The Adoption & Foster Care Journey

Episode #222: The Connected Parent with Adoptive and Foster Mom, Lisa Qualls

The Connected Child, authored by the late Dr. Karyn Purvis and Dr. David Cross, has been a life saver for multitudes of foster and adoptive families. Through Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), Drs. Purvis and Cross have provided parenting tools unique to the challenges presented in parenting children with trauma backgrounds. 

Dr. Purvis passed away in 2016 leaving a huge hole in the heart of the foster and adoptive community. But her legacy lives on in a new book about to be released in July 2020. The Connected Parent, co-authored by Purvis and adoptive mom and TBRI practitioner, Lisa Qualls, offers hope to every child, every parent, and every family. 

Our own Sandra Flach sat down with Lisa Qualls for a conversation about her book. Listen in as Lisa, mom of twelve, shares her painful adoption journey and how Dr. Purvis’s TBRI methods changed her family. 

Links to resources discussed in this episode:

OneThankfulMom.com

The ConnectedParent book

The Adoption Connection podcast

EmpoweredtoConnect

 

Episode #221 - Adoption Miracles in the Midst of Covid19 with Jaime Richardson

Just Say Yes and God Does the Rest

 

Jaime Richardson is mom to 13 children--six from foster care, 1 embryo adoption, 1 domestic, and 5 international special needs adoptions. In January 2020, Jaime and her husband Chris, were in Ukraine to finalize the adoption of 3 children when complications arose. The Richardson's were forced to leave one of the children behind in a hospital. They planned to return for their son in a few weeks, then the worldwide pandemic closed international travel. 

 

Join host, Sandra Flach, as she talks with Jaime Richardson about foster care, special needs adoption, and how God moved mountains in the midst of the Covid19 crisis. Episode #221 features discussion about:

-Foster Care

-Adoption

-China Adoption

-Ukrainian Adoption

-Special Needs Adoption

-AdoptUSKids

-Reese's Rainbow

-Special Angels Adoptions

-CheaperBytheBakersDozen

Episode #220 - Former Foster Youth, Carrie Relf, Joins us for Foster Care Awareness Month

Foster youth face overwhelming adversity which, statistically, few overcome. Many kids remain stuck in a system that perpetuates futures filled with hopelessness. But that's not the case for former foster youth, Carrie Relf. Though her foster care experience was typical, her outcome has been extraordinary. Carrie attended college earning her Masters in Social Work, married, and pastors a church with her husband. Her passion to help others shines through in her career as a social worker and entrepreneur. Join us as Carrie tells her story and shares what made the difference in her life. Episode 220 features discussion about:

 

• Foster care
• Vanderheyden
• carrierelf.com
• Anchor LIfe LLC
• Foster Can
• Rhema Revealed Ministries

Episode #219 - The Art of Self Care with Adoptive Mom, Tracie Loux

Foster and adoptive moms face unique challenge everyday as they pour out and parent children with trauma histories. During this time of national crisis, these challenges are compounded by the need to homeschool children with special needs, sheltering in place, and the stress brought on by the Covid19 shutdown. Now, more than ever, parents must carve out time for some self care.

 

Join us for Episode #219 as host, Sandra Flach, talks with guest, Tracie Loux. Tracie is an author, artist, teacher and adoptive mom. She recently created the beautiful illustrations for the Second Mother bible study for foster and adoptive moms. 

 

This episode features discussion about:

-The Second Mother Bible Study

-Adoption

-Special Needs Adoption

-Grief

-Loss

-Tracie's book for children about tracheostomy, Mattie Breathes

-Tracie's website thehealingbreath.org 

-Self care

Episode #218 - Second Mother - a Bible Study for Adoptive Moms by Jodi Jackson Tucker

 

Did you know there are at least six recorded adoptions throughout the Scriptures? God made adoption a central part of the lives of Moses, Samuel, Esther, Ruth, Jesus, and John. They are the focus of a new Bible study--Second Mother written especially for foster and adoptive moms and authored by the amazing Jodi Jackson Tucker, International Director for Orphan Sunday and Stand Sunday. 

 

Join us for Episode #218 as host, Sandra Flach, talks with guest, Jodi Jackson Tucker. This episode includes:

-the needs of foster and adoptive moms

-why Jodi wrote Second Mother

-a deep dive into all six lessons in Second Mother

-Adoption in the Bible

-Orphan Sunday

-Stand Sunday

-Second Mother Facebook Group

-Second Mother on YouTube

-Purchase the Book HERE

 

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Episode #217 - Trusting the God of the Gospel with Arthur C. Woods

Helping foster & adoptive teens understand their identity in Christ

In this episode, host Sandra Flach talks with foster and adoptive parent, Arthur C. Woods. Listen as they discuss:

-Failed adoption

-Foster Care

-Adoption

-The impact of Covid19 

-Trusting the God of the Gospel

-Teaching foster and adoptive teens about their identity in Christ

-The concept of Father

-God's love

-Being an orphan

-Trust

-Identity

-Forgiveness

Episode #216 - Ronda Paulson of Isaiah 117 House shares about the plight of children entering foster care

Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless...

Isaiah 1:17 is the foundational verse for guest, Ronda Paulson and her ministry--Isaiah 117 House, a nonprofit caring for children awaiting foster placement. A foster and adoptive parent herself, Ronda founded Isaiah 117 House after recognizing the plight of children suddenly removed from their homes and placed in foster care. A traumatic experienced compounded further when children end up spending the night in a county conference room or office cubicle while caseworkers scramble to secure a foster home. 

 

In this episode, host Sandra Flach and  Ronda discuss:

• Foster care
• Isaiah 117 House
• God's miraculous provision 
• Eli's Law
• Impact of Covid19 shutdown on vulnerable children
• Saying yes to God when there's mess in the yes

Survival Tools for Foster & Adoptive Parents During Covid19 Shutdown

Parenting Kids with Trauma Histories in Times of Crisis

 

Most parents are navigating through the stress and life changes brought on by the Coronavirus shutdown. But foster and adoptive parents face unique challenges as our children already struggle with anxiety and fear triggered trauma histories. 

 

In this special episode of Orphans No More, we sat down with Ryan and Kayla North, adoptive parents with 10 years of foster care experience. They are TBRI practitioners and hosts of the Empowered Parent Podcast. Kayla is a trauma-competent caregiver, and Exec. Dir. of Tapestry. Ryan is President of Tapestry and leads One Big Happy Home. Listen in as we discuss:

• How the body responds to stress
• Homeschooling kids from hard places
• Why parents need to self regulate
• Strategies for surviving stress during Covid19 
• Illuminate - Trauma Master Class using Justice coupon

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Episode 214 - Taking Church to a Community in Crisis

Host, Sandra Flach, talks with Renae Denbow - the Greater Cincinnati Ambassador for CarePortal. Join the conversation as they discuss:

• National and Local Impact of CarePortal
• Using CarePortal to take Church to a community in crisis
• Schools in impoverished communities 
• CarePortal as a ministry and discipleship tool
• The sower and the seed
• Covid19 the Church's time to shine
• Be found an acceptable Bride
• Minister to the least of these

Episode 213 -Adoptive Mom, Rebecca Radicchi, Shares About China Adoption & Life Books

On this episode host, Sandra Flach, talks with adoptive mom and orphan advocate, Rebecca Radicchi. Listen in as they discuss:

• Special needs adoption
• International adoption
• China Adoption
• What is a Life Book and why and how to make one
• Serving through Love Without Boundaries
• Rebecca's blog:  rebeccaradicchi.com