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The Help One Child Podcast
by Help One Child
Help One Child is excited to launch our NEW monthly podcast interviews. Since 1993, Help One Child has brought expert trainers, therapists, individuals, churches, and communities together to support and strengthen our foster, adoptive, and kinship family systems to help children impacted by trauma experiences. We will continue this great work by releasing our NEW podcast interviews monthly so you can listen on your own schedule!
Episodes
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Parenting doesn’t come with a manual—but emotional resilience can be learned.
Episode Description: Listen and discover how to understand your own emotional patterns better while gaining simple, practical tools to support your child through big feelings. We’ll explore how the nervous system shapes behavior, how to respond (instead of react) in challenging moments, and how…
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How to Understand and Support Challenging Children
Listen as local therapist, Thedy Veliz, PhD, LMFT shares insights to to better understand the unique, sensitive children we are parenting. Learn how to offer support through interventions and empathy for our children who have experienced trauma. It's a sneak peak for when he covers this topic…
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Traffic Light Nervous System Reset for Caregivers
Episode Description: In this podcast, Nick Lawrence, MA will teach us how to notice what “color” (red, yellow or green) you and your loved ones are in at any given time. Gain practical tools to help you come back to your own personal green zone where creativity and logic reign. When people are in...
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Faith, Scripture and Church as Sustaining Your Family Formed Through Adoption and Foster Care
Episode Description: Listen to our newly released podcast as Matt McDonald, Help One Child's Executive Director, Dad through Foster Care, Adoption and Birth, and a Pastor, discuss how faith, Scripture and Church can help sustain your family formed through adoption and foster care. He'll share…
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Parenting Strategies to Handle Power Struggles and Conflict that Build (Rather than Inhibit) Attachment
Episode Description: Listen to Help One Child's JUST RELEASED Bite-Size Encouragement Podcast episode to gain new parenting tools for strengthening attachment while addressing power struggles and conflict with kids who joined your family through foster care, adoption or a kinship/relative...
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Reaching an Insecurely Attached Child/Adolescent Displaying Big, Rejecting & Violent Behaviors
Episode Description: Listen to Help One Child's just released Bite Sized Encouragement Podcast with Bryan Post, an incredible clinician, behaviorist and adult adoptee to learn more about how to reach our children and adolescents with insecure attachment despite their big, rejecting and even…
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Hope in Faith, Healing, Belonging & Being YOU
Episode Description: Listen to Help One Child's NEW Bite Sized Encouragement Podcast to hear Kristin Orphan's (Co-Founder of Finally Home) message of hope in faith, healing, belonging and being YOU! Expert Guest Biography: Kristin Orphan holds a Master’s of Science in Mental Health and Wellness...
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Important Tips to Help your foster or Adoptive Child Blossom
Episode Description: Listen in as Simon Benn, an adult adoptee, of Thriving Adoptees Podcast, and THRIVE trainer shares the most important tips for foster and adoptive parents to help your children blossom. He has a wealth of insight gathered in nearly 500 interviews of adult adoptees and those…
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder-FASD-Wise Parenting Part 2
Listen to expert guest, Dr. Kathryn Page in this just released podcast on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and FASD-WISE Parenting for practical strategies to support your child with FASD, from hard places. Trauma and attachment experts share the latest information specifically related to…
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Sensory & Attachment Issues with Food
Listen in for an in depth discussion on sensory and attachment issues with food in service of our families and children with Tiffany North, RN Expert Biography: As an RN, Certified Intuitive Eating Professional, and creator of the Food Attachment Model ™, Tiffany North helps people with…
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Compassion Fatigue for Parents of High Needs Children
Laurabeth DeHority, PsyD, therapist and adoptive mom shares what compassion fatigue is for parents of high needs children. Listen in for practical strategies to overcome compassion fatigue & strengthen yourself & your family! Expert Guest Biography: LauraBeth DeHority, PsyD, LMFT is an adoptive...
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Twice the Family: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Sisterhood, an Inspiring conversation with the author, an adult adoptee!
