Let's Talk: A Foster Adopt Minnesota Podcast

Let's Talk: A Foster Adopt Minnesota Podcast


Latest Episodes

Let’s Talk – Interview with a Foster Mom: Back-To-School Shopping Experience
June 22, 2020

Description:  We chat with Lisa, a foster & adoptive mom, about her and her children’s experience with the Back-to-School Shopping Event last year! Learn more about this event:  https://mnadopt.networkforgood.

Let’s Talk – The Reel Hope Project
May 13, 2020

Description:  Kaycee Stanley joins us!  Kaycee is an adoptive mom and founder & director of The Reel Hope Project.  Reel Hope makes videos of kids in foster care in MN who…

Let’s Talk – MN ADOPT’s Fostering Network Program
May 07, 2020

Description:   We chat with Kim Young:  our Foster Care & Kinship Specialist.  In honor of National Foster Care Month, we wanted to have Kim on to tell us more about…

Let’s Talk – Sensory Interventions to assist children in achieving greater regulation
April 29, 2020

Amie Summers, LGSW, SEP will introduce Sensory Motor Arousal and Regulation Treatment, a technique that teaches caregivers how to use sensory interventions to help children regulate, create stronger attachment bonding and heal trauma.

Let’s Talk – Finding Compassion and Space for children and caregivers during COVID-19
April 20, 2020

In this podcast, we welcome Mariah Rooney to talk about how caregivers can find compassion and spaciousness for themselves and the children in their care.   MN ADOPT Website: www.mnadopt.org…

Let’s Talk – Helping Foster Parents Address COVID-19 with Their Children
April 15, 2020

In this podcast, we talk to Marc Markell, who teaches at St. Cloud University and at Worsham College of Mortuary Science. Marc is certified in Death and Grief Studies from…

Let’s Talk – Coping with Covid: A Conversation with Brenda Benning
April 04, 2020

In this podcast episode HELP Specialist Andrea talks with adoptive parent and therapist Brenda Benning on the common experiences families are having with the unique challenges of the Covid 19 pandemic. In this conversation Andrea and Brenda explore top...

Let’s Talk – HELP Program: An Overview
April 02, 2020

Learn more about MN ADOPT’s HELP program.   Also, find resources available to you regarding COVID-19. Contact the HELP team: Phone:  612-746-5137 Email:  HELP-program@mnadopt.org Website:  https://www.mnadopt.org/help-prog/   MN ADOPT Website: www.

Let’s Talk – FAQ’s Part 2- Adoption in Minnesota
September 25, 2019

Let’s Talk Episode 2, FAQ’s Part 2- Interview with WendyLee Raun, MN ADOPT Education Coordinator Topics include: Question 1: Can a single person adopt? (1:05) Question 2: Can a same sex couple adopt? (1:59) Question 3: Do I need to own a house?…

Let’s Talk – FAQ’s Part 1 – Adoption in Minnesota
August 16, 2019

Let’s Talk Episode 1, FAQ’s 1- Interview with WendyLee Raun, MN ADOPT Education Coordinator Topics include: Question 1: What is the difference between adoption and foster care? (1:14) Question 2: How does private adoption differ from adoption from fost...