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Former foster kid and current social worker, Mattie Baker, gets raw with us about her time growing up in the system.

We learn how to truly welcome a foster kid into our lives by hearing from Mattie's story of what went wrong and what went right — coupled with her professional experience in mental health work and counseling.

Bonus: Former foster kid turned adoptive and foster mom, Brittaney Kate, tells her story about finding family.

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Dig Deeper: Foster Care Resources from Mattie Baker

Foster Care Training

Mattie Baker (MSW) founded Fostered Connections to use her lived experience and personal expertise to support those involved in the foster care system with holistic trainings..

Mattie earned her Master of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Denver and also works with those experiencing mental health challenges and substance use disorders.

Through these experiences, Mattie has learned that behavior is a form of communication. Not good, not bad — but at its core, simply information about what we need and don’t have.

To learn more about Mattie’s customized foster care trainings for individuals and organizations, visit fosteredconnections.com or email mattie@fosteredconnections.com.

Foster Care Articles

Mattie Baker wrote these articles when she was just 18 years old and fresh out of the system to help train foster parents and volunteers.

These articles are full of tips to help us avoid our own needs getting in the way of meeting a foster kid’s needs.

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How to Bond with Kids in Foster Care (According to a Kid in Foster Care)

As a former foster child and a master of blowing out of homes, I can say that the attachment piece of therapy is perhaps the most important part of making a home successful.