Our podcast series is dedicated to exploring topics related to adoption, fostering and kinship care. We invite children's social care professionals and experts by experience to join us to share best practices, their knowledge and experiences.

Adoption & Fostering Journal #27 centenary edition: ‘You think it’s your own parenting, don’t you?’: The experiences of adoptive parents of care-experienced children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in England
As part of the Adoption & Fostering centenary podcast series marking 100 years since the Adoption Act 1926, co-presenters Dennis Golm and Anthony Green are joined by Dr Alan Price and Professor Raja Mukherjee to discuss their article, “You Think It’s Your Own Parenting, Don’t You?”: The Experiences of Adoptive Parents of Care-Experienced Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in England.
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Adoption & Fostering Journal #26 centenary edition: Reviewing the history of domestic adoption for racially minoritised children in the United Kingdom
To mark 100 years since the Adoption Act 1926, this episode of the Adoption & Fostering podcast explores the complex history of domestic adoption for racially minoritised children in the UK. Co-presenters Dennis Golm and Anthony Green are joined by Dr Derek Kirton, whose article traces more than 50 years of debate, policy change and practice development in this area.
Watch nowA&F #25 |
Centenary edition: Post-adoption support needs and implications for future practice – a systematic review
Watch hereAdoption & Fostering journal #17
Allegations of abuse in care: The experiences of foster carers
Watch hereAdoption & Fostering journal #16
Vol.49 Issue 2 introduction with Dr Dennis Golm and Vicky Walker
Watch here'Adoption & Fostering' journal #15
Looking past the stereotypes – Disabled people as foster carers
Watch hereAdoption & Fostering journal #13
Vol.49 Issue 1 introduction with Dr Dennis Golm and Vicky Walker
Watch hereAdoption & Fostering journal #14
Outcomes from attachment-based group interventions for foster carers and adoptive parents
Watch hereEpisode 40
Child sexual abuse in foster and kinship care, special guardianship and adoption
Watch hereAdoption & Fostering journal #11
Vol.48 Issue 3-4 introduction with Dr Dennis Golm and Jo Francis
Watch hereAdoption & Fostering journal #12
Child to parent violence and aggression with Dr Morvwen Duncan and Hetty Verhagen
Listen hereAdoption & Fostering journal #10
Vol.48 Issue 2 introduction with Dr Dennis Golm and Jo Francis
Listen hereEpisode 28
Gender, race, and religion: exploring the identity of care experienced children and care leavers
Watch hereEpisode 29
Complex identity: an intersectional framework for organisations, with Anthony Lynch
Watch hereAdoption & Fostering journal #9
Adoptive parents’ worries and concerns about their adolescent adopted children
Listen hereAdoption & Fostering journal #8
Grandparent Special Guardians’ lived experiences of the role and family dynamics
Adoption & Fostering journal #3
The educational experiences of children in care with Dr Karen Kenny
Listen hereEpisode 21
The impact of the online world on the mental health of care-experienced children
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