Joanne Alper's guest appearances

Joanne Alper

Our Town with host Andy Ockershausen - Homegrown History

The Adoption and Fostering Podcast

Trauma Resonance Resilience

Lisa Cherry

Sally Donovan

Mike Armiger

Stuart Guest

Karen Treisman

Brian Kelly

Mark Russell

Ric Edelman

Ryan Seacrest

Caroline Carter

Jackie Robinson

Lucy Johnstone

Dexter Manley

Michael Collins

Monique Samuels

OwlTail

In this episode we bring voices of lived experience together with therapeutic discourse and deepening our understanding about the realities of being a birth parent. We also touch on systemic challenges that do not seek to help but rather add to harm. Joanne is on Twitter and you can buy the book here and Adoption Plus can be found here. 

In this episode we bring voices of lived experience together with therapeutic discourse and deepening our understanding about the realities of being a birth parent. We also touch on systemic challenges that do not seek to help but rather add to harm. Joanne is on <a href="https://twitter.com/JoanneAlper" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a>and you can buy the book <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Supporting-Birth-Parents-Children-Adopted/dp/1785923234/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2ZQJX1PX88YKO&amp;keywords=joanne+alper&amp;qid=1580897933&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=joanne+alper%2Cstripbooks%2C166&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> and Adoption Plus can be found <a href="http://www.adoptionplus.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here. </a>

Season 2, Episode 5 - Joanne Alper from Adoption Plus on How We Can Better Support Birth Parents

In this episode we speak to Joanne Alper from Adoption Plus about her new book 'Supporting Birth Parents whose Children have been Adopted'. It includes a range of contributions from different professionals and considers a range of issues that are present in many adopted parents minds as they as the care for their children and young people. It reflects on some of the challenges that families faces and some effective models of intervention.  As always it's a engaging and interesting conversation on a subject that Joanne is passionate about. There's plenty to consider for professionals, parents and adopted adults.  There's the usual infobanter from Scott and Al and some thoughts on upcoming episodes.  We hope you find it interesting and would like to get in touch with comments or suggestions then please do direct message us at our twitter feed here or on our facebook page here. Listen/subscribe on iTunes here Spotify here Google here

In this episode we speak to Joanne Alper from Adoption Plus about her new book 'Supporting Birth Parents whose Children have been Adopted'. It includes a range of contributions from different professionals and considers a range of issues that are present in many adopted parents minds as they as the care for their children and young people. It reflects on some of the challenges that families faces and some effective models of intervention.  As always it's a engaging and interesting conversation on a subject that Joanne is passionate about. There's plenty to consider for professionals, parents and adopted adults.  There's the usual infobanter from Scott and Al and some thoughts on upcoming episodes.  We hope you find it interesting and would like to get in touch with comments or suggestions then please do direct message us at our twitter feed <a href="https://twitter.com/Adoption_pcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> or on our facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AandFpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Listen/subscribe on iTunes <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-adoption-and-fostering-podcast/id1164600703" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> Spotify <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4ch8jO5kL2Sf3zhqBrjGTu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> Google <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hZG9wdGlvbmFuZGZvc3RlcmluZy5wb2RiZWFuLmNvbS9mZWVkLw%3D%3D&amp;hl=en-GB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>

Episode 75 - An Interview with Joanne Alper

Joanne Alper, Retired Judge, 17th Judicial Circuit Court, Arlington, certified Mediator Supreme Court of Virginia, and trailblazer for women in the legal profession on private mediation in divorce cases ~"But it's still more humane than throwing it all up in front of a judge who's a stranger. This way these people make their own decisions. So I've become a huge fan of the process."Hon. Joanne Alper (Ret.), Trailblazer, and host Andy Ockershausen in studio interviewAndy Ockershausen:	This is Andy Ockershausen and this is Our Town. I have greatest, greatest news for you that has ... I hope you're regular listeners because you're gonna hear from a unique, wonderful, special individual and a very dear friend, who happens to be a sitting judge, but she doesn't sit any more because she's too busy now. But Joanne Alper is a legend in Northern Virginia legal cycle. Joanne Alper:	Thank you.Andy Ockershausen:  What do you think of that?Joanne Alper:	Well, that's ... I never thought of myself as a legend.Andy Ockershausen:	But you are. Think about it, Joanne. You're a trailblazer. Maybe it wasn't meant to be that way, but isn't that not the way it's happened?TrailblazingJoanne Alper:	To some extent, yes. As a woman lawyer starting out in the mid-70s, it was like being a trailblazer. There were very few of us. You could probably count on the fingers of one and a half hands how many women there were.Andy Ockershausen:	The only other female I ever knew in the law was Betty Thompson, who is a very dear friend of yours, I know.Joanne Alper:	Yes. Yes.Brooklyn BornAndy Ockershausen:	But you have a wonderful story about how you got started and we wanna hear that, but before that ... I didn't know you were born in Manhattan.Joanne Alper:	Born in Brooklyn, actually.Andy Ockershausen:	Oh, you were? But that's part of New York City, of course.Joanne Alper:	Yes.Andy Ockershausen:	A lot of people don't realize it. They think it's another world. But, Joanne, and your dad and mom are New Yorkers?Joanne Alper:	That's right.Andy Ockershausen:	And you're a native New Yorker? That's a great song, incidentally.Joanne Alper:	I grew up in New York. I was a native New Yorker, but I've obviously lived a whole lot more of my life in Virginia than I ever lived in New York.Andy Ockershausen:	Well, we consider that Virginia's . . . Our Town, you understand that, though?Joanne Alper:	Yes.Andy Ockershausen:	So even it's Arlington or Vienna, it's Our Town. And Joanne, you've lived that in Long Island with your parents.Joanne Alper:	That's right.G.I. Bill Benefits, Baby Boomers, and Growing Up in Valley StreamAndy Ockershausen:	Your dad was in WWII, correct?Joanne Alper:	Yes. He was a veteran of World War II.Andy Ockershausen:	So he probably got the G.I. Bill?Joanne Alper:	That's right.Andy Ockershausen:	When you think about it, you're too young. Janice in the military. She's too young. I lived through what the G.I. Bill meant to America. It was incredible.Joanne Alper:	It was. My dad-Andy Ockershausen:	It jump-started our country.Joanne Alper:	My dad grew up, his parents were immigrants from Russia. Came over in 1912 or '13. He was born here. Some of his older siblings were born in Russia. But he, by getting the G.I. Bill and having the money, he could have gone to college, but he met my mother and wanted to get married. So he took the benefits he had after a few years of living ...	When I was about three years old, they bought a house out on Long Island in a new development that everyone in the neighborhood were G.I.s who were doing the same thing. So we were all about the same age, all baby boomers, sort of growing up together.Andy Ockershausen:	Very even, correct? I mean, the whole neighborhood and the environment was even.Joanne Alper:	Exactly. It was amazing. In fact, as I said, we just had our 50th high school reunion two weeks ago, and just to see some of these people that I've know...

