What do you do when your back's against the wall with your child's behavior? Or simply, what's your next step when you've tried everything to connect with your child but the rejection is so deep and unending that you feel that you're slowly dying inside? These questions, and more, are part of the reality of [...]
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 [...]
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.
Do you find yourself longing for stillness? Do you hold onto hope that when you finally do get to be still, that it will be worth the effort it took to coordinate a self-care activity or opportunity for stillness? When your body does get to be still, does your mind still race? We are pleased to welcome [...]
It's the holiday season, which for many families means family, joyful gatherings, Christmas caroling and more. But this time of year can often be extremely difficult for foster and adoptive families. How do you navigate this? In our November 2021 Live Training, Mike and Kristin discuss practical steps we can take to navigate this season, [...]
In this debut session of our newest content in Oasis, Mike and Kristin walk through Regulation Strategies that can help you navigate just about any behavioral situation you find yourself in with your child. In the broadcast they cover, What is regulation? What is dysregulation? How to help your child re-regulate The #1 goal you [...]
Can you even take care of yourself in the middle of quarantine? That's a question many of us are spinning in our minds lately. After all, life has changed significantly in the past month. We are isolated, and closed off from the world and many of us are struggling to parent, stay sane, and stay [...]
So, one thing that we've noticed during the coronavirus, Covid-19 crisis is that self-care is one of the first things people are abandoning. Please take a minute out of your day to watch this video. We know you can't go a lot of places right now, but sometimes self care looks like just gettin in [...]
Have you found your Community of Care? That is our topic today for March's Kitchen Table Talk. Grab a cup of coffee and join Kristin and Nicole for some heartfelt conversation. Find out what a Community of Care is, why you need one, and how to build your own Community.
