A practical roadmap for foster and adoptive families
Caring for children is deeply important to the heart of God, and
adoption and foster care are important callings that connect to God's
heart for children and families. But this road isn't always easy. It's
important that foster and adoptive parents prepare to address their
children's history of trauma, separation, and disrupted placements,
which can lead to mental health, emotional, and behavioral difficulties.
It is also important to understand how this journey shapes and
influences our children. We cannot ignore the deep feelings and
questions that children experience as they try to understand their
story. How can we help them navigate their identity, and sit with them
in the unknowns of their story or the grief and loss that comes up?
Drawing on the latest science and research on trauma, attachment,
sensory processing difficulties, cultural competence, and grief and
loss, authors Josh and Jenn Hook provide a trauma-informed approach to
help adoptive and foster families--and the church called to care for the
vulnerable in our midst--to help their children heal, grow, and
thrive.