Joanne Alper, Retired Judge, 17th Judicial Circuit Court, Arlington, certified Mediator Supreme Court of Virginia, and trailblazer for women in the legal profession on private mediation in divorce cases ~ "But it's still more humane than throwing it all up in front of a judge who's a stranger. This way these people make their own decisions. So I've become a huge fan of the process." Hon. Joanne Alper (Ret.), Trailblazer, and host Andy Ockershausen in studio interview Andy Ockershausen:	This is Andy Ockershausen and this is Our Town. I have greatest, greatest news for you that has ... I hope you're regular listeners because you're gonna hear from a unique, wonderful, special individual and a very dear friend, who happens to be a sitting judge, but she doesn't sit any more because she's too busy now. But Joanne Alper is a legend in Northern Virginia legal cycle. Joanne Alper:	Thank you. Andy Ockershausen: What do you think of that? Joanne Alper:	Well, that's ... I never thought of myself as a legend. Andy Ockershausen:	But you are. Think about it, Joanne. You're a trailblazer. Maybe it wasn't meant to be that way, but isn't that not the way it's happened? Trailblazing Joanne Alper:	To some extent, yes. As a woman lawyer starting out in the mid-70s, it was like being a trailblazer. There were very few of us. You could probably count on the fingers of one and a half hands how many women there were. Andy Ockershausen:	The only other female I ever knew in the law was Betty Thompson, who is a very dear friend of yours, I know. Joanne Alper:	Yes. Yes. Brooklyn Born Andy Ockershausen:	But you have a wonderful story about how you got started and we wanna hear that, but before that ... I didn't know you were born in Manhattan. Joanne Alper:	Born in Brooklyn, actually. Andy Ockershausen:	Oh, you were? But that's part of New York City, of course. Joanne Alper:	Yes. Andy Ockershausen:	A lot of people don't realize it. They think it's another world. But, Joanne, and your dad and mom are New Yorkers? Joanne Alper:	That's right. Andy Ockershausen:	And you're a native New Yorker? That's a great song, incidentally. Joanne Alper:	I grew up in New York. I was a native New Yorker, but I've obviously lived a whole lot more of my life in Virginia than I ever lived in New York. Andy Ockershausen:	Well, we consider that Virginia's . . . Our Town, you understand that, though? Joanne Alper:	Yes. Andy Ockershausen:	So even it's Arlington or Vienna, it's Our Town. And Joanne, you've lived that in Long Island with your parents. Joanne Alper:	That's right. G.I. Bill Benefits, Baby Boomers, and Growing Up in Valley Stream Andy Ockershausen:	Your dad was in WWII, correct? Joanne Alper:	Yes. He was a veteran of World War II. Andy Ockershausen:	So he probably got the G.I. Bill? Joanne Alper:	That's right. Andy Ockershausen:	When you think about it, you're too young. Janice in the military. She's too young. I lived through what the G.I. Bill meant to America. It was incredible. Joanne Alper:	It was. My dad- Andy Ockershausen:	It jump-started our country. Joanne Alper:	My dad grew up, his parents were immigrants from Russia. Came over in 1912 or '13. He was born here. Some of his older siblings were born in Russia. But he, by getting the G.I. Bill and having the money, he could have gone to college, but he met my mother and wanted to get married. So he took the benefits he had after a few years of living ... 	When I was about three years old, they bought a house out on Long Island in a new development that everyone in the neighborhood were G.I.s who were doing the same thing. So we were all about the same age, all baby boomers, sort of growing up together. Andy Ockershausen:	Very even, correct? I mean, the whole neighborhood and the environment was even. Joanne Alper:	Exactly. It was amazing. In fact, as I said, we just had our 50th high school reunion two weeks ago, and just to see some of these people that I've know...

Joanne Alper – Retired Judge, Female Trailblazer