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Season 3 Episode 8 : Behavior Hacks in Foster Care
Cat & Jack chat about some hacks for handling behaviors that may be caused by the trauma kids in foster care experience, and also children with neurodiversity.
Read MoreSeason 3 Episode 7 : Strong Early Connections in Foster Care
Cat & Jack chat with Andria Peek, a Technical Assistance Specialist with Safe Babies, a program of ZERO TO THREE about strong early connections in foster care and how the Safe Babies approach can optimize them.
Read MoreSeason 3 Episode 5 : Safe Baby Courts In Foster Care
Jack & Cat chat with Andria about Safe Baby Courts (also known as early childhood court or baby court or infant toddler court)
Read MoreSeason 3 Episode 4 : Exploitation of Kids In Foster Care
Cat & Jack get down on the nitty gritty of where the line is when it comes to foster children on social media and especially when monetization comes into the scenario.
Read MoreSeason 2 Episode 10 : Grow Into You for Aged Out Kids in Foster Care
Jack & Nichole chat with Erin NeSmith from Grow Into You Foundation for aged out kids in foster care.
Read MoreSeason 2 Episode 9 : Turning the Tables with Teens in Foster Care
Jack & Nichole sit with Papo and chat with him about his experience growing up in the foster care system in Philadelphia and how he turned the table by helping teens in foster care by working in a group home and connecting with the kids through his own foster experiences.
Read MoreSeason 2 Episode 8 : Equine Therapy in Foster Care
Jack and Nichole chat with Lisa from Emerald M Ranch in Brooksville that specializes in equine (hippo) therapy to help children who have experienced trauma (foster children) and children with medical needs.
Read MoreSeason 2 Episode 4 : A Trauma Informed Courtroom in Foster Care – Meet Judge Tepper
Cat, Jack, & Nichole chat with Sr Retired Judge Lynn Tepper about her experiences in the courtroom and her evolution to creating a trauma informed courtroom. Stay tuned to next week for part 2
Read MoreSeason 2 Episode 2 : Foster The Teens in Foster Care
Jack chats with Brittany, the single fostermom behind the social account “foster the teens”.
Read MoreSeason 1 Episode 35 : Breathwork in Foster Care
Jack and Brenna (from episode 33) talk about how breathwork and yoga can help build resiliency to heal and withstand trauma.
Read MoreSeason 1 Episode 34 : Jack’s Former Foster Youth – Meet Smooshie
Jack & Mac chat with Mac’s daughter and Jack’s former foster daughter about what being in foster care was like for her.
Read MoreSeason 1 Episode 33 : The Targeted Child in Foster Care – Meet Brenna
Cat, Jack, and Nichole sit with Brenna to discuss her history as the targeted abused child in her biological home, going through the dependency system in New Jersey, and what it looked like to travel the path of abuse report to signed surrender paperwork. We were recently chosen as one of the Top 20 Foster…
Read MoreSeason 1 Episode 29 : Against All Odds in Foster Care – Meet Madeleine
Mac (biomom) & Jack (fostermom) sit with Madeleine (former foster youth) and discuss her experience in the foster care system. Madeleine lived in group homes and bounced around until a therapeutic group home allowed her to move in with a relative. After a failed permanent guardianship situation, she still beat the odds and graduated high…
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