Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.What do you need to know about health insurance coverage for infertility? How do you know if your policy covers treatment or diagnosis of infertility and what can you do to maximize your coverage?  Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility education and support nonprofit interviews, Davina Fankhauser, the foremost expert on policy related to benefits for fertility treatment and preservation, and Dr. Dan Potter, a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist with HRC Fertility.Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: Weekly podcasts Weekly articles/blog posts Resource pages on all aspects of family building

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Adopting an older child is a big transition for everyone involved and poses a unique set of challenges.  Learn more about things to consider when adopting an older child as host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national foster care & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Celeste Snodgrass, MSW, LCSW, and Director of Clinical Services at Holt International and Danielle Kaiser who has a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling and is a behavioral therapist and Foster Family & Adoptions Social Worker with Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services.Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: Weekly podcasts Weekly articles/blog posts Resource pages on all aspects of family building

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.We cannot take the availability of infertility treatment for granted. Learn more about what is happening around the US that might impact treatment of the disease of infertility. Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Sean Tipton, Chief Advocacy, Policy and Development Officer, American Society for Reproductive Medicine and Barb Collura, Executive Director of Resolve, the national infertility association.Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: Weekly podcasts Weekly articles/blog posts Resource pages on all aspects of family building

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Exec. Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Jeffrey Russell, Director of the Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine and lead researcher on some of these cutting edge studies. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org.  Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=This%20week's%20show%3A%20What%20to%20Eat%20in%20Preparation%20for%20IVF%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/infertility-radio-shows/what-to-eat-in-preparation-for-ivf/ Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/infertility-radio-shows/what-to-eat-in-preparation-for-ivf/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/infertility-radio-shows/what-to-eat-in-preparation-for-ivf/ Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: Weekly podcasts Weekly articles/blog posts Resource pages on all aspects of family building

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility, adoption, & foster care education and support nonprofit, interviews Suzanne Emery, a Program Director with FASCETS, a nonprofit focused on helping parents raise children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. She is also the mom of a son with FASD. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org.  Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/adoption-radio-shows/what-is-it-really-like-to-raise-a-child-with-fasd/ Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=New%20show%3A%20What%20is%20it%20Really%20Like%20to%20Raise%20a%20Child%20with%20FASD?%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/adoption-radio-shows/what-is-it-really-like-to-raise-a-child-with-fasd/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/adoption-radio-shows/what-is-it-really-like-to-raise-a-child-with-fasd/ Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: Weekly podcasts Weekly articles/blog posts Resource pages on all aspects of family building

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Kristen Wright, a Reproductive Endocrinologist at the Reproductive Science Center of New England in New Hampshire; and Patricia Sachs, clinical social worker and infertility counselor at Shady Grove Fertility. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org.  Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=Seeking%20Closure%20When%20Disposing%20of%20Unused%20Embryos%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/infertility-radio-shows/seeking-closure-when-disposing-of-unused-embryos/ Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/infertility-radio-shows/seeking-closure-when-disposing-of-unused-embryos/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/infertility-radio-shows/seeking-closure-when-disposing-of-unused-embryos/ Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: Weekly podcasts Weekly articles/blog posts Resource pages on all aspects of family building

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Exec. Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Becky Fawcett, Executive Director of Help Us Adopt; Julie Gumm, author of Adopt Without Debt: Creative Ways to Cover the Cost of Adoption; and Cherri Walrod, Director of Resources 4 Adoption. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org.  Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=Adopting%20Without%20Debt%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/adoption-radio-shows/adopting-without-debt/ Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/adoption-radio-shows/adopting-without-debt/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/adoption-radio-shows/adopting-without-debt/ Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: Weekly podcasts Weekly articles/blog posts Resource pages on all aspects of family building

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Exec. Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Elaine Gordon, a clinical psychologist with a specialty in infertility and child development. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org.  Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=This%20week's%20show%3A%20How%20to%20Talk%20with%20Kids%20about%20Donor%20Conception%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/infertility-radio-shows/how-to-talk-with-kids-about-donor-conception/ Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/infertility-radio-shows/how-to-talk-with-kids-about-donor-conception/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/infertility-radio-shows/how-to-talk-with-kids-about-donor-conception/ Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: Weekly podcasts Weekly articles/blog posts Resource pages on all aspects of family building

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Exec. Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Sally Ann Rhea, the study coordinator for the Colorado Adoption Project, and Dr. Alexandra Burt, Associate Professor of behavioral genetics with affiliation with the Michigan State University Twin Registry. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org.  Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=This%20week's%20show%3A%20Nature%20vs.%20Nurture%20in%20Adoption%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/adoption-radio-shows/nature-vs-nurture-in-adoption/ Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/adoption-radio-shows/nature-vs-nurture-in-adoption/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/adoption-category/adoption-radio-shows/nature-vs-nurture-in-adoption/ Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: Weekly podcasts Weekly articles/blog posts Resource pages on all aspects of family building

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Dr. Zev Williams, MD, PhD, Chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Columbia University Medical Center and Columbia University Fertility Center. Creating a Family has many free resources related to this topic on our website at www.CreatingaFamily.org. Please leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks. Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/how-the-immune-system-affects-fertility-and-miscarriage/ Click to Tweet: https://twitter.com/home?status=This%20week's%20show%3A%20How%20the%20Immune%20System%20Affects%20Fertility%20and%20Miscarriage%20https%3A//creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/how-the-immune-system-affects-fertility-and-miscarriage/ Show Highlights: https://creatingafamily.org/infertility-category/how-the-immune-system-affects-fertility-and-miscarriage/   Support the showPlease leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: Weekly podcasts Weekly articles/blog posts Resource pages on all aspects of family building