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Highs, lows and everything in between for Mr and Mrs M as they navigate their journey to start a family through adoption.
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In this episode, Mr & Mrs M share how it has been to settle into life as a family of 3. This includes: Contact arrangements with birth parents and the intricacies that come with that. Mr M goes back to workAppointments, meetings and admin for EP carers Get in touch at adoptiondiariespodcast@gmail.com
In this episode, Mr and Mrs M share the next part of their adoption journey, including the outcome of the court hearing. Did Baby M arrive home? Listen in and find out! We love hearing from you. Please get in touch at adoptiondiariespodcast@gmail.com
In this episode, Mr and Mrs M share the outcome of the viability assessment and how they have felt over the past month of waiting. Get in touch at adoptiondiariespodcast@gmail.comLeave us a nice review to spread the word!
In this episode, Mr and Mrs M give the listeners an update on the progress of their adoption journey. Plus they share about a training morning that Mrs M went on about 'Life Story Work'. Get in touch with us at adoptiondiariespodcast@gmail.comThanks for listening!
In this episode, Mr and Mrs M discuss a meeting they had the day after their approval panel when their link with a child became official. They also explain what they have been doing to prepare themselves for the imminent arrival of this little child. And there's a plot twist...Get in touch at adoptiondiariespodcast@gmail.com
In this episode, Mr and Mrs M share their experience of Approval Panel: how they prepared, who was there, what they asked and how it felt. They also reveal the outcome! Get in touch with us at adoptiondiariespodcast@gmail.com
In this episode, Mr and Mrs M share about an exciting phone call with their social worker, and the very rapid sequence of meetings they will be having after their approval panel. Please do get in touch with us at adoptiondiariespodcast@gmail.com
In this episode, Mr and Mrs M reflect back over Stage 2 of the adoption process and discuss what they would recommend for other prospective adopters and their supporters. You'll also get to hear some exciting news! Get in touch at adoptiondiariespodcast@gmail.com
In this episode of 'The Adoption Diaries', Mr and Mrs M share their experience of the infamous and very long 'Matching Meeting', the last of their home visits with their social worker. They also share about a Network Event, a sibling pair that stole their hearts, and the beginning stages of their Family Finding process. Books (both available on Kindle) mentioned are: Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Parenting a child with an invisible disability - Mary Mather, Julia Brown, Li...
In this episode of the Adoption Diaries, the M's are back from their holiday, and they have finished their Home Visits! They take the listeners on a deep dive into the content of the following visits: Visit 4: Lifestyle, Health and Self-Care (including the Self-Care Plan) Visit 5: Neighbourhood, Community & FinancesVisit 6: Journey/Motivation to Adopt & Early Permanence (including the Early Permanence Workbook) Visit 7: Contact In this episode, Mr and Mrs M me...
In this week's episode, Mr and Mrs M share their thoughts on APT 3 & 4 (their final 2 full days of training before the "on-the-job" type). They also discuss their uncertainties around whether to adopt one, or two children. This video was mentioned in the podcast, and is highly recommended: PAC UK "The Missing Piece": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIekzgTRpI8 Please get in touch with us to share your adoption story, questions and comments at adoptiondiairiespodcast@g...
In this episode, Mr and Mrs M discuss how they felt and what happened when they first met their Stage 2 social worker. They discuss their first 3 home assessment visits which were: Visit 1: Initial Home VisitVisit 2: Relationships, Support Network & IdentityVisit 3: One-To-One MeetingsAlso, they share the date of their Approval Panel...so get excited!! Get in touch with Mr & Mrs M to share your comments, questions or stories at adoptiondiariespodcast@gmail.com
In this episode, Mr and Mrs M describe two of the training/support events put on by their local authority for prospective adopters. They also share their journey and reason to adopt and answer their first ever listener question! Lite Bite Book Club videos: Drowning in Empathy: The Cost of Vicarious Trauma | Amy Cunningham | TEDxSanAntoniohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsaorjIo1Yc SECONDARY TRAUMA l The difficult parts of adoption l Post placement l UK ADOPTION l mollymamaadopt...
In this episode, Mr and Mrs M explain what the Stage 1 Review meeting was like and how they started to share their exciting news more widely with family and friends. In the episode, Mr M mentions a helpful episode of The Adoption Shared Podcast about executive functions which you can find here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/adoption-shared/id1589808211?i=1000562382965 Please get in touch with us at adoptiondiariespodcast@gmail.com
Mr and Mrs M share their experience of Adoption Preparation Training (days 1 and 2) and Early Permanence Training. The video that Mr M refers to can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn8j4XRxSck Email questions and comments to adoptiondiariespodcast@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you!
In this episode, Mr and Mrs M give you a run through of all the forms and checks that they needed to complete during Stage 1. They also share some of the content from Workbooks 1 and 2 which form the basis of the Stage 1 Report and Prospective Adopters Report further down the line. Plus, some good news! Email comments and questions to adoptiondiariespodcast@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you!
We hear Mr and Mrs M's reflections on 'Foundation Day', the final part of the pre-stage process before formally submitting an "Expression of Interest" to adopt. **Disclaimer** - this episode goes into a lot of detail about what we learned on Foundation Day... future episodes will be more concise, we promise! Email comments and questions to adoptiondiariespodcast@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you!
In this episode, Mr and Mrs M discuss their journey to making the decision to go for adoption rather than other more traditional routes to starting a family. Email comments and questions to adoptiondiariespodcast@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you!
In this episode, we introduce Mr and Mrs M and the reason for starting a podcast (despite being total novices!) We hope that you enjoy joining our journey through the adoption process in the UK. Email comments and questions to adoptiondiariespodcast@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you!
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