What is the psychological impact of being adopted? Listen to Julie Ryan McGue's journey navigating life in an adoptive family to gain wisdom and inspiration for your own family. Julie Ryan McGue's Twice the Family: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Sisterhood (releases Feb 6, 2025, She Writes Press) is…
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Taking Care of the Caregiver
Click to listen to how essential your care for yourself as caregiver is to strengthen not only your life, but your children's and family's lives. Donna Erickson, MA shares her expertise as a former foster youth, parent trainer, medical nurse and counselor with tons of practical strategies to kick...
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"Same Here" Emotional Support with Your Kids from Hard Places
Listen in as the holidays approach for how to offer "Same Here" emotional support from trauma therapist and founder of Replanted, Jenn Hook, for any of the kiddos in your home having a hard time with all the holidays, gatherings, and family time bring this time of year! Trauma and attachment...
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Positive Parenting Strategies for Foster and Adoptive Families
Take a listen to Kari Woerz who shares about Positive Parenting strategies to support youth who joined our families through a foster, adoptive or kinship placement. Which tips may be helpful or what to avoid? Try these at home today! Trauma and attachment experts share the latest information...
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Food to Support Attachment
Listen as Tiffany North, RN discusses how attachment relates to food patterns and body image in Help One Child's latest podcast release. Gain new, practical strategies to try with food to support and strengthen attachment.
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Resilience Part 2- What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us Stronger!
Listen as Simon Benn, an adult adoptee of the Thriving Adoptees Podcast breaks open the resiliency myth in this part 2 episode. It's all about us, the parents doing our own work! Foster and adoptive parents, he asks you to put your own oxygen mask on first so you can be trauma informed and hope...
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Trauma Informed AND Hope Obsessed
Listen as Simon Benn of the Thriving Adoptees Podcast shares from his epiphany around adoption, exploring how insights to shift, trauma informed, and hope obsessed are necessary for us parents! In next month's episode, he continues discussing the resiliency myths in part 2! Trauma and attachment...
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More Trauma Informed School Support
Listen as Julie Kurtz, LMFT, Founder of Center for Optimal Brain Integration and trauma therapist and trainer, shares 4 key strategies for supporting our children, parents, teachers, schools and homes on stress reduction through trauma informed, best practices that help ALL children thrive.…
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The Safe and Sound Protocol
Listen to learn more about how the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) can assist in trauma healing, particularly with ptsd. SSP works on vocal proxity to engage the inner ear to hear cues of safety. This is geared at parents raising children from hard places, who joined their families through…
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Felt Safety and Connection Strategies with Our Children from Hard Places
Listen as our guest today, Erin Bouchard, shares about felt safety and practical connection strategies to help a child believe they're safe in your home. Erin Bouchard. Author. Speaker. Advocate. Educator. Erin founded Trauma-Based Parenting because she's passionate about helping foster and...
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Transracial Families
Do you have a transracial, adoptive family? Just like love is not enough to support a child with a trauma background, love can't shift ethnic and cultural differences either. Listen in as Trish Jonker, MA, LCPC, shares practical strategies for transracial parenting. Trish Jonker has a Masters...
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Bringing Play & Joy Back Into Your Family for Trauma Healing!
Increase the fun, joy and play for your family! Bonus, play helps heal trauma, too. So listen to this podcast while you drive, take a walk, or wash dishes to gain a few new strategies from a therapist and TBRI Practitioner, Carey A. Gil, LCSW. Trauma and attachment experts share the latest...
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The Story and Struggles of a Fost/Adopt Child's Journey
Jenell M. Jones M. Ed. authored and released the book, Shattered in May 2023 for Foster Care Awareness month. This conversation shares a little bit about her child, their family's journey, the struggles and her hope for more systemic change to bring healing and well being for children in care....
