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Your Guide to a Great School Year for Children in Foster Care

New routines, new curriculum, new friends, moving up a grade, and sometimes changing schools altogether can be overwhelming and triggering.

Holly GnuseAugust 6, 2024

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5 Ways to Make Back to School Great

I asked around The Forgotten Initiative’s office for some advice from people who have fostered school-aged kids, and I wanted to share with you some of the advice shared with me (along with some of…

Austin SavageAugust 22, 2022

The Forgotten Podcast

Episode 59: Foster Care and Higher Education: One Man’s Story of Beating the Odds

The statistics for youth who age out of foster care receiving a college degree are extremely disheartening—fewer than 5% finish a secondary education. Royce Markley beat the odds—as a child, he was in and out…

Mitch NelsonOctober 8, 2018

The Forgotten Podcast

Episode 55: A New School Year: Advocating for Our Kids from Trauma Backgrounds

Catie Lumpkin and her husband Jamie began fostering about nine years ago. At the time, they had three young sons (age 4, 2 and 1) and had been considering adoption. They had the opportunity to…

Mitch NelsonAugust 13, 2018

The Forgotten Podcast

Episode 48: Teaching Students, Teachers and Families the Importance of Story

David LaFrance is an elementary school principal who readily shares his story of growing up in a broken and dysfunctional family. His story helps him relate to kids from hard places on a daily basis,…

Mitch NelsonApril 9, 2018

The Forgotten Podcast

Episode 38: Navigating School Challenges with Children Who Have Experienced Trauma

Parents of foster and adoptive children often face additional considerations in school situations regarding the well-being of their child. Mike and Kristin Berry, adoptive parents of eight and advocates for foster care and adoption, talk…

Mitch NelsonNovember 20, 2017

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Your Guide to a Great School Year for Children in Foster Care

5 Ways to Make Back to School Great

Episode 59: Foster Care and Higher Education: One Man’s Story of Beating the Odds

Episode 55: A New School Year: Advocating for Our Kids from Trauma Backgrounds

Episode 48: Teaching Students, Teachers and Families the Importance of Story

Episode 38: Navigating School Challenges with Children Who Have Experienced Trauma

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