For the month of April, we are excited to welcome our good friend Dr. Laura Anderson to the series to answer your biggest questions about sensory needs (but also any other BIG questions you have!) If your child often loses control of their body, makes loud noises, uses their body as a battering ram, and [...]
It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. At some point, foster and adoptive parents will face a moment of crisis. It could be small, or it could be significant. In any case, we must have a solid plan in place to effectively respond to and manage the situation. But most importantly, [...]
This month we are pleased to welcome Brooke Randolph to our Monthly Live Q&A call with a therapist. In this call Mike and Brooke talked about trauma's impact, disrupted attachment, what in the world brain spotting is, how to effectively help your child's school understand their trauma in a simplistic way, and much more! We [...]
What do you do when your child melts down, acts out, or becomes aggressive, defiant, or disrespectful? This is probably one of the biggest questions foster and adoptive parents have. We know you do too. That's why we're dedicating this month's Oasis Expert Training to discussing Behavioral Intervention and Prevention Strategies with Mike and Kristin.
We are excited to welcome back the therapists and medical pros to our Monthly Live Q&A calls in Oasis. This month we are pleased to welcome Carrie O'Toole to the broadcast. She is an expert in grief recovery, and helping caregivers work through the many hardships and emotions that come with this journey. Carrie, herself, [...]
"Does my child have mental illness?" "How do I know if their FASD crosses over into mental illness?" "My son is hearing voices but a doctor says that's not true. What should I do?" The list goes on and on. How can we know if our child suffers from a form of mental illness? What are [...]
Welcome to our April edition of Backstage Pass. These videos are part of our series of expert interviews with leading voices in the areas of attachment, healthy bonding, FASDs, and many other issues we face on the foster, adoptive, and special needs journey. It is estimated that upwards of 40,000 infants are born every year [...]
Welcome to the April, 2017 edition of Kitchen Table Talk. In this session, Mike shares 2 steps to move out of isolation you can sometimes feel on the foster, adoptive, and special needs journey. It’s one of the worst feelings on the journey: isolation. We end up feeling this way for a variety of reasons, [...]