In this episode, Dr. Ann Maree Goudzwaard interviews Caroline, a foster mom who has experienced trauma in a very different way. Season 4 will continue our format of 3 storyteller episodes and 3 expert contributor episodes.
- Visit your local county’s department of social services website for info about becoming a foster parent.
- Alongside Families: alongsidefamilies.org and upstreamcollab.org
- Foster care books:
- Reframing Foster Care by Jason Johnson.
- Foster the Family by Jamie Men
- Here are resources about trauma and connecting with traumatized children:
- The Whole Brain Child by Daniel Siege MD,
- The Connected Parent by Dr. Karyn Purvis,
- When Children Experience Trauma by Dark Stickland.
- Here's a foster parent support group Foster the Family.
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