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The Adoption and Fostering Podcast

Conversation & discussion on contemporary Adoption & Fostering

Podcast · By Al Coates & Scott Casson-Rennie · English · Official site

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18
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Sep 26, 2026
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Jul 4, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 26, 2026

    Episode 233 - Life story work, Siblings, Dennis Duckling and Paul Sambrooks (opens the original)

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    Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast, in this episode we speak to Paul Sambrooks a retired CAFCASS social worker and the author. Paul shares his passion for communicating and supporting adopted, fostered and kinship children to understand their own stories. He has written several Dennis Duckling books and we talk through them all including his latest instalment Dennis, Harriett and Flynn live in different families You can find all the books here. We also talk with Paul about his work with CAFCAS

  2. Episode · Sep 19, 2026

    Conversations - Lee Tempest VisAble NZ (opens the original)

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    Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak to Lee Tempest, she works for VisAble based in New Zealand and works to support parents and families living with violence from their children. Lee is a parent through adoption and in this episode we unpack her research on the impact on parents of living with violence in the home. You can access the report here and view the other materials and reports that Lee has created here. As always if you’ve experience of ado

  3. Episode · Sep 12, 2026

    Episode 232 - FASD awareness with PhD researcher Susie Richardson (opens the original)

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    Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast, we recorded this on the 9th September, FASD awareness day. We speak to Susie Richardson, who is research FASD in the prison population. Susie has a broad range of experience and from running prisons and working with care leavers she has seen the need for a better understanding of the impact and prevalence of FASD in those communities. She shares her journey to this research and what inspires her passion. You can find out more about Susie here As always if yo

  4. Episode · Sep 8, 2026

    Better Me Better Us Episode 40 - Advocacy (opens the original)

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    Hello, this month we're talking about advocacy - what it means, how our sense of safety shapes our ability to speak up, and the ripple effect that comes from using our voice. This episode looks at that through the lens of back to school: advocating for yourself and your child, finding the bravery to do it, and the often-messy question of how a child's history actually reaches a new school or teacher. As always you can connect with us through the following - Website- www.bettermebetterus.co.uk In

  5. Episode · Sep 6, 2026

    Conversations with Bethan Pell Phd Researcher on CPVA (opens the original)

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    Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak to Bethan Pell a PhD Student in Cardiff University's School of Social Sciences. Her Phd is focused on developing a theoretical understanding of Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence (CAPVA) in the context of Wales. I really enjoyed this conversation and saw the potential for the use of her model to help practitioners and parents who are living with Child to parent violence understand it and address it. You can r

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