

    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 usual infobantz. There was swearing but nothing too bad, beware ye. 
    Here's a link to the Family Routes study mentioned in the podcast 
    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 Twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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    • 57 min
    Better Me Better Us Ep 10 - Mistakes

    Better Me Better Us Ep 10 - Mistakes

    Episode 10 – Embracing mistakes for growth
    In 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.
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    Email – info@bettermebetterus.co.uk

    • 23 min
    Conversations - Foster Carers Halima and Adam

    Conversations - Foster Carers Halima and Adam

    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 personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook page, the app formerly known as Twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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    • 41 min

Customer Reviews

3.9 out of 5
7 Ratings

7 Ratings

Mindful runner ,

Great topics for those fostering and/or adopting

As a foster-adoptive parent, I enjoy listening to this podcast, which covers
Very relevant topics for my family and me. I also love that it represents gay adoption as that reflects my experience as well. I think this podcast could be improved with more focused questioning of interviewees, and the sharing of stories in a more intentional and deliberate way. The topics addressed are so interesting, but sometimes the podcasts are not as focused and clear as they could be. I would like there to be more clear take-always or stories that really illustrate the topics. I realize the challenge is that there are often not clear answers to these challenges, but perhaps keeping the focus on stories could offer some clarity.

tommye w-c ,

Great

Very important topic. Tons of incredible information.

Todd BGT ,

Great topics

The hosts know what they are talking about when it comes to adoption and fostering.

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