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Managing Aggressive Trauma Behaviors
Eva Gonzales, LMFT shares practical strategies to support your child from hard places who displays aggressive trauma behaviors. Listen for bite-size encouragement and tips! Trauma and attachment experts share the latest information specifically related to adoptive, foster and kinship parenting.…
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How to Dial Down Stress, Overwhelm & Anxiety
How can you help yourself and your kids address stress, overwhelm and anxiety to live happier, healthier and more fulfilling lives? Listen in and gain some new strategies and experience a heart breath practice at the end with Katherine Kozioziemksi, MA. Trauma and attachment experts share the...
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Helping Children Find Voice
How can you help your child find and reclaim their voice? Listen to suggestions from expert guest, Jenn Ranter Hook, MA, the Founder and Executive Director of Replanted, a therapist with experience working with foster youth, and author of the newly released Thriving Families. Trauma and…
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder & FASD-Wise Parenting
Listen to expert guest, Dr. Kathryn Page in this just released podcast on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and FASD-WISE Parenting strategies to support your child from hard places. Trauma and attachment experts share the latest information specifically related to adoptive, foster and kinship...
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How to Help Kids from Hard Places Be Successful Amongst the Chaos of Christmas
Does chaos dominate your household at the holidays? Listen for tips on how to help kids be successful amongst the chaos of Christmas with expert Guest, Erin Bouchard, MA! Trauma and attachment experts share the latest information specifically related to adoptive, foster and kinship parenting. In...
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Nutrition Strategies for Our Children & Their Brains
Got kids with food issues? Listen for nutrition strategies to help children from hard places, especially as we enter the holiday season with food as central to many celebrations. Our expert guest is Trish Jonker, MA, LCPC. Trauma and attachment experts share the latest information specifically...
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Cultivating Gratitude in Our Families
How do you cultivate gratitude daily within your family, especially with children from hard places? Listen for ideas from an expert and adoptive parent, Lori DiRicco, MSN,ARNP,Pmhnp-bc in this just released podcast! Trauma and attachment experts share the latest information specifically related…
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Movement Improves Mood and Mental Health!
Learn how to move more in your family and reduce mental health challenges. Can moving your body really help change your mood or your child's? Behavioral activation is key for emotion regulation, so listen for lots of practical tips to encourage activity for your kiddos with guest Therapist Trish...
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Setting Your Child's School Year Up for Success
Is your child back in school or about to start? School can cause anxiety and overwhelm , but also much needed structure and balance for our families with kids from hard places. Listen to this just released podcast as Trauma Expert Erin Bouchard shares how to make the school year a success. Trauma...
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Parenting Children with Medically Complex Health Issues Part 2
The Post Institute Co-Founder, Kristi Saul is our guest again for part two! Listen to her passion, wisdom, and posture of the heart about raising children with medically complex health issues. Trauma and attachment experts share the latest information specifically related to adoptive, foster and...
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Raising Children with Medically Complex Health Issues
The Post Institute Co-Founder, Kristi Saul is our guest on this month's podcast! Listen to her passion, wisdom, and posture of the heart about raising children with medically complex health issues. Trauma and attachment experts share the latest information specifically related to adoptive, foster...
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Brain-Based Interventions for Parents with Children from Hard Places
Our guest today is Dr. Don Williams. Dr. Don is a valued Help One Child psychologist with over 30 years of experience, who works specializing with self regulation disorders and attachment. In 1999, he helped found the Help One Child Parent Education Group that our current Support Groups are…
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RAD, ODD, ADD, & ADHD Oh My!
