Foster & Adoptive Dads Podcast

Episode 13 - Fighting For Your Kids (Interview with Glenn Huggins)

Sometimes we as foster & adoptive dads need to get involved with the legal system to fight for the best interests of our kids. Listen in as we talk with Glenn Huggins about their crazy case and how they made it through a multi-year legal battle for their kids. Resources: * https://www.facebook.com/groups/fabrotherhood [https://www.facebook.com/groups/fabrotherhood] * https://www.littleslunches.com/30a [https://www.littleslunches.com/30a] (Glenn's restaurant)

Episode 12 - Family Update & Season 2 Intro

We're excited to be back for Season 2! We start out with a family update from Jonathan & Ade, then talk more about our vision for this next season! Resources: * The Common Rule book [https://www.thecommonrule.org/] * Our Podcast Facebook Page [https://www.facebook.com/fosteradoptivedadspodcast] (we would love to hear from you!) * F/A Brotherhood Facebook Page [https://www.facebook.com/groups/fabrotherhood]

Episode 11 - Race & Family (Interview with Alex Blake & Gerald Zgabay)

We're back with an episode where we talk about race, family, and doing our part as foster & adoptive dads to show our sons and daughters a better way forward. We get to hear from Alex Blake whose parents adopted 6 boys in addition to his 5 biological siblings as well as Gerald Zgabay who adopted two children with his wife Tabby. Resources: * Selma Movie [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020072/] * The Great Debaters [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427309/] * The Falcon and the Winter Soldier [https://disneyplusoriginals.disney.com/show/the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier] Come say hi on our Facebook Page [https://www.facebook.com/fosteradoptivedadspodcast] as well! We would love to connect and hear from our listeners.

Episode 10 - Reframing Foster Care (Interview with Jason Johnson)

It's our 10th episode! This may be one of our favorites yet. This episode is jam-packed with encouragement and sincerity from writer and speaker Jason Johnson (author of ReFraming Foster Care and Everyone Can Do Something). We chat about aligning with your spouse and getting on the same page as well as great advice for churches and leaders who wish to better support their foster/adoptive families. We hope you are encouraged! Referenced in the episode: * ReFraming Foster Care book [http://jasonjohnsonblog.com/reframing-foster-care] * forfosterdads.com [https://forfosterdads.com] - online study group for Foster Dads (coming June 2021) * Jason Johnson Blog [http://jasonjohnsonblog.com/]

Episode 9 - International Adoption + Trauma and Brain Development (Interview with Dr. Matthew Talley)

We have a fully-loaded episode today with Dr. Matthew Talley, a functional neurologist and fellow adoptive dad. You'll enjoy hearing about his family's international adoption of his daughter from Thailand as well as loads of information on trauma, brain development, and retraining kids' brains to help them improve focus, decrease anxiety, and overcome learning/behavior disorders. Resources: - Disconnected Kids [https://www.amazon.com/Disconnected-Kids-Groundbreaking-Neurological-Disorders/dp/0399172440/ref=sr_1_1?crid=WKHLXX4XUO8Q&dchild=1&keywords=disconnected+kids&qid=1617329435&sprefix=disconnected+%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-1] by Dr. Robert Melillo - Brain Balance Centers [https://www.brainbalancecenters.com/]