Pamela Trevithick is an academic and practitioner. She is Visiting Professor in Social Work at Buckinghamshire New University in the UK and Chair of GAPS, a membership organization promoting relationship-based approaches, and psychodynamic and systemic thinking in social work.

It has been estimated that almost one million children have been adopted internationally since the 1950s, predominantly to countries in North America, Europe and Australia. Most media interest centres on celebrity adoption and popular notions of child rescue but there is little attention on adoption research. It is a contested area.

On the 23rd June 2012, the federal Australian government announced a forthcoming apology to Australian birth mothers who experienced forced adoption.

I have the pleasure today to be in conversation with Teoh Ai Hua, President of the Malaysian Association of Social Workers and Raymund Jagan, also from the Malaysian Association of Social Workers and counsellor in the Social Welfare Department, Kuala Lumpar office. There are exciting changes afoot in Malaysian Social Work.

Julie Clark interviews Jennifer Porter, a four-time tissue recipient, who is also an attorney working for an organ procurement organization in the U.S.

Approximately 35,000 people go missing in Australia every year. There is a terrible legacy for families, friends and communities.

Judith Gibbons and Karen Smith Rotabi, talk about their new edited book on intercountry adoption. Talking to us from Guatemala, they discuss contemporary debates in intercountry adoption, tensions, ethics, challenges and the implications for social workers, psychologists and other human services practitioners engaged in this phenomenon.

In this podcast, Elizabeth Beddoe discusses the role of resilience in social work particularly in relation to practitioner and student well-being.

In this podcast, Rosemary Okoli discusses her PhD research which explores the experiences of street vending children in Nigeria, giving us a rich insight into the how these children perceive their lives and work and in the process dispels some myths based on western perceptions.

Marilyn Crawshaw discusses her research on surrogacy as it is practised in the UK today and the role of social workers in the practice. Ethical issues, implications for all parties involved and the benefits and challenges are examined.