Videos/Podcasts

Recently Added

• How Fostering Can Positively Impact Birth Children
  In this podcast, a foster parent interviews her adult daughter, who talks about how being part of a foster home increased her comfort when transitioning to college, nurtured her enjoyment of diversity, taught her flexibility and resilience, and helped her become a more compassionate community member. (8 min.)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erBKJSwsZBQ&utm_source=e-bulletin&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=rpc-podcast
  
  • Fostering Perspectives articles related to this topic:
    • What’s It Like to be a Birth Child in a Foster Home?
    • Helping Your Birth Children and Other Children Get Along
    • Don’t Forget the Birth Kids: It Takes an Entire Family to Love a Child Wholly

Videos

Click to watch these short video series designed especially for those caring for children and youth in foster care.

Shared Parenting
Former foster parent Donna Foster explains shared parenting in foster care, discusses common challenges, and offers advice to foster parents.
Part 1 (2 min.)

Part 2 (2 min.)

Part 3 (2 min.)

Trauma and Behavior

This series covers how trauma affects the brain, why traditional behavior management approaches often don’t work, the importance of positive relationships for healing, and advice for struggling caregivers.
Part 1 (5 min.)

Part 2 (4 min.)

Part 3 (5 min.)

Part 4 (4 min.)

Visitation

This series covers why visits are so important, why parents sometimes miss visits, and research-based suggestions to get the most from visits.
Part 1 (3 min.)

Part 2 (3 min.)

Part 3 (5 min.)

Podcasts

• Relaxing 14-Minute Body Scan
  To support you as a trauma-informed parent, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network offers a short podcast in which Karla Johnston-Krase leads a guided relaxation that includes a body scan similar to something called Yoga Nidra, a style of relaxation with amazing benefits.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw63APbHj4A