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, Liz O'Donnell
• Therapeutic Parenting in a Nutshell: Positives and Pitfalls - Sarah Naish

And the COECT course which Mr M mentions is:

• The Essential Tools of Therapeutic Parenting - sign up here on the NATP website.

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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 & Finances
• Visit 6: Journey/Motivation to Adopt & Early Permanence (including the Early Permanence Workbook)
• Visit 7: Contact

In this episode, Mr and Mrs M mention a series of books by Holly Marlow for talking to children about adoption, we'll post the links below.

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Delly Duck: Why A Little Chick Couldn't Stay With His Birth Mother - Holly Marlow, Amazon Link Here

The Adoption Ceremony: When Little Chick Met The Wise Owl - Holly Marlow, Amazon Link Here

Adopting A Little Brother Or Sister - Holly Marlow, Amazon Link Here

Cousins By Adoption - Holly Marlow, Amazon Link Here

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

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