Health & Wellness

Miranda Hager from Hope Restored Counseling joins Jack to discuss EMDR Therapy and how it can be an incredible solution for behaviors caused by trauma, especially for kids in foster care and those that work in child welfare. When we last spoke with Miranda, she was working for the local CAC (child advocacy center) as...

Samantha Haskins, a BCBA in Tampa Bay, Florida, chats with Jack about the use of ABA services for behaviors. While ABA is only covered by insurance for children with specific developmental disabilities, it can be effective for children with trauma as well. Sam explains the science of ABA, the process of ABA services, how it...

Zielia Crespo, co-owner of Sensory Works in Dade City, Florida, join Jack & Nichole for a conversation about how occupational therapy can help improve behaviors. OT (occupational therapy) can seem like magic when your kids appear to just be playing with a therapist and within months you can see drastic improvements in their behavior. Whether...

Leigh Ann Drew from Family Initiatives join Jack & Cat for a conversation about how TBRI can help improve behaviors. TBRI (Trust Based Relational Intervention) was developed by the Kathryn Purvis Institute Of Child Development to be a trust based and trauma informed modality to support children who have experienced trauma. TBRI is based on...

Jack chats with Dr Wallace about how trauma affects the brain by floods of chemicals that when too often, severe, or persisting can change the way the brain functions by digging deep neural pathways, changing the size and quality of brain structures and the amount of chemicals that flood the various networks. These injuries to...

Jack & Nichole chat with Jennifer Anderson about her firm’s representation of the Kowalski family and their journey to hold Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital responsible for their actions and the consequences of those actions.

Jack chats with Sandy, a mom of a young man with CRPS – Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, about caring for a child with CRPS. We wanted to share this story with you so that we can all have a better understanding of what life was like for Beata Kowalski, while caring for her daughter, Maya.

Jack chats with guest Michelle – a nurse practitioner about medical abuse of power and false abuse reports. What happens when medical systems use their power and influence to not only negate parental rights to their children’s medical decisions but to even remove the guardianship of parents by placing children under the care of the...

This episode was developed in partnership with Safe Babies, a program of ZERO TO THREE. Kim brings guest, Andria Peek from ZERO TO THREE, back to talk more about Safe Babies, a program of ZERO TO THREE. They are joined by Jessica Lertora, who serves as ZERO TO THREE’s Community Coordinator in Frederick County; and...

Cat & Jack continue their chat with Melissa Bright who experienced a devastating false child abuse charge where her children were removed from her care due to overlooked medical information and a “better safe than sorry” attitude. Many of us heard about her story on the Do No Harm Podcast, but we bring her in...

Cat & Jack continue their chat with Melissa Bright who experienced a devastating false child abuse charge where her children were removed from her care due to overlooked medical information and a “better safe than sorry” attitude. Many of us heard about her story on the Do No Harm Podcast, but we bring her in...

[TW: ORIGINAL AUDIO FROM A CHILD REMOVAL] Cat & Jack continue their chat with Melissa Bright who experienced a devastating false child abuse charge where her children were removed from her care due to overlooked medical information and a “better safe than sorry” attitude. Many of us heard about her story on the Do No...

[TW: ORIGINAL AUDIO FROM A CHILD REMOVAL] Cat & Jack chat with Melissa Bright who experienced a devastating false child abuse charge where her children were removed from her care due to overlooked medical information and a “better safe than sorry” attitude. Many of us heard about her story on the Do No Harm Podcast,...

Cat & Jack chat with Deric from Boldfam – the viral social sensation who has recently undergone an interaction with CPS in Texas due to an abuse call from a doctor.

Cat & Jack chat about some hacks for handling behaviors that may be caused by the trauma kids in foster care experience, and also children with neurodiversity.

Cat & Jack get down on the nitty gritty of where the line is when it comes to foster children on social media and especially when monetization comes into the scenario.

Jack and Nichole chat with Lisa from Emerald M Ranch in Brooksville that specializes in equine (hippo) therapy to help children who have experienced trauma (foster children) and children with medical needs.

Jack and Brenna (from episode 33) talk about how breathwork and yoga can help build resiliency to heal and withstand trauma.

Jack & Cat sit to talk with Argie about the role of occupational therapy in foster care.