Katie Aug 12, 2020 5 min Creating an Open Adoption Agreement Dear Katie, Our child’s social worker has asked us to consider what we would want to put in an Open Adoption Agreement (OAA) with the chi...
Katie Jun 8, 2020 2 min Moving to In-Person Visits During Covid-19 Please join me on this informative webinar to discuss the myths and realities of resuming in-person family time visits for children in fo...
Katie Apr 6, 2020 2 min Supportive Remote Visitation As we are all being asked to change our lives in response to Covid-19 and social distancing, key aspects of our lives must change. If yo...
Katie Mar 20, 2020 7 min Partnering to support virtual visits By Jason Braggs, parent and Katie Biron, foster parent As we scramble as a society to figure out how to deal with Covid-19 and the result...
Katie Mar 16, 2020 5 min Supporting Virtual Family Time Visits - An Opportunity for Kindness As we scramble as a society to figure out how to deal with Covid-19 and the resulting huge changes to our daily life, we each have unique...
Katie Oct 22, 2019 4 min Build a Bigger Table I was recently scrolling through Facebook, and this quote caught my eye “When you have more than you need build a bigger table – not a hi...
Katie Sep 30, 2019 7 min How to tell hard stuff to kids Note – instead of the grammatically correct he/she, I am going to break a grammar rule here and use they/their in order to protect my chi...
Katie Sep 5, 2019 3 min What do I write in a communication journal? One way I encourage foster parents to build connection with parents is to send a communication journal with the child to visits. This is ...
Katie Mar 23, 2019 6 min Are you scared/hesitant/unsure about connection with first family? I was too. That’s great that you have an open relationship with your kid’s natural parent, but I could never be so open with my child’s biological f...
Katie Aug 12, 2020 5 min Creating an Open Adoption Agreement Dear Katie, Our child’s social worker has asked us to consider what we would want to put in an Open Adoption Agreement (OAA) with the chi...
Katie Jun 8, 2020 2 min Moving to In-Person Visits During Covid-19 Please join me on this informative webinar to discuss the myths and realities of resuming in-person family time visits for children in fo...
KatieAug 12, 20205 minCreating an Open Adoption AgreementDear Katie, Our child’s social worker has asked us to consider what we would want to put in an Open Adoption Agreement (OAA) with the chi...
KatieJun 8, 20202 minMoving to In-Person Visits During Covid-19Please join me on this informative webinar to discuss the myths and realities of resuming in-person family time visits for children in fo...
KatieApr 6, 20202 minSupportive Remote VisitationAs we are all being asked to change our lives in response to Covid-19 and social distancing, key aspects of our lives must change. If yo...
KatieMar 20, 20207 minPartnering to support virtual visitsBy Jason Braggs, parent and Katie Biron, foster parent As we scramble as a society to figure out how to deal with Covid-19 and the result...
KatieMar 16, 20205 minSupporting Virtual Family Time Visits - An Opportunity for KindnessAs we scramble as a society to figure out how to deal with Covid-19 and the resulting huge changes to our daily life, we each have unique...
KatieOct 22, 20194 minBuild a Bigger TableI was recently scrolling through Facebook, and this quote caught my eye “When you have more than you need build a bigger table – not a hi...
KatieSep 30, 20197 minHow to tell hard stuff to kidsNote – instead of the grammatically correct he/she, I am going to break a grammar rule here and use they/their in order to protect my chi...
KatieSep 5, 20193 minWhat do I write in a communication journal?One way I encourage foster parents to build connection with parents is to send a communication journal with the child to visits. This is ...
KatieMar 23, 20196 minAre you scared/hesitant/unsure about connection with first family? I was too.That’s great that you have an open relationship with your kid’s natural parent, but I could never be so open with my child’s biological f...