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Why Kids With Trauma Try to Control Everything

The Blame Reflex in Foster & Adopted Children

The Belonging Wound in Foster & Adopted Children

Why Foster Kids Need Their Memories Honored | Trauma-Informed Mentoring

Becoming a Trauma-Responsive Mentor

The Power of Repair in Trauma-Informed Mentorship

Trauma-Informed Mentorship Activity: Build a Bridge for Foster Youth

Helping Foster Youth Build a Sense of Self Through Mentorship

10 Trauma-Informed Mentorship Practices You Can Use in Every Session

How Music Helps Foster Healing in Trauma-Informed Mentorship

Mandated Reporting & Foster Care

What is Trauma-Informed Mentorship?

Real-Life Trauma-Informed Responses for Mentoring Kids in Foster Care

The Foster Care Crisis and What We Can Do | Foster Care Awareness Month

Co-Regulation Explained: Supporting Kids with Trauma & Emotional Dysregulation

Sparking Meaningful Conversations with Kids in Foster Care

Your Own Healing is Key to Trauma-Informed Service

Building Life Skills for Kids Transitioning Out of Foster Care

Why Kids with Developmental Trauma Steal

Big Ts and Little Ts - It's all trauma

Understanding ACES: Building Resilience through Mentorship

#76: 4 Ways Mentorship is Therapeutic for Children with Complex Trauma Needs

#75: Dealing with Lying: Why Children with Complex Trauma Lie

#74: Become a Child Advocate with Joan Ulsher

#73: We Don't Fix Kids

#72 Replay: Navigating Sticky Situations

#71: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Life Hacks for Busy Families with Laura Hernandez

#70: Building Objectivity and Open Mindedness

#69 Triggered Response Intervention WONDER™ Method

#68: Helping Kids Plan for the Future

#67: Trauma Informed Holidays

#66 Structured BUT Flexible

#65 My Response to Hate Mail: We're all good enough

#64: Healed People Heal People

#63: Black Foster Youth Handbook with Angela Quijada-Banks

Becoming a CASA with Marla Higginbotham

Garbage Bag Suitcase Part 2 with Shenandoah Chefalo

Garbage Bag Suitcase Part 1 with Shenandoah Chefalo

Everyone is doing their best

Parenting in a Pandemic with Beth Tyson

Fostering Greatness with Leah Angel Daniel

How the Foster Care System is Wrecking Young Lives with Naomi Riley

Strategic Prayer for Orphan Care with Jacqui Jackson

Building Brave Brains through P.A.C.E. with Jessica Sinarski

A Practical Framework for Emotional Regualtion with Lauren Spigelmyer

Regulated and Relational with Ginger Healy

Opioids and the Foster Care Crisis with Natalie Chavis Fisher

Three Guiding Truths for Children With Trauma-Related Needs with Tiff Sudela-Junker

Discovering Your Story to be a Better Parent with Ce Eshelman

Determined to be Dad with Steve Disselhorst

From Kinship Care to Single Adoptive Father with Barry Farmer

Juvenile Justice and Child Protective Services with Angela Flores

Redefining Normal with Alexis and Justin Black

Adoption's Profound Impact, Even When Adopted at Birth with Marianne

The Journey of a Birth Mom with Ashley Mitchell

Trauma Informed Holidays

Challenging Anti-Reunification Culture and Ensuring Representation with Lauren Flynn

Fostering and Adopting Medically Fragile Children with Lauren Flynn

Fostering as a Single Parent with Jenn Thatcher

Navigating Sticky Situations with Rebecca Britt

Breaking Down the Different Types of Adoption with Jennifer Fairfax, Esq.

Healing Trauma through Media and Play with Darren Fink

Reflection and Clarity of Vision with Rebecca Britt

The Stuff Nobody Talks About with Marcy Tocker

Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools with Dr. Melissa Sadin

Ambiguous Loss and Lifebooks with Beth Tyson

Loving Relentlessly after Foster Care with Tori Petersen

From Foster Care to Foster Mom and Social Worker with Kristine Pienkowski Part 2

From Foster Care to Foster Mom and Social Worker with Kristine Pienkowski Part 1

Practical tools for when the work gets tough with Rebecca Hubbard

Raising the Challenging Child with Karen Doyle Buckwalter Part 2

Raising the Challenging Child with Karen Doyle Buckwalter Part 1

Aging out of Foster Care with Pamela Bress

Only Black Girl: Supporting Transracial Adoptees

Virtual Foster Parent Resources with Foster Care Institute Founder Dr. John Degarmo

Giving 8 Children a Safe Place to Land with Tonja Tristan Johnson

Exploring Your Inner Child with The Way of the Horse Founder Dina Shale

Racism and Adoption with Erica Shubin

The Road to Adoption through State's Custody with Bekah Bischoff

Creating Policy in Child Welfare with Nancy Miller

Confessions of a Post Adoption Case Manager

Child Welfare and the Police with Travis Britt

Staying Grounded: In Parenting and In Life with Kate Neligan

Give Kids in Foster Care Choices with Tony Da Realest

Let's Stop Calling Them Foster Kids

Corona Virus Impact on Foster Youth

Stable Moments in Uncertain Times

Childhood Abuse: What Helped and More That Could Be Done with Shannon

Raising Cultures: Breaking down racial barriers in foster care and adoption with Keia Jones-Baldwin

From Foster Kid to Child Welfare Advocate

Human Informed vs. Trauma Informed with Robyn Gobbel, MSW, LCSW

Helping Parents First - With Melissa & Lisa from Adoption Connection

Being Open to Foster & Adoption with the Palmers

Adopted out of care with Melissa Bauer

Child Welfare and The Court with Judge Ashley Willcott

Loving on bio parents as a foster mom with Nicole Hartman

What is trauma? Practical tools for everyone

Unstable Beginnings: How we got here

Ending the Foster Care Crisis

Stable Moments Podcast Trailer