Hearing labels and diagnosis acronyms can be overwhelming to parents and teachers, much less children! Listen to "RAD, ODD, ADD, & ADHD Oh My!" You'll get Jenn Hook, MA's suggestions and practical strategies to support your foster, adoptive, and kinship-formed family impacted by these labels now…
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Sleep Strategies for Your Family
Sleep is an essential need. Is your family getting enough uninterrupted sleep and waking up feeling rested? Many parents and caregivers in foster, adoptive and kinship-formed families report feeling tired, drained and exhausted. And children who have experienced trauma often have sleep…
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Understanding Your Child's Behavior Spiral
Understanding Your Child's Behavior Spiral, triggered by trauma, is crucial when parenting children from hard places for healing! Listen to this month's podcast with Erin Bouchard, an adoptive, foster, bio and kinship Mama, and founder of Trauma Informed Parenting, to get insight on how to…
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Applying the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard While Fostering
Have you ever been confused about when and for how long you can leave your foster child with a caregiver? Do you have to get permission from the social worker? Listen to this month's podcast with Emily Kaiser for an inside scoop on the reasoning behind the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard…
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Recapturing Missed Attachment
Don't stress about your child's attachment! It can form later and at any point. Listen to this month's just released podcast on "Recapturing Missed Attachment" with Donna Erickson, MA. Find hope in her sharing how to relax and strengthen attachment with children who joined your family through...
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Supporting Your Foster or Adopted Child’s Learning Needs
Does your child struggle with learning? Listen to the Help One Child's newest podcast with Jennifer Giese,MS, a school phychologist and resource parent, as she shares on how foster/adoptove parents can better support their children's education. Trauma and attachment experts share the latest...
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Strengthening Your Adult Relationships and Marriage While Parenting High Needs Kids
Strengthen your relationships and marriage! Parenting children is hard work and can take a toll on marital bliss. Listen in to this month's podcast with Laura Beth DeHority, LMFT, as she shares about common marriage challenges and solutions faced while parenting children from hard places.
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Anger Styles and Anger Management
Often foster and adoptive parents hope love will be enough. It's not. It's complicated and filled with emotion. Listen to this month's newly released podcast with Donna Erickson, MA, specifically addressing anger and frustration. Sharpen your ability to manage frustration and anger, so you can...
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Engaging Curiosity with Our Dysregulated Children
Have you ever thought of your parenting role including emotion detective? Dysregulation, better known as a meltdown, is going to happen. Meltdowns are fueled with emotion and are difficult for parents and children alike. Listen to this month's just released podcast episode to learn more about...
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INTENTIONALLY SIMPLIFYING ALL FACETS OF FAMILY LIFE TO ADDRESS CHILDREN’S TRAUMA-RELATED BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES
How does a cluttered home relate to trauma? Or does it? Listen in to this month’s podcast on simplifying all facets of family life to address children’s trauma-related behavior challenges. Claudia Mercier, MA, shares insight from 25+ years of parenting, adopting and fostering. This is geared at...
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Trauma Informed Practices and Resiliency Building for Children
Do you ever wonder why the love and nurture you provide doesn't resolve the negative behavior for children in your care? This is a marathon, not a sprint and takes such an extended period to rewire a child's brain and grow a human. Listen in to this month's podcast with Julie Kurtz, LMFT, to…
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Whole Brain Parenting: The Magic Wand
Trauma and attachment experts share the latest information specifically related to adoptive, foster and kinship parenting. In every episode, you will find helpful insights and practical parenting tips. Do you ever wish you could wave a magic wand and transform your family? Listen to this month's...
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Effective Parenting Strategies for High-Stress Moments
Are you getting stuck in power struggles with your adopted, foster, or kinship placed child? Does it feel like your child is ruling the household? You’re listening to the RIGHT podcast on effective tools for getting out of power struggles, reducing conflict, and reversing cycles of stress at…
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Nurture Attachment to Help Adopted and Foster Teens and Young Adults Launch
The teen and early adult years have unique challenges. Join Wendy Witham, LMFT, as she discusses how healthy attachment prepares Foster and adoptive teens and young adults to successfully Launch. Witham is not only in private practice, but also serves on the Help One Child Education Committee,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Help One Child is excited to launch our NEW monthly podcast interviews. Since 1993, Help One Child has brought expert trainers, therapists, individuals, churches, and communities together to support and strengthen our foster, adoptive, and kinship family systems to help children impacted by trauma experiences. We will continue this great work by releasing our NEW podcast interviews monthly so you can listen on your own schedule!
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