Adoption in Focus
Adoption in Focus is our adoption podcast series discussing adoption from a range of perspectives.
Guests on this adoption podcast have included adult adoptees, professionals, grandparents, and adopters from all backgrounds, each with their own unique experiences and areas of interest.
These include adopting brothers and sisters, LGBTQ+ adoption, transracial adoption, adopting as a single person, birth family contact, the matching process and the early permanence pathway.
We have many more episodes lined up and ready for release.
Adoption in Focus
Adoption in Focus – Our Positive Experience with Contact
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In this episode, Lisa is joined by one of our adopters to talk about their positive, personal experience around birth family contact.
Their discussion covers the benefits and challenges of contact, preconceptions, worries and what their children's experiences were like.
Adoption Focus adopters with queries or concerns about contact can speak to our adoption support team anytime. If you have any questions about this episode or would be interested in joining us on a future podcast yourself, please email us at podcast@adoption-focus.org.uk.