Kris’ Corner – Meeting Sensory Needs

As you may (or may not if this world of foster care is new to you): many children from hard places have sensory needs above…and possibly beyond…those of the general public. Now, I have to admit…once I began looking into my child’s sensory needs, I realized that I had...

Kris’ Corner – Moving with a Child From Hard Places

Moving from one home to another is a highly stressful event, in and of itself. Whatever it looks like…down-sizing, up-sizing, equilateral move…it’s going from one home to another and it’s stressful. Always stressful. And no matter how you slice it, there’s a lot of...

Kris’ Corner – Getting the Access Pass

For many foster parents, finding affordable activities for the kids can sometimes be a challenge. Now, it might be true that the kids may simply want to park themselves in front of a TV, and on occasion that might be ok, but for those times when it’s not, may I...

Kris’ Corner – Medicaid Waiver

At my house, we are always looking for resources we can tap into to help make our foster care, adoption or special needs journey an easier one. And one thing I’d like to discuss today is the Medicaid Waiver. Now…many people are under the impression that Medicaid...

Kris’ Corner – Special Needs Parenting

True confession: my child having special needs is the most isolating thing I’ve ever experienced. Granted, foster care, in and of itself is similar in that lots of people don’t understand it or necessarily even understand why you would choose to foster. But later on...

Kris’ Corner – Navigating Unknown Family Medical History

Today I’d like to share a little bit of what I learned recently about helping children navigate unknown, or little known, medical history…. because they deserve to have access to any information they possibly can, and also how scary and frustrating it must be for them...