Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care
Kids & Family
How do some kids survive a life of poverty, homelessness, abuse, and foster and eventually thrive? We talk with David Ambroz is a national poverty and child welfare expert and advocate and the author of the memoir, A Place Called Home. He was recognized by President Obama as an American Champion of Change. Currently serving as the Head of Community Engagement (West) for Amazon, Ambroz previously led Corporate Social Responsibility for Walt Disney Television, and has served as president of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission as well as a California Child Welfare Council member. After growing up homeless and then in foster care, he graduated from Vassar College and later earned his J.D. from UCLA School of Law. He is a foster dad and lives in Los Angeles, CA.
In this episode, we cover:
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Understanding and Preventing Miscarriage and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
How to Choose an Adoption Competent Therapist
Shifting Realities in Adoption and Foster Care in 2022
Adoption Options in 2022
Benefits of Acupuncture and Eastern Medicine for Infertility Patients
Setting Up Effective Kinship Navigator Programs
A Conversation with Dr. Bruce Perry About Trauma
2021 Adoption Tax Credit
What Are Your Chances of Getting Pregnant With Unexplained Infertility
The Connected Parent
How Does Adoption Affect the Siblings Already in a Family?
LGBTQ+ Parenting (Part 2): Adoption
LGBTQ+ Parenting (Part 1): Surrogacy
Child Hosting Programs: Getting Prepared to be a Host Family
Home Based Therapy
How to Avoid Triggering and Being Triggered by Our Kids
How Trauma Impacts a Child’s Development
Decisions To Be Made at Egg Retrieval
Parental Leave: What you Need to Know Before You Adopt or Foster
A Guide to Raising Your Grandchild
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