This Foster Care Life: Past Trauma & Today’s Brain
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This is the second episode of our This Foster Care Life miniseries where we bring you multiple perspectives around the same topic.
Today's topic is how past trauma affects today's brain.
In this episode, you will hear from:
Diamond Kobylinski: a self-described former gay foster youth, who describes how coming out while in the system affected his emotional state.
Kaleo George: a longtime foster parent and foster parent trainer, who discusses how her past trauma impacts her foster parenting.
Patti Swope: a therapist, former foster parent, and mom to former kid in care Mattie, who talks about how to manage your own trauma as a foster parent.
Mattie Baker: Patti’s daughter, a former kid in care and current social worker, who describes the intensity of trauma in foster care.
This episode was created in partnership with Urban Leaders Fellowship and made possible by generous support from Cobbled Streets and the Colorado Association of Family and Children’s Agencies.
Featured Guests
Emmy Tither | Guest host & Just As Special Data Architect & Communications Strategist
Diamond Kobylinski | Former Youth in Care & CEO of Hope for Colorado
Full Interview Coming October 12th
Kaleo George | Longtime foster parent and foster parent trainer
Mattie Baker (social worker & former youth in care ) & Patti Swope (therapist & Mattie’s mom)
Dig Deeper: Foster Care Resource Database
Our goal is to expand our foster care database to include every state.
We want foster families across the nation to more easily access supports for the whole family to thrive — and we want to make it easier for people to get involved by volunteering or donating.
We’re looking for virtual volunteers who will help us add resources to our database from the comfort of their home.
Know of a foster care resource we haven’t already included? Submit it here!
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Hope felt like she had way more help than she could use as a foster parent which led her to start thinking about how she could help other families who could benefit from even just one more friend.