Adoption Wise

This week we answer listener questions such as:

What do you do on days you don’t want to be around your children because you're not in a good place yourself?

How do I handle my child withholding hugs from me when they hug everybody else?

When do you call the police when your teen runs away?

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We hate it when our kids lie to us; it’s annoying, frustrating and scary. In this workshop replay, you will discover insights from the scriptures and brain science to help you respond well to this challenging behavior.

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Parenting After Trauma Podcast with Robyn Gobbel

Let's Talk about Lying (ETC Podcast Episode)

Cindy Lee YouTube video on lying

Anchored: A Bible Study on Self-Worth* by Cindy Lee

Parenting from the Inside Out* by Dan Siegel

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Is your experience of parenting children with early trauma turning out the way you expected? Or is it vastly different from what you imagined? If you are experiencing a gap between what you imagined and your reality and feeling discouraged, you are not alone. In this episode, Lisa shares seven things to help you keep your hope alive.

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Most of know about adoption through foster care or private, infant adoption. But what do you know about embryo adoption?

Rachel and her husband, Evan, have four children who all joined their family through adoption. Their youngest son joined their family through embryo adoption. Rachel has worked in adoption support, directing family camps, retreats for foster and adoptive moms, and other support and training events for the last 10 years but she has recently opened a travel agency, Bell Travel Co., that specializes in travel for families and also individuals with food allergies and special needs. Rachel and her family live in Conway, Arkansas.

During this episode, we talk about the embryo adoption process as well as what it's like to have an open adoption with their son's genetic family.

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Bell Travel Co.

This week we answer listener questions such as:

How do you help kids handle sudden changes to routine?

How do we hold our son responsible for destruction of property?

How can we help our kids process grief when a loved one dies?

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Tear Soup book*

The Invisible String book*

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Students impacted by trauma, early adversity, and chronic stress often struggle in classroom and education environments. Many adopted children qualify for an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or 504 Plan, but it can be tricky to find the accommodations that will help your child be successful.

In this episode, you will learn:

How to know when your child needs an IEP or 504.

Which accommodations are best.

How to advocate for your child and navigate meetings effectively.

Adoptive mom and SEAT-trained education advocate, Karen Yingling brings a wealth of experience to her role as a parent advocate. Her background includes facilitating the partnering process of multi million dollar public construction projects to bring together teams members towards a cohesive and shared objective of successful project delivery. She spent three years on the administration management team of a K-12 school working with parents and staff and training staff on trauma informed school practices. She has specialty training in parenting children with a trauma history.

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Email Karen at [email protected]

#182: [workshop] Speech & Language Development After Trauma with Cara Mohundro

#101: Creating Adoption-Sensitive Classrooms with Joelle Broberg

Trauma Sensitive Schools

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We often have opportunities to be guests on other podcasts, and we've had some great conversations. We'd hate for you to miss them. Because we're taking the month of July off from recording new episodes, we thought it would be the perfect time to share some of those interviews with you right here on our podcast.

Have you ever wondered why you think the way you think about life or parenting, or react the way you react to certain situations (say, your child's behavior, for example)? Often times, we can feel shame over our reactions, or emotions as caregivers. But what if we could find clear answers to our functionality? Enter the Enneagram!

You may know that the Enneagram is a system of personality typing that describes patterns in how people interpret the world and manage their emotions. But did you know that the Enneagram can greatly benefit us as caregivers because it gives us unique insight into our personality types and how we interact with the world around us.

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This episode first appeared at https://honestlyadoption.com/how-the-enneagram-can-help-us-become-better-parents/

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We often have opportunities to be guests on other podcasts, and we've had some great conversations. We'd hate for you to miss them. Because we're taking the month of July off from recording new episodes, we thought it would be the perfect time to share some of those interviews with you right here on our podcast.

Last summer, Lisa sat down with Chris, Kayla, and Ryan of the Empowered Parent Podcast to talk about her book, The Connected Parent. They talk about the writing process with Dr. Karyn Purvis and how this book complements The Connected Child.

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This episode first appeared at https://empoweredparent.net/podcast/.

Empowered Parent Podcast

The Connected Parent* book

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We often have opportunities to be guests on other podcasts, and we've had some great conversations. We'd hate for you to miss them. Because we're taking the month of July off from recording new episodes, we thought it would be the perfect time to share some of those interviews with you right here on our podcast.

This week, we're replaying a conversation Melissa had with Nick and Whitney Runyon of The Archibald Project. They talk about how every adoptee experiences their story differently and what happens when your child needs a higher level of care than you can provide.

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This episode first appeared at https://thearchibaldproject.com/podcast/redefining-success-in-adoptive-parenting-with-melissa-corkum/.

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We often have opportunities to be guests on other podcasts, and we've had some great conversations. We'd hate for you to miss them. Because we're taking the month of July off from recording new episodes, we thought it would be the perfect time to share some of those interviews with you right here on our podcast.

This week, we're replaying a conversation Lisa had with Jamie Finn (@realmompodcast and @fosterthefamilyblog) about fostering a teen, jumping from 7 to 11 children, when adoption gets hard, residential treatment centers, and what it looks like to engage with God through it all.

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This episode first appeared at http://www.fosterthefamilyblog.com/episodes/s2-episode1-lisaqualls.

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