The Adoption & Foster Care Journey
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
“LORD, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them. You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, somber people can no longer terrify them.” Psalm 10:17-18
Eighty percent of the children diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome are in the foster care system. The average age that children with an FASD begin having trouble with the law is 12.8 years old. Fifty percent of individuals with an FASD have a history of confinement in a jail, prison, chemical health treatment facility, or psychiatric hospital.
According to Proof Alliance, FASD behaviors that contribute to these poor outcomes are confabulation, memory challenges, difficulty with impulse control, inability to understand consequences, difficulty connecting cause and effect, and vulnerability to peer pressure. Caregivers of individuals with an FASD are familiar with these behaviors. What can be done to help assure the success of our kids?
On this week’s episode of our Orphans No More podcast, host Sandra Flach talks with Albany County Court Judge Andra Ackerman about FASD and the criminal justice system. Over her career, Judge Ackerman has fiercely advocated for vulnerable children in the system. Born to an alcoholic mother, Andra spent time in the foster care system. Her experience fuels her passion for justice for vulnerable youth.
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Links mentioned in this episode:
Proof Alliance
FAFASD 50 Facts
FASD Success Podcast
FASD Hope Podcast
Positive Adoption Podcast
FASD Statistics
Episode 229 - Encouragement & Prayer For Foster and Adoptive Parents with Sandra Flach
Episode 228 - Bi-racial Foster & Adoptive Families Experience Racism with Deana Zoeller
Episode #227 - Until There's More Than Enough For Children in Foster Care with Jason Weber
Episode #226 - Soul-Care for Wounded Healers with Amy Willmann
Episode #225 - Adoption Through the Rearview Mirror with Karen Springs
Episode #224 - Chronic Stress from Covid19 Impacts Children & Parents with Jayne Schooler
Episode #223 - Parenting Solutions for Foster & Adoptive Parents with Melissa Corkum
Episode #222: The Connected Parent with Adoptive and Foster Mom, Lisa Qualls
Episode #221 - Adoption Miracles in the Midst of Covid19 with Jaime Richardson
Episode #220 - Former Foster Youth, Carrie Relf, Joins us for Foster Care Awareness Month
Episode #219 - The Art of Self Care with Adoptive Mom, Tracie Loux
Episode #218 - Second Mother - a Bible Study for Adoptive Moms by Jodi Jackson Tucker
Episode #217 - Trusting the God of the Gospel with Arthur C. Woods
Episode #216 - Ronda Paulson of Isaiah 117 House shares about the plight of children entering foster care
Survival Tools for Foster & Adoptive Parents During Covid19 Shutdown
Episode 214 - Taking Church to a Community in Crisis
Episode 213 -Adoptive Mom, Rebecca Radicchi, Shares About China Adoption & Life Books
Episode 212 - The Coronavirus Shutdown Hurts Children and Families in Crisis
Episode 211 - The Least Suffer the Greatest
Episode 210 - Investing In Children is Crystal Clear
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