by Ashley Bennett, Director of Trauma-Informed Care If you're reading this resource, you might be looking for ways to prepare your children to become a foster family. Or you might have already said YES and a new child's entrance into your family may have shaken the...
Friends, We are excited to announce that we are hosting The Restore Network's Inaugural Golf Outing on Friday, September 24, 2021! Registration begins at 12:30 pm followed by a shotgun start at 1:30pm. This is an excellent opportunity to hit the links for a good...
You’ve just welcomed a new child into your home! You’re making appointments, enrolling them in school, adjusting your plans, and …
We all know birth family visits can bring out lots of big feelings for our kids. For some, there is happiness and anticipation. But …
'by The R Family, Restore Network Foster Family who reunified this sweet baby with his family a few days after Christmas The journey continues for our baby boy and this next chapter is so bittersweet. Our sweet P has gone home to his dad. He now gets the privilege of...
'by Heather White, Monroe County Coordinator The Restore Network has walked with us from the beginning of our fostering/adoption journey. We joined the Restore Network shortly after attending the annual banquet and hearing our friends’ testimony of their fostering...
'by Christina Robinson, Monroe County Director 2020 has not been the year anyone expected, but during all that has come this year there is much I am thankful for. Since my husband and I were first introduced to The Restore Network at a 101 class in 2016 we felt like...
by Ashley Bennett, Director of Trauma-Informed Care We’ve talked a little bit in this space about making life predictable for our children and how important it is to communicate with them about the things they will experience-especially when new. You can take that...
by Ashley Bennett, Director of Trauma-Informed Care Do you have a child who sabotages big days? Or at least maybe it feels that way sometimes? There are many reasons why this might be. We’ve talked about a few of them so far: feelings of grief and loss, sensory...
by Ashley Bennett, Director of Trauma-Informed Care Listen I know. It’s getting harder to predict what’s going to happen next in 2020 and our sense of perceived control—gone, right? What will the holidays even look like this year?? We all do better when we think we...