James Trail Podcast
Whether you're a professional, caregiver, or someone impacted by trauma, this podcast offers hope, understanding, and tools for healing and flourishing.
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Foster Parent College
Innovative, interactive online courses for foster, adoptive, and kinship parents. The self-paced training is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Watch Me Rise
With a former foster youth as founder, Watch Me Rise offers trainings, support groups, a podcast and more.
Navigating Foster Care with Your Children
One of the most common questions potential foster parents have is, “What about my biological children?” This booklet contains questions to discuss and other practical help to prepare your children for fostering.
American Society for the Positive Care of Children
The American SPCC Parenting Toolkits were developed to save lives, break abusive cycles, and help build the nurturing childhoods that empower children to thrive.
When God Made You
Through playful, charming rhyme and vivid, fantastical illustrations, When God Made You inspires young readers to learn about their own special gifts and how they fit into God’s divine plan as they grow, explore, and begin to create for themselves.
One for the Murphys
"This is a beautiful book, filled with hope. You'll cry and laugh along with Carley as she learns to lower her defenses enough to love--and, more surprisingly, be loved. It's a story you'll long remember." —Patricia Reilly Giff, Newbery Honor-winning author
Untangling Hope
Untangling Hope is a contemporary Middle Grade novel with a refreshingly honest portrayal of foster care. This grace-filled, coming-of-age story is a journey of loss, resilience, and healing.
The Heart Who Wanted to Be Whole
When the heart gets hurt, who will help it become whole again? Ideal for children ages 4 to 8, The Heart Who Wanted to Be Whole weaves together a powerful message for each of us: No matter how overwhelming our emotions feel, God’s words of truth and light can always put our hearts back together again.
A Terrible Thing Happened
A gently told and tenderly illustrated story for children who have witnessed any kind of violent or traumatic episode, including physical abuse, school or gang violence, accidents, homicide, suicide, and natural disasters such as floods or fire.
Foster Care Data: The Annie E. Casey Foundation
The Annie E. Casey Foundation advances practices and policies that improve the lives of children, young people and families. They are an authoritative source for foster care statistics.
Building Resilience: Number Story
Wherever we are in our parenting journeys, our understanding of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) can help us better support our kids. Find tools to help.