Episode 424 - Hope for the FASD Journey with Debbie Raymond The Adoption & Foster Care Journey

"We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in His holy name.May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you." -Psalm 33:20-22
 
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.
 
On this episode host Sandra Flach talks with Debbie Raymond, an adoptive mom and co-leader of the Hope for the FASD Journey Support Community. Debbie’s passion lies in being an FASD and brain-based-difference educator, parent advocate, and in supporting other families with individuals prenatally exposed to alcohol, and neurodiversity. She is a trained facilitator of the FASCETS neurobehavioral model, facilitates an adult support group for individuals with an FASD, and is a moderator in Jeff Nobel’s international FASD caregiver group.
 
Listen in as Sandra and Debbie discuss why education and support are crucial aspects of parenting children who were prenatally exposed to alcohol. 
 
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Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
sandraflach@justicefororphansny.org
Focus on the Family FASD Resource
https://renewretreat.org/