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"Are not 5 sparrows sold for 2 pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows." -Luke 12:6-7
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this FASD Awareness Month episode host Sandra Flach speaks with Dr. Jacqueline Pei, Ph.D. Dr. Pei is Professor and Director of Training for the School and Clinical Child Psychology Program at the University of Alberta College of Social Sciences and Humanities and the Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics Member, Women and Children’s Health Research Institute
Intervention Research Lead, for the Canada FASD Research Network.
Listen in as they discuss the challenges in diagnosing FASD.
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Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
sandraflach.com
Hope For the FASD Journey
Email: [email protected]
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"There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." -Romans 3:22-24
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
September is FASD Awareness Month and our special guest today is JJ Dunham Reed. JJ is a strong coffee-drinking, homeschooling, Jesus-seeking mama. A happily married wife to a wonderful God-fearing man, a strong FASD Advocate creating FASD-informed resources and services in her community, and one of many primary care providing biological mothers of children with FASD. In 2021 she boldly stepped onto the stage of FASD Advocacy after years of knowing something was going on with one of her younger sons, there was confirmation of prenatal alcohol exposure and still, there were no answers, resources, or services to turn to. Finding this great deficit unacceptable, JJ founded Our Families Are FASDtastic Families: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder(s) Education, Caregiver Peer Support & FASD Awareness Advocacy. JJ boldly stands up to stop the shame, blame, and stigmas associated with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders so that all families of individuals with an FASD can be confident in seeking wrap-around support and so that the support will be there when they need it most.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
sandraflach.com
Hope For the FASD Journey
www.DunhamReed.com
Email: [email protected]
Social Media:
Facebook and Instagram @JJDunhamReed,
@FASDtasticFamilies and @FASDtasticKidJJ
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"Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you." -Deuteronomy 31:6
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
September is FASD Awareness Month and we’re kicking it off a special guest, Maggie May. Maggie is an adult born in Ireland with an FASD. She speaks internationally about the impact prenatal exposure to alcohol has had on her life. Maggie provides advice for parents and caregivers of people with FASD and supports individuals, like herself, living with FASD. She also runs monthly online support and social groups for kids, teens and adults living with FASD in 5 different countries. Maggie is an ambassador for FASD Awareness UK and the FASD Red Shoes Rock Ireland Ambassador. She is also a member of the International Adult Leadership Collaborative of FASD Change-Makers.
Listen in as host, Sandra Flach, talks with Maggie about growing up with FASD and how she navigates life as an adult.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
sandraflach.com
Hope For the FASD Journey
FB Group: Flying With Broken Wings
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"For the LORD gives wisdom; From his mouth come knowledge and understanding; He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity, Guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of His saints.Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path; For wisdom will come into your heart, And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul." -Proverbs 2:6-10
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
Maybe you’re dancing a jig because the kids are back in school and you’re getting a much needed break. Or, maybe you cringe every time the phone rings knowing it’s probably the school…again…because your child is in trouble…again. Or maybe you homeschool one or more kiddos and feel overwhelmed trying to get them to sit still and pay attention.
Whether you have kids in public school, private school or you homeschool—this episode is for you. Listen in as host, Sandra Flach, shares her family’s school experiences. Sandra will also unpack ways to support your child for success this school year.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
sandraflach.com
Hope For the FASD Journey
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"Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow." Isaiah 1:17
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode host Sandra Flach talks with adoptive dad, Darrin Jahnel. Darrin is the founder and CEO of Jahnel Group, a 135-person software consulting company headquartered in Schenectady, NY. He leads with energy and is obsessed with creating an amazing work environment for his team. Jahnel Group has made the Inc. 5,000 list 7 years in a row and has won multiple best workplace awards for their amazing culture. In addition to being a successful businessman, Darrin is happily married and has four children (ages 13-23)—including two by adoption.
Listen in as Darrin shares his passion for investing into the lives of kids from hard places.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
sandraflach.com
Hope For the FASD Journey
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"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode host Sandra Flach talks with Kim Sheagren. Kim and her husband Joel are adoptive parents to two children, now young adults ages 21 and 19. Their oldest son lives with effects of fetal alcohol exposure and their parenting journey has been, and continues to be, wide and vast. Their priority is continued learning of FASD, supporting and encouraging other caregivers, and working to successfully and safely launch their kids into adulthood.
