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5 Questions To Ask Before/After A Disruption: Did We Do All We Could?
My son got into the car on one of the last days of school with his yearbook in hand. He commented that [our foster child I called “Little Bit”] was in the yearbook. I forgot. Inward...
4 Tips To Help Foster and Adoptive Children with Boundaries
When a child is born, caregivers determine where the child will go. The child’s domain usually consists of a crib, the arms of caregivers and loved ones, or a place they are buckled into ...
6 Thoughts for Sharing Info. with Your Foster or Adoptive Child
Mom, Why…? I will never forget sitting at the dining room table one night eating dinner a family when one child suddenly and loudly blurted out, “Why do babies come out of the fagenie?R...
Not Quite NARWHAL
Grade: Transfiguring Adoption awarded this book 4 Hoots out of 5 based on how useful it will be for a foster/adoptive family. [Learn more about our Hoot grading system here] From the Cover of Not Quit...
Wonder – Book
From the Cover of Wonder by R.J Palacio: “August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial difference that prevented him from going to a mainstream school – until now. He’s about to en...
Parenting Strategies to Help Adopted and Fostered Children with Their Behavior
From the Cover of Parenting Strategies to Help Adopted and Fostered Children with Their Behavior by Christine Gordon: “Although traumatized children rarely respond to traditional parenting strategies,...
A Therapeutic Treasure Deck of Sentence Completion and Feelings Cards
From the box of A Therapeutic Treasure Deck of Sentence Completion and Feelings Cards by Dr. Karen Treisman: “The perfect tool to add to any “therapeutic treasure box,” this set of 6...
Monsters Made With Love: Helping Kids Express Insecurities
Laurie Kay, creator of Monster Made with Love, joins us to talk about her company where anyone can create their own custom monster. Learn how these wonderful creatures are fantastic therapy for childr...
Creating Compassionate Foster Care
From the Cover of Creating Compassionate Foster Care: Lessons of Hope from Children and Families in Crisis by Janet C. Mann, and Dr. Molly Kretchmar-Hendricks: “Inspired by over 20 years of work with ...