Christie Renick

Seeking Normal

February 28, 2019 Christie Renick 0

By Joshua Christian When I was growing up as a foster child it was hard to feel normal when I was adapting to new schools, parents, siblings, friends, etc. For example, I remember when I […]

Someone Has Led This Child to Believe

January 5, 2019 Christie Renick 0

By Regina Louise Bolden, 2018, ISBN-13: 978-1-57284-222-9, 235 pages, $15 The much-awaited follow-up to Regina Louise’s 2008 bestselling memoir “Somebody’s Someone” is finally here. “Someone Has Led This Child to Believe” picks up where Louise’s […]

The Kids We Lose

January 3, 2019 Christie Renick 0

Film By the Balance and Lone Wolf Media Developed and executive produced by Dr. Ross Greene 1 hr, 26 minutes Today’s school systems are challenged in handling children’s extreme behaviors, school shootings and poor outcomes […]

Five Therapy Apps that Could Change the Mental Health Game for Foster Youth

January 3, 2019 Christie Renick 0

By Sara Tiano Inside and outside the foster care community, mental health is a pressing issue that impacts the lives of millions of Americans. In recent years, there has been a healthy trend toward facing […]

Working with Parents

January 2, 2019 Christie Renick 0

By Laura Hutton Foster parent training provides a lot of information regarding how to work effectively with children in foster care but it usually includes little information about how to work effectively with their parents. […]

Book Review: Parenting a Child or Teen Who Has Intense Emotions

December 31, 2018 Christie Renick 0

Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Help Your Child Regulate Emotional Outbursts & Aggressive Behaviors by Pat Harvey, LCSW-C and Jeanine A. Penzo, LICSW New Harbinger Publications, 2009, ISBN-13: […]

Instant Family: New Comedy Highlights Humor, Joy Foster and Adoptive Parents Experience

November 5, 2018 Christie Renick 0

By Kim Phagan-Hansel When Director Sean Anders and his wife Beth decided about eight years ago to look into adopting from the foster care system, it started as a joke. After struggling some financially as […]

Navigating Social Media with Foster and Adopted Teens

November 3, 2018 Christie Renick 0

By Pat Rhoads Whether we like it or not, social media is here to stay. Social media has gone from the cool new fad to an ever-present reality in the lives of most Americans. […]

New Documentary Shows Young People Finding Their Passions After Foster Care

November 1, 2018 Christie Renick 0

By Melinda Clemmons In the warmly lit opening frame of the film, a young man leans in, listening intently to soulful music streaming from a laptop. As the song ends, someone beside him says, “I […]

Instant Family

October 19, 2018 Christie Renick 0

Written and directed by Sean Anders http://www.instantfamily.org Stumbling into the world of foster care adoption, Pete (Mark Wahlberg) and Ellie (Rose Byrne) initially hoped to take in one young child but unexpectedly find themselves the […]