Resources That Transform (Part 3): A Few Of Our Personal Favorite Resources

It's Part 3 of our podcast series, Resources That Transform, and we're going Oprah style and handing out awesome resources like cars. Okay, maybe not quite to that magnitude, but this list is pretty awesome!

We wanted to take a moment, in the middle of this series, to share some things that are near and dear to our heart, and have helped us become better caregivers!

Here are a few of our personal favorite resources for foster and adoptive parents, as mentioned In the episode:

Kristin: 

• The Mystery Of Risk: Drugs, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and The Vulnerable Child, Dr. Ira J Chasnoff. One of the best books for understanding the effects of substance exposure prenatally.
• Understood.org. Premier website that helps caregivers who are parenting children with ADHD.
• Brooke Randolph: Therapist, Author, Speaker & Trainer. Brooke is a partner of Honestly Adoption and our go-to resource for brain spotting and so much more!
• The Indiana Alliance On Prenatal Substance Exposure. An amazing resource for caregivers caring for a child with an FASD.

Nicole: 

• Preply online tutoring. One of the best sites for finding a tutor who can help your child.
• Cam Lee, Therapy Redeemed. An amazing site focused on adoption reform and racial justice
• Ibada Dance. A dance studio that provides cultural enrichment, discipline, arts education, and opportunities to build and empower youth, young adults, and communities through the art of dance.

Mike: 

• NTI Upstream. An organization dedicated to advancing the conversation about the issues of health and social welfare.
• Guided Growth. A book by Dr. Ira Chasnoff and Dr. Ronald Powell focused on educational and behavioral interventions for children and teens with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and early trauma.
• Foster The Family Support Groups. An initiative from Jamie Finn and Foster The Family to provide in-person support for foster families around the U.S.
• Road Trip for Foster & Adoptive Dads. A 3-day event in the mountains of Colorado exclusively for foster and adoptive dads.

Thanks for stopping by this week ;-)