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A Caregiver’s Practical Guide to Trauma-Informed Care in the First 30 Days

  • Wendy McMahan

The silence in our home just moments before our first child from foster care arrived stays with me to this day. My husband and I had checked our list a dozen times. The room was ready. The dresser was stocked with a few essentials. A small stack of books sat waiting on the nightstand. We […]

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Wendy McMahan

Wendy McMahan is the president of For The Children, a global nonprofit that equips local churches to create environments of safety and belonging for children who have experienced relational trauma. A seasoned foster parent with decades of experience, she leads a network of more than 200 chapters offering Royal Family KIDS Camp, Royal Family KIDS Mentoring and the Bridge to Belonging initiative. She is a practitioner of Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) and recently represented the organization at the White House for the signing of the Fostering the Future Executive Order. Foster parents and caregivers can visit forthechildren.org to learn more about Royal Family KIDS Camp and Mentoring programs and to find a local chapter serving children in their community.

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