foster care

Season 5 Episode 1 – From Street Child to Foster Dad

Season 4 Episode 22 : CAP Crisis – Accused to Attorney – Part 2

December 31, 2024

When Hayley and Gary are accused of child abuse – when they bring their 3 month to the hospital for help with an unexplained injury – their life takes a tragic turn. The result is Gary becoming a prisoner and Hayley fighting for her son and her husband and deciding to go to law school…

Season 4 Episode 21 : CAP Crisis – Accused to Attorney – Part 1

December 30, 2024

Season 4 Episode 20 : CAP Crisis – Megan’s Story

September 10, 2024

Megan and her husband, from Washington, experienced medical kidnapping when their son’s RSV turned into a nightmare. One trip to the ER when he was struggling with a cold and suddenly he was being intubated, which went awry, and then coded in a helicopter en route to a children’s hospital and had to have CPR…

Season 4 Episode 19 : EMDR for Behaviors in Foster Care

July 3, 2024

Miranda Hager from Hope Restored Counseling joins Jack to discuss EMDR Therapy and how it can be an incredible solution for behaviors caused by trauma, especially for kids in foster care and those that work in child welfare. When we last spoke with Miranda, she was working for the local CAC (child advocacy center) as…

Season 4 Episode 18 : Crisis in Georgia – The Timms Story – Keep Knocking

June 25, 2024

Carrie and Brady Timms are the parents of 2 year old Jameson. He started experiencing some concerning symptoms in his first months of life that had his parents bringing him to the doctor and the hospital trying to figure out. He would have discolorations appear on his body and then disappear. Sometimes within minutes they…

Season 4 Episode 17 : Crisis in Georgia – The Sullivan Story – Part 3

June 20, 2024

Diana and Corey Sullivan met in 6th grade and started dating in 8th grade. Married by 21, they immediately started trying to have children. When it didn’t work out they turned to fertility doctors and ended up conceiving their first child the first time they tried IVF. In hopes of providing their daughter with a…

Season 4 Episode 16 : Crisis in Georgia – The Sullivan Story – Part 2

June 19, 2024

Season 4 Episode 15 : Crisis in Georgia – The Sullivan Story – Part 1

June 18, 2024

Season 4 Episode 14 : Hernandez Family Update – VICTORY

June 14, 2024

We have an update for you regarding the Hernandez Family. An unexpected turn of events at a court hearing which was just supposed to age a review this week – resulted in the girls moving to family members (pending the resolution of the criminal charges) and Georgia DFCS closing the case against the Matt and…

Season 4 Episode 12 : ABA for Behaviors in Foster Care

June 4, 2024

Samantha Haskins, a BCBA in Tampa Bay, Florida, chats with Jack about the use of ABA services for behaviors. While ABA is only covered by insurance for children with specific developmental disabilities, it can be effective for children with trauma as well. Sam explains the science of ABA, the process of ABA services, how it…

Season 4 Episode 11 : CAP Crisis – Tasha’s Story – Part 3

May 31, 2024

Jack & Christy chat with Tasha and her attorney, Valentina Villalobos, A mom in South Florida who has another story of medical abuse of power. Tasha and her husband had their 8 year old son and newborn twins removed after a child abuse pediatrician declared a diagnosis of abuse, despite the children having numerous medical…

Season 4 Episode 10 : CAP Crisis – Tasha’s Story – Part 2

May 30, 2024

Season 4 Episode 9 : CAP Crisis – Tasha’s Story – Part 1

May 29, 2024

Season 4 Episode 8 : Occupational Therapy for Behaviors in Foster Care

May 22, 2024

Zielia Crespo, co-owner of Sensory Works in Dade City, Florida, join Jack & Nichole for a conversation about how occupational therapy can help improve behaviors. OT (occupational therapy) can seem like magic when your kids appear to just be playing with a therapist and within months you can see drastic improvements in their behavior. Whether…

Season 4 Episode 7 : TBRI for Behaviors in Foster Care

May 14, 2024

Leigh Ann Drew from Family Initiatives join Jack & Cat for a conversation about how TBRI can help improve behaviors. TBRI (Trust Based Relational Intervention) was developed by the Kathryn Purvis Institute Of Child Development to be a trust based and trauma informed modality to support children who have experienced trauma. TBRI is based on…

Season 4 Episode 6 : Crisis in Georgia – The Whiting-Clarke Story

May 7, 2024

Jack & Christy chat with Shelby, A mom in Georgia who has similar story of medical abuse of power. Shelby is one of dozens of moms in Georgia who had her child removed after a child abuse pediatrician declared a diagnosis of abuse, despite the child having diseases explaining the injuries. The Whiting Family (Shelby…

Season 4 Episode 5 : Crisis in Georgia – The Hernandez Story Continued

April 30, 2024

Jack & Christy continue their chat with Jennifer, A fostermom in Georgia who is helping the Hernandez family and many other families going through similar stories of medical abuse of power. Matt & Taki Hernandez noticed a swollen leg on their infant and brought her to the dr who referred her to CHOA and within…

The Hernandez Story – Consequences & Lawsuits

April 26, 2024

A mini episode with a continued conversation about the Hernandez story. We chat about the consequences of child abuse pediatricians doubling down even in the face of diagnoses explaining injuries – and the consequence of that is the destruction of a family – versus the slap on the wrist they may get if they admitted…

The Hernandez Story – Coparenting & Breastfeeding

April 25, 2024

A mini episode with a continued conversation about the Hernandez story. Jennifer shares how the agency who trained her to coparent had great concerns when she tried to coparent, and also how the agency would take Taki’s breastmilk and dispose of it without giving it to her child or informing her that they would not…