Let It Be Us: A Foster Care & Adoption Podcast
Let It Be Us: A Foster Care and Adoption Podcast was launched in 2022 by the Illinois nonprofit organization Let It Be Us. Foster Care professionals and parents speak on issues important to the journey of foster care and adoption. If you live in the State of Illinois and want to become a foster parent or learn about waiting children, go to www.letitbeus.org
Let It Be Us: A Foster Care & Adoption Podcast
How Can I Help? Practical Tips for Supporting the Child in Your Care
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Let It Be Us
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Season 2
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Episode 5
In this special mini-episode, Cathy Newbury, Foster Parent Licensing Coach and seasoned foster parent, talks about how she ensures the children in her care receive all the support they need, while Dr. Heather Risser from our partner Northwestern University Family Care Parenting Lab talks from a therapeutic perspective about how to support the children. As mentioned in this episode, one way to find supports through DCFS is through Spider: https://spider.dcfs.illinois.gov/. To learn more about becoming a foster parent or joining our database of licensed homes find us at www.letitbeus.org