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Virtual Foster Parent Resources with Foster Care Institute Founder Dr. John Degarmo
Dr. John Degarmo is the author of several foster care books, including the new book The Little Book of Foster Care Wisdom: 365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement for Foster Care Families, the best selling book...
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Giving 8 Children a Safe Place to Land with Tonja Tristan Johnson
In this episode we sit down with Tonja Tristan Johnson who has adopted 7 children and fostered countless more. Her and her husband moved from a smaller suburban house with two cars to a farm house and a 12 passenger...
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Exploring Your Inner Child with The Way of the Horse Founder Dina Shale
In this episode join Dina Shale as she shares how her child trauma history inpired her to find healing through horses, and ultimately open The Way of the Horse to serve others. She explains the benefits of equine...
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Racism and Adoption with Erica Shubin
Erica Shubin is a mom of 5 chidren, three biological and two children from Ethiopia. When her black son and daughter wanted to ask neighbors about picking up some odd jobs to make extra cash, Erica hesitated to let...
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The Road to Adoption through State's Custody with Bekah Bischoff
On this weeks episode we speak with Bekah Bischoff, who always knew she wanted to adopt a child, and that calling was confirmed by complications with her second birth where she had a full hysterectomy. Although it...
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Creating Policy in Child Welfare with Nancy Miller
In this episode I interview my aunt who is a social worker who works in Department of Children and Families as someone who maintains and creates policy. We dive into how policy works, what makes good policy and how...
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Confessions of a Post Adoption Case Manager
In this episode I break down what post adoption services are, my mistakes, lessons learned and top pieces of advice from my experience.
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Child Welfare and the Police with Travis Britt
In this episode I sit down with one of my most favorite people, my husband, who also was a police officer in Atlanta for 10 years who answered many 911 child welfare calls. He gives us a bit of a ride-along, while he...
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Staying Grounded: In Parenting and In Life with Kate Neligan
I thought it was time we all had a mental health check due to these crazy times, then I realized foster families are always adjusting to a new normal. Kate Neligan is an equine-partnered life/career coach, writer,...
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Give Kids in Foster Care Choices with Tony Da Realest
There is nothing more common among foster children than the feeling of having no choices and feeling like you've lost all control over your life. This feeling was magnified for Tony when he was put in a mental...
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Let's Stop Calling Them Foster Kids
On today's episode Paula tells us about her time in foster care, how being called a "foster kid" caused her to be bullied and the pain she went through being accused of her mother's murder.Paula now trains foster...
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Corona Virus Impact on Foster Youth
This week we discuss the impact Corona Virus is having on foster youth and how we can help.Foster youth who are attending colleges have no place to go now that they are shut down and no campus jobs to work at. Foster...
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