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
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Father Scott Van Der Veer – Pastor of St. Patrick’s in Ravena & St. Mary’s in Coxsackie, NY. Adult adoptee.
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Dan Kulp – Comedian, author, pastor, and adoptive dad of 3 special needs children
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Ryan & Kayla North - Texas foster/adoptive parents and Empowered To Connect Parent Trainers and Trainers of ETC Parent Trainers
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Scott & Carolyn Pouncey - founders of Rock of Hope Ministries in Romania
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Jason Ledlie - Texas adoptive dad, therapist and founder of Jeremiah RAOK (Random Acts of Kindness) Ministry.
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Kathleen Guire – adoptive mom, author and ETC Parent Trainer in West Virginia. Empowered To Connect (ETC) Parent Training is an interactive learning experience designed specifically for adoptive and foster parents.
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Sandra Flach – Executive Director of Justice For Orphans & Empowered To Connect Parent Trainer. Empowered To Connect (ETC) Parent Training is an interactive learning experience designed specifically for adoptive and foster parents. ETC Parent Training equips parents with a holistic understanding of their child’s needs and development while empowering them with the tools and strategies to effectively meet those needs, build trust, and help their child heal and grow. The training is taught from a Christian perspective and focuses on a wide range of topics and issues relevant to adoptive and foster parents, including helping parents understand the impact of their child’s history, what they themselves bring to the parent-child relationship, the fundamentals of attachment, the impact of fear, and the importance of meeting their child’s sensory processing, nutritional and other physiological needs.