Bonus Episode: What Every Adoptive and Foster Parent Needs to Know about Prenatal Trauma
- Kathi Sewak
- Jul 27, 2025
- 1 min read
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
We are thrilled to bring you a series of bonus episodes featuring special guest. Dr. Jerrod Brown PhD. In each of these bonus episodes, Dr. Brown will share what every adoptive and foster parent needs to know regarding FASD, trauma, and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
On this week’s bonus episode, the first in our series, Dr. Brown will unpack prenatal trauma—what it is and what interventions and strategies parents can implement to help our kids heal. Click HERE to listen to this week's installment.
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