Episode 38: Navigating School Challenges with Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2017
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Parents of foster and adoptive children often face additional considerations in school situations regarding the well-being of their child. Mike and Kristin Berry, adoptive parents of eight and advocates for foster care and adoption, talk about some of the things parents need to remember when talking with teachers or the principal, as well as delighting in and being an observer of your child.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Forgotten podcast, bringing voice to the foster care community. |
| 0:07.0 | If you go in crazy, crazy's all they're going to see. |
| 0:26.6 | The reality with your kid will get lost in that. |
| 0:29.7 | Because now a teacher and a guidance counselor and a principal, |
| 0:33.2 | they're dealing with a crazy parent. |
| 0:34.8 | They can't even get to the issue at hand. |
| 0:58.0 | Yeah. they're dealing with a crazy parent, they can't even get to the issue at hand. Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. |
| 1:01.9 | Welcome to the Forgotten podcast, season four. |
| 1:06.0 | If you are a brand new listener, I just want to welcome you. |
| 1:10.6 | And if you are a faithful listener, thank you for continuing with us. |
| 1:20.6 | We have some exciting episodes coming your way this season, but did you know that there are over 30 episodes in our archives just for you? |
| 1:28.9 | We are here to bring voice to the foster care community and be a place where you can hear both from experts in the field, as well as folks you may not know, but need to know. Whether you are connected to the foster care community or not, |
| 1:35.9 | we are here to encourage you and bring you hope in your journey. If you're a coffee drinker like I am, |
| 1:42.0 | you're going to want to grab your cup of coffee and break |
| 1:45.3 | out your notebook because today's episode is just so great. Mike and Kristen Barry are former foster |
| 1:52.0 | parents and the parents of eight. Yes, I said that eight children, all of whom have been adapted. |
| 1:59.3 | In 2012, they launched the blog Confessions of an Adoptive |
| 2:03.2 | Parent to be a voice of hope and encouragement for fellow foster and adoptive parents. |
| 2:08.7 | Since then, it has grown to a global platform, reaching over 100,000 readers monthly in 25 |
| 2:15.1 | different countries around the globe. Mike and Kristen are also the co-hosts of the |
| 2:20.4 | Honestly Adoption podcast, as well as the co-creators of the support and resource site Oasis |
| 2:26.8 | community. You guys are going to love them. We are going to talk about school today. How can we and our kids who've experienced |
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