Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care
Kids & Family
What are the long-term impacts of prenatal alcohol and drug exposure and how can we parent these kids to help them thrive. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Mona Delahooke, a clinical child psychologist and the author of Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children’s Behavioral Challenges.
In this episode, we cover:
Long term impact of prenatal alcohol and drug exposure: Research has found that most drugs that are commonly abused easily cross the placenta and can affect fetal brain development. In utero exposures to drugs and alcohol thus can have long-lasting implications for brain development resulting in behavioral challenges and mental and physical health implication. Some things to consider:
It helps to begin with understanding how alcohol and drugs exposure in pregnancy can affect the child not just in infancy but throughout their life.
Support the show (https://creatingafamily.org/donation/)
5 Tips for Getting the Social Worker's Attention - Weekend Wisdom
Introduction to Domestic Infant Adoption
How Can I Adopt a Baby? - Weekend Wisdom
Introduction to Prenatal Substance Exposure
Practical Tips for Welcoming an Older Foster or Kinship Child or Youth - Weekend Wisdom
Basic Baby Care
Helping Internationally Adopted Children Develop a Healthy Cultural and Racial Identity
Raising a Child with ADHD to a Successful & Healthy Adulthood
Navigating Special Education and the IEP/504 Process
Creating a Family Trailer
How to Prepare Transracial Adoptees for Transitioning to College
Birth Parent Experiences in Adoption
Health, Emotional, and Developmental Issues Common to Children Adopted Internationally
You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity, & Transracial Adoption
Jessica Grose: Screaming on the Inside
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers
A Conversation with Dr. Bruce Perry about Trauma
Transitioning from Foster Care to Adoption
Parenting the Challenging Child While Maintaining Attachment
Helping Autistic Kids Shine
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
History Storytime - For Kids
Privacy Boys
Nonsensical Show
The Turn of the Screw
Anne of Green Gables
Dr. Laura Call of the Day
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly