Fostering Families Today invited me to write on my experiences welcoming children into our home in the first hours and days of a foster care placement. In this article, I share first-hand experiences of how trauma-informed care can help a child adjust to a new foster family.
Note: The article is behind a paywall, but if you are interested in the topic, I know you will find a subscription to Fostering Families Today worth your investment!
Michael David asks the best questions! He invited me to share about Royal Family KIDS Camp and Mentoring on KWAVE 107.9, a Christian radio station serving Southern California.
I enjoyed this opportunity to tell our area how Christian churches are creating life-changing moments for children in foster care. Here’s the video version of our conversation.
I am delighted to share that Bridge to Belonging is now available!
At For The Children, a common concern heard from both foster parents and church partners is that churches lack the expertise in trauma-informed care to welcome children who have experienced trauma effectively.
Bridge to Belonging solves that problem. It’s a TBRI®-based series of seven videos and a toolkit to help churches understand and respond to the special needs of children who have experienced trauma. I had the opportunity to present a session alongside voices like Amanda Purvis, Daren Jones, and Arielle Dortch.
Thanks to a generous grant, we are able to provide Bridge to Belonging at no cost!
Paula Cracium invited me to share about Royal Family KIDS Camp and Mentoring on her KKLA radio show, Lost and Found. In this interview, we talked about how churches create life-changing moments for children in foster care through camp and mentoring. Thanks, Paula, for helping us to spread the word!
It’s always an honor to share with my brothers and sisters at Oakhouse Church. This message on being interruptible is focused on Jesus’ ministry. (Message starts around 10:30.)
TraumaWise is a new(er) organization focused on creating trauma-informed environments. Here’s a clip from my recent conversation with TraumaWise founder Renae Dupuis, which was recorded for the TraumaWise Ministry Summit.
Focus on the Family invited me to share a story of courage in foster care.
Oakhouse Church invited me to share about foster care, adoption, and God’s heart for the fatherless through a message on Psalm 68. Learn more about Royal Family KIDS Camp and Mentoring by visiting For The Children.
(Message begins around 12:30.)
The good folks at Wait No More, an initiative of Focus on the Family, asked me to write an article on kinship care.
“You may have wondered before, “What is kinship care?” If you are caring for a relative’s children, you may not have heard the term “kinship placement” before you welcomed them into your home. I once met a grandfather who told me, “I didn’t know anyone else who was raising their grandkids—or that there was a name for it!”
“An estimated 1 in 30 children in the United States today live in a kinship placement. That number works out to about one child in every classroom or several children in any neighborhood! You are not alone…”
Here’s a video of encouragement that Focus on the Family asked me to do for kinship caregivers. I was touched by this comment: “This was the first time in 8 years I’ve felt understood through the thoughtful statements in the video.”
It’s such an honor to walk with kinship families! (And yes, I cry in every video!)
