Ep. 29: Aging Out: Teens
It may surprise you to find out teens in foster care want and need lifelong connections – yet, when it comes to adopting, many families rarely consider older kids and teenagers. As National Adoption M...
8 Nov 202226min
Ep. 28: Symposium Highlights
Trauma Responses: Beyond Fight or Flight Childhood trauma can trigger a chronic “fight or flight” response, even when children are placed in safe, loving foster homes. How do caregivers deal with that...
18 Okt 202238min
Ep. 27: Benefits of Kinship
Children living with relatives increased 51% between 2000 and 2010. In 2010, 1700 children were placed with relatives after being removed from their parents. The most recent census tells us that numb...
6 Sep 202223min
Ep. 26: Embracing Uncertainty
Foster parents learn in training classes about the uncertainty surrounding children in foster care. A child may be in their home for a few days, a year, or a lifetime. Grief and loss are a reality whe...
2 Aug 202223min
Ep. 25: Vroom! Brain Building at Your Fingertips
Vroom! Brain Building at Your Fingertips. Did you know that 80% of a child’s brain is developed between birth and 4 years old? In partnership with the Bezos Family Foundation, Envision Utah’s early le...
12 Juli 202221min
Ep. 24: LGBTQ Foster Parents
When it comes to LGBTQ youth in care, the data is heartbreaking. Not only are LGBTQ youth over-represented in the foster care system, “12.9% of LGBTQ youth report being treated poorly by the foster c...
7 Juni 202225min
Ep. 23: Fostering as a Single Parent
Did you know that you don’t have to be married to foster or adopt children in Utah? It’s true, some of our best foster families are lead by single parents. Local single foster parents, Kristen and Mic...
10 Maj 202237min
Ep 22: Raising Multiracial Children
Transracial adoption, foster care, and interracial marriages create unique experiences for children and parents in Utah. Often, families need help navigating multiple cultures. Stephanie Draper found...
5 Apr 202218min
