The Forgotten Adoption Option Podcast
Marcy Bursac, Adoptive Mom & Founder of The Forgotten Adoption Option
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S6E5 What is EMDR therapy?
What is EMDR therapy and how does it help children process trauma? EMDR trained therapist Casey O'Donnell Jones, M.Ed., LPC, RPT explains Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing , how it works…
S6E4 how to prepare to care for sibling groups
Keeping siblings together isn’t accidental. It’s intentional. Tiffany and Hakim talk about how they prepare for sibling groups and what it looks like to be the family that says yes when agencies are…
S6E4 Counting down to zero waiting children: How Arkansas is making it possible
Christie Erwin is the Executive Director of Project Zero, an organization with a bold mission: Zero. Noun. The number of children that should be waiting in foster care to be adopted.If that sounds…
S6E3 coaching the heart and mind through adoption
Adoptive mom Francine Apy shares the story behind her adoption pendant necklace and her business, SoulFilling, which helps normalize adoption and support families touched by it.
S6E2 how to recognize and overcome blocked care
Adoptive mom and Reclaim Compassion author Lisa C. Qualls explains blocked care and how parents can begin reclaiming compassion in adoptive families.Learn more about Lisa and her work at…
S6E1 the importance of trauma-informed services
Adoptee-turned-therapist Bre Gronli shares her foster care adoption story, her path to trauma-informed work, and the resources that help shape her own healing.
S5E15 what it is like to be adopted as part of a sibling group
Adopted together. Growing up together. Sharing their story together.In this bonus episode, siblings Laura, Kim, and Dan reflect on entering foster care, being adopted as a group, and what they want…
S5E14 evolving support for youth transitioning from foster care
Tom Baldwin serves as the Director of Strategy and Development for the Belmont University Social Innovation Labs, where he helps students, leaders, and organizations rethink how meaningful social…
S5E13 school and church accommodations for children who have experienced trauma
Anna is a mom by adoption and birth whose personal journey led her to bridge a gap for families raising children with trauma histories. You might remember her from Season 1, when she and her husband…
S5E12 HOW to write a graphic novel about foster care adoption
Meet my graphic novel writing coach Maria Rodgers O’Rourke! Maria is a writer and certified Story Grid Editor. Her career began in advertising and public relations, moved to nonprofit leadership, and…
S5E11 championing foster care adoption in corporate America
Josh, a finance professional from Erie, Pennsylvania, shares how a timely billboard sparked a life-changing decision for him and his wife, Elena—to say yes to helping children in foster care. In this…
S5E10 how Pennsylvania churches are uniting to support foster & adoptive families
Vince Smith leads Keystone Family Alliance as its Executive Director, drawing on his extensive expertise in organizational leadership and community engagement to drive transformative programs. Over…
S5E9 HOW to create a foster care and adoption employee resource group (ERG)
Andrew Lewis is a partner at KPMG and the founder of the KPMG National Foster Care and Adoption Network. He is both a foster parent and adoptive parent who serves on the boards of Comfort Cases and…
S5E8 using technology to leverage cross-sector communication
Karen Phillips didn’t plan to become a child welfare changemaker—she simply said yes to becoming a foster parent. That yes set her on a path to help families in crisis long before the foster care…
S5E7 the role an adoption attorney plays in the child welfare system
Eva Amador is a retired adoption attorney from Puerto Rico. She spent her the final years of her career navigating the legal process to help children find forever families.
S5E6 how a social worker adopted a teen in her caseload
Connie Going has spent over 25 years working in the child welfare system and is the adoptive parent of two teens including Davion and another young man - the boys became good friends and referred to…
S5E5 how a youth pastor adopted a teenager in her youth group
Beverly Jenkins and I met as Invested Faith Fellows. She is the founder of the North County Innovation Center. During a meet up at her space, she shared she was an adoptive mom, too. She went on to…
S4E7 how to bring the Foster Care Adoption Awareness Reading Program to your school
Foster Care Adoption Awareness in the Classroom: Lessons from Two EducatorsIn this episode, I sit down with Jamie and Linda, two passionate elementary school teachers who have been instrumental in…
S5E4 the need for adoptive families for children in the foster care system
Amanda Denning is the Director of Extreme Recruitment for the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition. Amanda is herself half adopted and, as of a few months ago, has become the kinship placement for…
S5E3 how to know you're ready to adopt a teen
In addition to being the mother of 3 daughters, 1 through adoption, Katerina Canyon is an award-winning poet and author. During our conversation, we revisit stories from past guests, including…
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The Forgotten Adoption Option Podcast has published 85 episodes since December 2020, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
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