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.
Episodes
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for He has risen, as he said.” Matthew 28:5
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 continues her series on the Primary Characteristics of FASD with he topic of Executive Function. Whether or not you know for sure that the child you’re caring for was prenatally exposed to alcohol—you won’t want to miss this episode.
Listen in as Sandra, adoptive mom of 5, 2 diagnosed with FAS, shares about the impact prenatal alcohol exposure has on an individual’s ability to organize, plan, transition from task to task, focus, and control impulses.
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Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." -Proverbs 17:17
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 former foster youth, Justin and Alexis Black. The Black’s are authors of the award-winning book, "Redefining Normal: How 2 Foster Kids Beat the Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love".
Listen in as Justin and Alexis both share their story of growing up in foster care, found faith (and each other), and experienced healing. They also share about their newest book, "I Love You More Than Cereal: Maeva & Dad Redefine Love" which releases this week.
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Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
"The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise Him." Psalm 28:7
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 moms—Lisa Qualls and Melissa Corkum. Lisa is the author of The Connected Parent, a TBRI practitioner, and a Christian spiritual director. She writes and speaks with wisdom about the challenges and beauty of adoption.
Melissa is an adoptee and adoptive mom. She provides insight and resources to adoptees and their parents through her writing, coaching, and speaking. She is a Safe & Sound Protocol Practitioner and a Certified Enneagram Coach.
Listen in as host Sandra Flach talks with Lisa Qualls and Melissa Corkum about their new book Reclaim Compassion: The Adoptive Parent’s Guide to Overcoming Blocked Care with Neuroscience and Faith.
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https://theadoptionconnection.pages.ontraport.net/assessment
IG: @postadoptionresources
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
"Hear my prayer, O LORD; Listen to my cry for mercy. In the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me." Psalm 86:6-7
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 foster and adoptive mom, Stacey Chart. Stacy and her husband Lance adopted their youngest daughter out of foster care twelve years ago when she was only four weeks old. One year later Stacey began her journey to learn about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders FASD.
Today Stacey is a certified facilitator of the FASCETS Neuro-Behavioral Model, and works on staff at FASCETS as an administrator & program director.
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Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
"The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts." Proverbs 17:3
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 Patricia Kasper, MA, MTh. Patti has worked in the fields of mental health and child welfare for over thirty years and has worked with hundreds of foster and adoptive families. Trained in TBRI and FASD, she has led workshops in the areas of adoption, trauma, resiliency, attachment and neurobehavior.
Listen in as Patti shares from her professional experience and her personal experience of living on the FASD spectrum.
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Patricia Kasper-Diamonds-in-the-Rough on Facebook
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Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. Psalm 103:8
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 continues her series on the Primary Characteristics of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Listen in as Sandra shares how prenatal alcohol exposure affects the individual’s ability to generalize information, how it might present in our kids, and offers some helpful strategies for accommodations.
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Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
"Love is patient and kind.
love does not envy or boast. is not arrogant or rude.
It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful.
it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things….Love never ends." 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
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 continues her series on the Primary Characteristics of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Listen in as Sandra shares how prenatal alcohol exposure affects the senses, how it might present in our kids, and offers some helpful strategies for accommodations.
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Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
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.
We are thrilled to bring you a series of bonus episodes featuring special guest. Dr. Jerrod Brown PhD. In each of these bonus episodes, Dr. Brown will share what every adoptive and foster parent needs to know regarding FASD, trauma, and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
On this week’s bonus episode, the 21st and final episode in our series, Dr. Brown and host, Sandra Flach discuss Central Nervous System Dysfunction & Trauma—what it is and what parents and caregivers can do to support their children if CNS dysfunction is suspected.
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Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
"Search me, O God, and know my heart." Psalm 139:23
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 Dr. Douglas Waite, MD, FAAP for Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics at BronxCare Health System in NY. Dr. Waite specializes in diagnosis and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders such was developmental delays, autism, intellectual disability and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).
Listen in as Dr. Waite discusses FASD—diagnosis, resources, and advocacy.
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Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
"God sets the lonely in families..." Psalm 68:6
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 chats with Rita Soronen, President & CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. For more than 30 years, Rita has worked on behalf of abused, neglected and vulnerable children.
Listen in as Rita shares about the Dave Thomas Foundation’s mission, through their signature program Wendy’s Wonderful Kids, to dramatically increase the number of adoptions from foster care and provide resources for adoptive families.
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