This episode is sponsored by the Parent and Caregiver Together ARG (PACT) which is one of nine Associate Resource Group Pods at MDS.
In this episode, “Growing Up in Foster Care”., I explore the life and experiences of Isiah Griffin, MDS Vascular Access Territory Manager, as a product of the American foster care system. His vulnerability and engaging storytelling enable Isiah to take us through the good, the bad and the challenges of the foster care system with hopes of opening minds and hearts to helping others get involved in fostering.
For more information on Foster Care including being part of foster care, the following Books, Podcasts, and links will help guide you to additional information.
Books:
· Keep the Doors Open: Lessons Learned from a year of foster parenting
· Welcome to Fostering: A guide to becoming and being a foster care
· Twenty Things Adopted Kids wish their adoptive parents knew: Sherrie Eldridge
· The Connected Child: Dr. Karyn Purvis
· Maybe Days: A book for children in foster care
· It’s OK to Wonder: A book for children whose parents want to become foster parents
Podcasts:
· The Forgotten Podcast
· The Adopting and Fostering Home Podcast
· Fostering Voices Podcast
· Foster Care: An Unparalleled Journey
· What the Foster
Blogs:
· Confessions of an Adoptive Parent
· Advice for new foster parents
o https://fostercare.com/advice-for-new-foster-parents/
· Rage Against the Minivan
· FosterMore
The MDS ARG Pods are hard at work on new content coming this Fall. Be on the lookout for additional episodes launching in September.
