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 | TEDxSanAntonio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsaorjIo1Yc

SECONDARY TRAUMA l The difficult parts of adoption l Post placement l UK ADOPTION l mollymamaadopt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feGbVQ6HmUc

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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

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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

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