In this episode I chat with Elizabeth. Liz is a mother to children through both adoption and foster care. Her background is in social work and training where Liz has trained and assessed foster carers in preparation for children joining their families through ACT child and Youth protection services.
She has also taught and assessed students when studying to become youth, mental health and drug alcohol workers.
A former Vice President of the Canberra based Adoptive Families Association and contributed to establishing an annual teen camp for young adoptees, where she has facilitated support groups for parents of adopted teenagers. Liz is currently working in the adoption, out of home care, therapeutic parenting space.
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