All Episodes

Where Culture Meets Care

The Call to Action for Intercountry Adoptee Justice

Responding to Self-Harm

What the HELP?

It Can Be a Matter of Life and Death

Growing Together at Every Stage Part 6 – Ages 16 – 25: Guiding Them Toward Their True Selves

Growing Together at Every Stage: Part 5 – 4th to 9th Grade: Sense of Belonging and Healthy Community

Growing Together at Every Stage: Part 4 – School Aged Children

Growing Together at Every Stage Part 3-Preschoolers

Growing Together at Every Stage Part 2-Toddlers: Respecting Their Learning and Their Play

Growing Together at Every Stage Part 1- Babies: Calm Presence and Safe Environment

Practical Parenting for Adoptive Families (including holiday tips)

Mindful Kids: Helping Foster & Adoptive Children Build Emotional Strength

Long-Range Parenting

Lessons in Leadership

Retained Primitive Reflexes & Trauma: Unlocking Movement, Regulation, and Learning

Burnout in Child Welfare Professionals and Foster Parents

From Foster Care to the Auto Shop

Building Stronger Families, Stronger Community

Why Becoming a Child Welfare Professional is a Great Idea

The Power of Mindful Self-Compassion

A Brain-First Approach to Parenting

Fire-Setting Behavior in Children

If Our Family Provides Foster Care, Will Our Family Change?

Commitment Through Uncertainty

The Exhaustion of Parenting a Child with Bottomless Needs

Align Your Mind

School Issues for Children in Foster Care

The Missing Puzzle Pieces

Open Hearts, Persistence, and Love

Anger and Aggression Directed at Mother Figures in Foster Families

Positive Childhood Experiences

Pre and Post Visitation Challenges For Youth in Foster Care and Foster Parents

Adoption Literacy

Getting to Permanency with County Adoption/Kinship Social Workers

Practical Strategies to Support Youth Who Have Experienced Trauma

Happy Enough Holidays

Overstimulation in Caregiving

Connections, Compassion and Culture

Safety and Empowerment Through Attachment

Self Harm, How Do We Help?

From Wounds to Healing

Back-to-School Reset with Mya Zavaleta, Nature OT!

The Experiences of Biological Children in Foster Families

Past, Present, Future: Understanding the Laws Surrounding Intercountry Adoption

Finding the Joy in Connecting with Children

Celebrate our 100th Episode with Well Over 100-years of Foster Care and Adoption Wisdom!

Decision Fatigue

Lessons Learned Along the Way

Navigating Transitions to Adulthood in Adoption

Minnesota Law Change: Adoptee Access to Original Birth Records

Stories Connect (Part 2)

Stories Connect (Part 1)

Adoption and Foster Care in Minnesota FAQ’s

The Overlooked Child (Part 2)

The Overlooked Child (Part 1)

Lived Experiences and Complexities of Adoption

UMOJA [OO-mo-jah] is Swahili for unity!

A Conversation to Authentically Support BIPOC Families

Human Trafficking in Minnesota and Beyond

How to Regulate the Regulators – For School Professionals

What is a Special Education Surrogate?

The Gifts We Can Give Our Youth Over the Holidays

‘Twas the Night Before Holiday Break

Open Your Mind and Heart

Adults Supporting Trans Youth

A Racial Identity Journey

Chat with Chalmers, A Voice for Change!

BTS of BTS Event!

Homework for Parents

Preparing for School—at School

Design Flaws

Korean Adoptees in America – YangJu Sisterhood

FAM’s Foster Adopt Shop

Tom and Thom – Partners, Parents, and Patience

Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda – Practical Advice for Parents

[Communication Series] It Takes Two to Make a Thing Go Right… Hear how two dads make it outta sight!

[Communication Series] Finding Your Child’s Lost Identity

[Communication Series] Collaboration is the Act of Working Together

Dr. Chasnoff Shares Why Behavior Belongs in the Brain

From Freud to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross to Keiran Vitek…

Concepts of De-escalation

Two topics, Three Spring Summit Guests in One!

FASD Through the Eyes of Barb Clark

How We Became Foster Adopt Minnesota

Goodbye Again

The Making of “Flipping the Script” – Segment 4

The Making of “Flipping the Script” – Segment 3

The Making of “Flipping the Script” – Segment 2

The Making of “Flipping the Script” – Segment 1

To Finalization and Beyond!

It’s Placement Time!

What Goes into an Adoptive Transition?

Adoption Matching 101: A County’s Perspective

While You’re Waiting (and still waiting) for an Adoptive Placement

An Intro to Defiance & Disrespect: Battles with Homework and Chores

The Back-to-School Transition

Know Your Rights: Kinship

Zero Kids Waiting Series: Episode 2: Commonly Asked Questions

Autism: What You Need to Know

Disruption/Dissolution of Adoptions

Zero Kids Waiting Series: Episode 1: Recruitment

Family Matters: A Conversation About Transracial Families and Kinship Care

Foster Care 101 – Part 13: Family Impact on Foster Care

Foster Care 101 – Part 12: Children’s Mental Health

Foster Care 101 – Part 11: Trauma 101

Parental Postadoption Depression: Reframing Expectations

Foster Care 101 – Part 10: Grief & Loss in Foster Care

Foster Care 101 – Part 9: Navigating Complex Relationships in Foster Care

Foster Care 101 – Part 8: The Many Moves of Foster Care

LGBTQ+: Understanding and Support

Foster Care 101 – Part 7: Foster Care & Court

Partnerships for Permanence: Developing Young Leaders

Put on Your Air-mask: Self Care Through the Holidays

Foster Care 101 – Part 6: Foster Care Licensing: Agency vs County (2)

Foster Care 101 – Part 5: Foster Care Licensing: Agency vs County (1)

Let’s Talk – Conversations with the HELP Program (Part 6)- Strengthening Families Who Adopted an Infant through an Open Adoption

Let’s Talk – Conversations with the HELP Program (Part 5)- Strengthening Families Who Adopted Internationally

Let’s Talk – Conversations with the HELP Program (Part 4)- Strengthening Foster Families

Let’s Talk – Conversations with the HELP Program (Part 3)- Strengthening Kinship Families

Let’s Talk – Conversations with the HELP Program (Part 2)- Strengthening Families Who Adopted through MN Foster Care

Let’s Talk – Conversations with the HELP Program (Part 1)- Services to Strengthen Your Family

Let’s Talk – Foster Care 101 – Part 4: Current Foster Care Need

Let’s Talk – The 30 Days After: Adjusting to Life and Family After Placement

Let’s Talk – The 30 Days Before: Counting Down to Adoptive/Foster Placement

Let’s Talk – Anxiety!

Let’s Talk – Back to School: Ideas to Create Your New Normal

Let’s Talk – Foster Care 101 – Part 3: Q & A

Let’s Talk – Foster Care 101 – Part 2: Licensing

Let’s Talk – Foster Care 101 – Part 1: The Need

Let’s Talk – All Behavior Has Meaning with Adrian McLemore

Let’s Talk – Help for Your Child with Sensory Processing Challenges – 4-part Series

Let’s Talk – De-Bunking the Myths of Foster Care

Let’s Talk – Interview with a Foster Mom: Back-To-School Shopping Experience

Let’s Talk – The Reel Hope Project

Let’s Talk – MN ADOPT’s Fostering Network Program

Let’s Talk – Sensory Interventions to assist children in achieving greater regulation

Let’s Talk – Finding Compassion and Space for children and caregivers during COVID-19

Let’s Talk – Helping Foster Parents Address COVID-19 with Their Children

Let’s Talk – Coping with Covid: A Conversation with Brenda Benning