Welcome, you! We wish we could chat with you over coffee about what brought you here … Maybe the journey of adoption has been on your mind since you were a child. Maybe you just started thinking about it and want to learn more. Maybe you’re already a foster parent and want to move toward adoption. Maybe …
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Child Abuse: What Should We Know? God’s desire is for all children to be protected. His angels watch over them, but we know that many types of abuse and neglect happen in homes. There is no class distinction. Rich and poor, well-educated and high school dropouts, the handsome and the plain; no group is immune …
Trust-Based Relational Intervention®, more commonly known as TBRI®, is a model developed to address the challenges inherent in caring for children impacted by trauma, often including those impacted by adoption and/or foster care. The creators of TBRI, Drs. Karyn Purvis and David Cross, aptly share that trauma impacts the “5 B’s: Brain, Body, Biology, Beliefs, …
I’ve heard that children placed for adoption can have attachment issues, even Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). I know what that is, but what questions do we need to ask the case worker to find out whether the child we’re considering adopting has an attachment disorder or not? Let me say right off, be encouraged because …
Wherever we are in the adoption triad, we can experience fulfilling lives and success at foster care and adoption through God’s abundance.
If you are thinking about a foster parent application, there are a few things you should know first.
Learn more about how to become a social worker from someone who has lived it and still loves it.
Being an adoptive mom is a unique journey that no one can prepare for. No one generally sees what the adoptive mom experiences.
Find out more about an exceptional, single foster dad.
The story of Samuel the prophet gives an excellent example to how beneficial foster care and adoption can be to the body of Christ.
There is a right way to look at foster to adopt and a wrong way.
What is RAD? Find answers about what a Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) diagnosis means.
A flat tire changed my life forever. A flat tire saved my daughter’s life. My story begins hidden in a Walgreens bathroom. I’m 17 years old, staring at a positive pregnancy test. Before this moment, I was a spirited high school girl with a million dreams for my future. I felt I could conquer the world. …
The Christmas season is about giving. There’s a tug on our heartstrings when the pastor asks us to buy a gift for a child that is less fortunate or adopt a family for Christmas. Maybe the child in that family is in an out-of-home placement, and their world looks different than last year. Walking the …
As families prepare to support an adopted child, trauma-informed education and considering other perspectives are vital. The reality is that adopted children eventually grow up to be adults and will have their own experiences to share. So, how can adoptive families best raise and support their child? It is important to listen to adopted children …
There are many ways that the people of God can rally around those who feel a unique call to foster care and adoption.
Adoption won’t always move in a straight line, but it’s an outreach of immense importance and one that rests at the heart of the Gospel.
Simple gestures can go a long way to help a foster family.
Both the Old and New Testaments contain stories of adoption. Here are a few examples of God being glorified through adoption in the Bible.
The Reel Hope Project’s goal is to present children to potential families for who they are as a person. By creating unique, two-minute video reels, The Reel Hope Project gives children for adoption from foster care a chance to say, “This is the real me.”
