Host Sandra Flach is a mom of 8 children, 5 through adoption—one kinship and 4 international. Her youngest 2 are teens diagnosed with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). With over 30 years of parenting experience and 20 plus years as an adoptive and kinship parent, she’s made mountains of mistakes and learned loads of lessons. She understands the difficult road of parenting children with trauma histories—and she is still in the trenches! The Adoption & Foster Care Journey is a podcast to encourage, educate, and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care, and kinship care. We aim to support adoptive and foster families by sharing encouraging real-life stories and equipping them with modern-day research and parenting techniques.
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Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families…” Psalm 68:5-6
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode host Sandra Flach talks with adoptive mom, Kelly Henderson. A special educator by profession, Kelly is a former public school teacher of students with emotional and behavioral disorders, and has worked in national and federal special education policy and research settings. Kelly’s family is formed in part through foster care and adoption. Her teen and young adult children have a range of learning, behavioral, medical and cognitive disabilities.
Kelly is also Executive Director of Formed Families Forward, a Virginia based nonprofit dedicated to supporting foster, kinship, and adoptive families of children and youth with disabilities and other special needs, including FASD.
Listen in as Sandra and Kelly discuss serving and supporting families well.
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Links mentioned in this episode:
sandraflach@justicefororphansny.org
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