Listen in as Kim shares her parenting journey and how she’s found help and hope through the Hope For the FASD Journey support community.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
sandraflach.com
Hope For the FASD Journey
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“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” -Galatians 6:2
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode, host Sandra Flach, talks with Andrea Bowling. Andrea is a US Army veteran and licensed clinical mental health counselor with 20 years of experience in human services. She primarily works with children and families involved in the child welfare system. Andrea is author of the new children’s book, From Foster to Forever—Jack’s Journey Home.
Listen in as Andrea shares why she wrote From Foster to Forever and how she hopes it will help children in foster care feel less scared and experience healing.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
sandraflach.com
Andrea’s Instagram: @author_andereabowling
From Foster to Forever at Amazon & Barnes and Noble
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“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” -Colossians 3:12
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode, host Sandra Flach, talks with returning guest, Dr. Jerrod Brown, PhD. Dr. Brown is a professor, trainer, researcher, and consultant with multiple years of experience teaching collegiate courses. Jerrod has also provided consultation services to a number of caregivers, professionals, and organizations pertaining to topics related to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), confabulation, suggestibility, trauma and other life adversities, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and youth fire-setting. Jerrod has completed four separate master’s degree programs and holds graduate certificates in Neuropsychology, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Other Health Disabilities (OHD), and Traumatic-Brain Injuries (TBI). In 2021, Jerrod completed a post-doctoral certificate in Leadership and Organizational Strategy and a Professional Certificate in Forensic Psychology. Jerrod has published several articles and book chapters and is also regularly featured on several national and international podcasts.
Here Dr. Brown explains the vital role hormones play in the human body and how prenatal exposure and childhood trauma can disrupt this important body system. Listen in as he explains the signs of hormonal dysfunction and how parents and caregivers can help the children in their care.
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Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
sandraflach.com
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“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” -Jeremiah 29:11
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode, host Sandra Flach, talks with Dr. Kimberly Offutt. Kim is an inspirational speaker, author, child advocate, social worker, and adoptive parent. She began her career in child welfare as a foster care case manager for the State of Georgia. Dr. Kim has served at Bethany Christian Services for more than 20 years in various capacities in the child welfare field, advocating on behalf of children who are in foster care and available for adoption. She has developed statewide and national recruitment programs, led church engagement recruitment teams, and created innovative programs focused on youth most at risk of aging out of foster care.
As a speaker, leader, and program developer, Kimberly has used her unique personal and professional skills to impact the lives of children and families around the world. Kimberly and her husband, Dr. Marcus Offutt, have seven children (four adopted from foster care) and six grandchildren.
Listen in as Kim shares her passion for vulnerable children and families and offers hope to those of us on the journey.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
sandraflach.com
bethany.org
They Need You Now—One Mother’s Plea for the Church to Embrace Adoption
Kim’s Social Media: FB DrKimberly Grace & Insta drkimberlygrace
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"But He knows the way that I take; When He has tried me, I shall come out as gold." -Job 23:10
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode, host Sandra Flach, talks with Barb Clark. Barb is the Director of training at Families Rising and is a parent to five adult children. She is passionate about learning from her many mistakes, and sharing them with others so they can avoid the same mistakes. She uses humor and real-life experiences to help professionals and caregivers challenge the use of traditional strategies and push them to think outside of the box. Barb is committed to improving the education & lives of individuals who were prenatally exposed to drugs & alcohol through her work at Families Rising, as the lead coach in the FASD Caregiver Kickstart and as a private consultant.
Listen in as Barb shares what she’s learned from her own parenting journey and how she trains and supports foster and adoptive parents today.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
SandraFlach.com
wearefamiliesrising.org
FASDsucess.com
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"Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.” -John 8:10-11
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode, host Sandra Flach, talks with Melissa Pemberton. Melissa is a trauma aware parent coach, podcaster and owner of Mending Families, LLC. She has close to 20 years of experience working with families in the child welfare system from case management, to writing home studies, to running a foster care nonprofit and is trained in a variety of curricula.
Listen in as Melissa shares how her own experience with childhood trauma has shaped her journey.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
SandraFlach.com
Mending Families
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"Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me." Psalm 27:10
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode, host Sandra Flach, talks with Marina Carrier. Marina lived through early trauma as an illegitimate unwanted child. As a little girl she was sexually abused and left for dead. As an adult, she became a teacher, married, and adopted a child. Then, God called her back to the Church where she learned what it means to live in “spirit and in truth.”
