by Sandra Peoples | May 10, 2022 | Adoption, Church Support, Foster Care
This is the third and final post in the series: Churches That Encourage Adoption Should Be Trauma Informed and Disability Accommodating. Read Part 1 and Part 2.Now that we understand the challenges children may have with behavior, based on the trauma they have...
by Sandra Peoples | Apr 26, 2022 | Adoption, Church Support
This is the second post in a series titled: Churches That Encourage Adoption Should Be Trauma Informed and Disability Accommodating. Read part 1 here. God’s directive for adoptive families is the same as it is for every family. But adoptive, special-needs...
by Sandra Peoples | Apr 12, 2022 | Adoption, Church Support, Foster Care
Churches rightly encourage adoption and support families going through the adoption process, but are they prepared when the child or teen comes home and is diagnosed with special needs or trauma-related issues? This series will present a theology of disability that...
by Jeremy Smith | Sep 21, 2021 | Adoption, Church Support, Foster Care, Pro-Life
Last month I was in Columbus, Ohio for a state-wide training for Ohio’s Child Protective Services (CPS). Part of my job as a clinical counselor is working with parents who struggle with substance misuse that may lead to neglect and involve police or CPS, and the...
by Catherine Boyle | Nov 28, 2019 | Adoption, Church Support, Culture of Life
November is Adoption and Foster Care Awareness month, and it has also been when we’ve announced details about Illuminate: Inclusion Fusion Live 2020. In addition to the dynamic speakers, insightful presentations and practical tools that will be showcased at the...
by Shelly Roberts | Aug 27, 2019 | Adoption, Culture of Life, Foster Care, Worship
We didn’t meet in a labor & delivery room like most moms and daughters do. Instead, we met in a back room of a foster care agency. Caring for children that weren’t from my womb wasn’t new to me. My husband and I had previously adopted two daughters from other...
