Caroline continues her story as she describes the second-hand trauma she experienced as a foster mom of traumatized children. She and Dr. Ann Maree Goudzwaard discuss how the church can better minister to foster families. Season 4 will continue our format of 3 storyteller episodes and 3 expert contributor episodes.

Visit your county’s dept. of social services website for foster parent info.

Foster care  books:

• Reframing Foster Care  by Jason Johnson.
• Foster the Family  by Jamie Finn

Resources about connecting with traumatized children:

• The Whole Brain Child by Daniel Siege MD,
• When Children Experience Trauma  by Dark Strickland.

Foster parent support group: Foster the Family.

Link to Help[H]er’s own: H Institute

Bible study: Second Mother: A Bible Study Experience for Foster and Adoptive Moms

Alongside Families alongsidefamilies.org. If you don't live in NC upstreamcollab.org

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