Not every family is called to foster or adopt, but we can all be a blessing to the foster and adoptive families in our community, providing much needed (and often lacking) support. The webinar ...
In response to meltdowns, emotional outbursts, extreme neediness, and many other behavioral challenges, adoptive and foster parents are often left asking: "why won't my child act his or her ...
I realize now that when we first brought our children home I had an undefined but deeply felt and well-meant desire. However, I have also realized that my desire was not exactly what God had in ...
Who is your child in Christ?
What is your child’s identity in Christ?
Who has God called your child to be?
What is the call of God on your child’s life?
When God looks at your sons and ...
What Every Adoptive Parent Should Know
Featuring Dr. Karyn Purvis
This DVD consists of eight short video sessions covering some of the basics that every adoptive and foster parent needs ...
In order to truly understand children from hard places — what they have experienced, the impact of those experiences and how we can help them heal and grow — it’s important that we understand some ...
Wait No More tells John and Kelly Rosati's candid and motivational true story of how God miraculously brought their family together. It is a story of God's faithfulness to grow a beautiful ...
Neurotransmitters are the chemical messengers that help our bodies think, feel and move. However, the levels of key neurotransitters in many children from hard places are often too high, too low ...
Under His Wings is a life-changing resource for adoptees, orphans, foster children, and children waiting to be adopted. It is effective for children ages nine and upward. Also, it includes ...
Adoptees working through the issues surrounding their birth can face grief, anger, and questions about their identity. Drawing on the stories of more than 70 adoptees, Sherrie Eldridge shows ...
Giving Children More of Family — Models of Transition to Family-Based Care
When big-hearted people heard about orphans in generations past, the first thought was often toward construction of a ...
Download the audio of all the general session talks from the October 4-5 national conference at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY.
Conference ...
A recent Huffington Post article articulately addressed, The “Aging Out” Dilemma Plaguing the Foster Care System. Although perhaps missing some of the most important potential ...
This revised edition of the companion volume to The Out-of-Sync Child includes new activities that parents of kids with Sensory Processing Disorder can do at home with their child, along ...
Every foster parent knows how hard, yet rewarding, it can be to care for a child with a difficult past and an uncertain future. Christie Erwin has been a mom, in the middle, for countless ...
All families at times face struggles and difficulties, but for families who adopt or foster children who have come from the "hard places", those struggles and difficulties are often greatly increased ...
The adoption of a child is always a joyous moment in the life of a family. Some adoptions, though, present unique challenges. Welcoming these children into your family--and addressing their special ...
We believe it is critically important that parents who are preparing to adopt or foster a child must be honest and realistic about the journey and the challenges that lie ahead. Just as Jesus in ...
