Posts Tagged ‘Pre+Post Adoption Support’
The Importance of Trauma-Informed Therapy
Children impacted by adoption or foster care can carry trauma that traditional therapy isn’t designed to address. Learn why trauma-informed therapy for children matters, how it differs from other approaches, and where to find the right therapist for your family.
Read More8 Red Flags to Watch for When Choosing an Adoption Agency
Learn 8 adoption agency red flags to watch for, from unclear costs to pressure tactics, plus how your agency affects Show Hope grant eligibility.
Read MoreHelping Your Kids Build Healthy Tech Habits
Help your kids build healthy tech habits with 4 TBRI®-informed tips for adoptive and foster families on screen time, monitoring, and staying connected.
Read MoreLong Hollow Church: The Sky’s the Limit
Orphan care is more than a mission for Joey Watson and his wife, Kellyn. For them, he said it’s a calling. “We’ve been adoptive parents now for over a decade and have handled a lot of behaviors and trauma that comes with that,” Joey said, “Our youngest son has special needs, and so we have…
Read MoreShow Hope Book Club: Loving God
Loving God “‘Loving God’ by Chuck Colson is a classic in my opinion. Introduced to me by Show Hope Founders Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman, I appreciate how Colson uses his personal storytelling and narrative—so fascinating, by the way!—to unpack the beauty of, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart…
Read MoreThe Importance of Play in Cognitive Development
The late Dr. Karyn Purvis once said, “Play disarms fear, builds connectedness, and teaches skills and competencies for life.” Play itself is a key strategy in TBRI® (or Trust-Based Relational Intervention®) and fundamental in building healthy relationships with our children and teens. In fact, play is also essential in cognitive development by stimulating brain growth;…
Read MoreShow Hope Book Club: Wounded Children, Healing Homes
Wounded Children, Healing Homes “Written more than 15 years ago, Jayne Schooler’s “Wounded Children, Healing Homes” remains deeply relevant for foster and adoptive families. Her reflections on unmet expectations, parents’ own trauma histories, and the impact of a child’s trauma on the family were especially helpful and encouraging to me,” Show Hope Director of Programs…
Read More4 Resources for Every Adoptive Parent
We’ve compiled a list of resources for every adoptive parent that provides research-based, practical help for the journey ahead.
Read MoreShow Hope Book Club: Attachments
Attachments “Attachments: Why You Love, Feel, and Act the Way You Do” explores how early attachment experiences shape the ways in which people form and maintain relationships throughout life. The authors, Dr. Tim Clinton and Dr. Gary Sibcy, believe the quality of one’s bonds with childhood caregivers influences emotional patterns, behavior, and relational stability as…
Read MoreTBRI® and Food
Nutrition and hydration are important for development, brain function, and regulation, but for children who have been impacted by adoption and/or foster care, there may be difficult histories around food. Your child or teen may have experienced insecurity or hunger; food being withheld or forced due to punishment; or sensory-processing difference. Oftentimes, because of these…
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