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 Dec 04, 2017
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Carla Dobrovits - Chicago adoptive mother - 6 biological children and 4 adopted from Ukraine. Sits on the Board of Reece's Rainbow. The mission of Reece’s Rainbow is to advocate and find families for orphans with Down syndrome and other special needs by raising funds for adoption grants and promoting awareness through an online community, media communications, and other events.
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Dr. Sharon Ford - Program Director of the Adoption and Orphan Care Outreach for Focus on the Family.
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Mike Berry - author, blogger, speaker, adoptive father and former foster parent. Author of the Blog, "Confessions of an Adoptive Parent".
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Marcia Andersen - New York foster & adoptive mom. Trained in Empowered to Connect and Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®).
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Salliann Ran – New Jersey foster & adoptive mom and Empowered To Connect parent trainer. Empowered To Connect (ETC) Parent Training is an interactive learning experience designed specifically for adoptive and foster parents.
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Joel Marcaida – foster/adoptive dad, defender & voice of the fatherless in the Philippines
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Brother George – Adoptive dad & CEO of Beyond Barriers. Beyond Barriers gives an answer to those persistent, pertinent problems of the present generation. They envision to invest into these young lives by dealing with imminent issues and problems, professionally and effectively.
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Debra Jones – Adoptive mom, Owner & Founder of Parent Intervention & Training. As an educator and parent of a biological daughter and an adopted son, Debra Delulio Jones, offers more than two decades of first-hand experience in training children with special needs, including adopted, foster, and at-risk children who’ve experienced neglect, abandonment, abuse, trauma, or substances in utero.
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Aaron Clayton – TX Pastor & adoptive dad and ETC Parent Trainer – PART 2. Empowered To Connect (ETC) Parent Training is an interactive learning experience designed specifically for adoptive and foster parents.