Listen in as Marina shares how the suffering of her childhood became revealed and unraveled as she embraced her faith and allowed her heart to change. With greater understanding of the effects of trauma and PTSD, healing in faith brought compassion and a heart to bless and serve others who also bear the heavy burdens of lovelessness and shame.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
SandraFlach.com
Overcoming.live
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"You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you." -Isaiah 26:3
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
Throughout the month of June, we’re focusing on dads! This week we’re talking with foster and adoptive dad, Adam Southerland. Adam is the missions and ministry pastor at New Hope Community Church in Queensbury, NY. He grew unpin southeast Michigan, where he married his wife Hanna. Their oldest daughter was adopted as an infant in 2018, followed by two biological sons. Adam and Hannah are currently foster parents and lead their church’s foster and adoption ministry—including CarePortal.
Listen in as Adam shares his family’s “yes” to adoption and foster care.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
SandraFlach.com
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"For you know how, like a father with his children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory." -1 Thessalonians 2:11-12
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
Throughout the month of June, we’re focusing on dads! This week we’re talking with our resident expert—and foster dad—Dr. Jerrod Brown.
Listen in as Dr. Brown unpacks neuro-parenting and how dads (and moms) can apply brain-based strategies to better connect with and support our kids from hard places.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
SandraFlach.com
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"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." -Galatians 2:20
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
Throughout the month of June, we’re focusing on dads! To kick us off, this week host Sandra Flach talks with Joshua Legg. Joshua is passionate about helping men grow in Christ and seeing marriages healed. He understands the complexities of families parenting children with special needs and is well versed in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders—both professionally and as a brother of an adopted sibling with FAS.
Joshua pursues his passion for dads and families as a pastor, and through discipleship mentoring, and coaching. He and his wife Heather offer marriage intensives, drawing from their own journey and walking beside couples as they heal.
Listen in as Joshua offers encouragement and hope to foster and adoptive parents—especially dads.
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Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
SandraFlach.com
joshualeggcoaching.com
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"Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." 1 Corinthians 13:7
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this week’s episode host Sandra Flach talks with Todd and Kristin Evans about their new book, How to Build a Thriving Marriage as You Care for Children with Disabilities.
Listen in as the Evans’s share how the chronic stress of raising their children with disabilities affected their marriage and how they went from barely surviving to thriving.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
SandraFlach.com
disabilityparenting.com
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"But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content, with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this week’s episode host Sandra Flach talks with Jennifer Kritner, Vice President of Retail and Company Culture at Unclaimed Baggage. She also serves as the director of Unclaimed Baggage’s charitable foundation, Reclaimed For Good. Jennifer is passionate about the company’s purpose “to redeem the lost, unclaimed and rejected—for the glory of God.” She and her husband, Patrick, are also passionate about foster care and adoption and regularly welcome children into their home.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
SandraFlach.com
@unclaimedbag
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"In You, LORD my God, I put my trust.” -Psalm 25:1
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this week’s episode host Sandra Flach talks with adoptive mom, Dr. Melody Aguayo. Dr Aguayo is a parent consultant for overwhelmed parents who are looking for support and solutions to navigate their parenting journey. She has a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy and a PhD in Psychology. Melody is also professionally trained in Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), but it is her own journey as a parent that has been her greatest teacher.
Listen in as Sandra and Melody discuss who to keep showing up for our kids even when our cup is empty.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
SandraFlach.com
RealChild.net
Facebook: Real Child Consulting LLC
Instagram: Real Child Consulting
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“Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: Many women have done excellently, but YOU surpass them all.” -Proverbs 31:28-29
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this week’s episode host Sandra Flach shares a Mother’s Day message of encouragement for foster and adoptive moms. Mother’s Day can be triggering for our kids and hard for moms on many levels.
Listen in as Sandra acknowledges the messiness of second motherhood, offers encouragement, and prays for listeners as you navigate your unique parenting journey.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
SandraFlach.com
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"Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people." -Ephesians 6:13-18
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this week’s episode host Sandra Flach shares her experience as an adoptive parent of a child with an FASD within the public school system. Once a homeschool parent, she ventured into the world of public education and often found herself educating the educators about her son's specific needs.
Listen in as Sandra talks about the frustrations of navigating the resources and systems in place for special needs children, and what she learned as a fierce advocate for her son and his needs.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
SandraFlach.com
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