by Ashley Bennett, Director of Trauma-Informed Care Restore Network has been working in St. Clair county for 5 YEARS! I cannot believe it has already been that long and yet for me, it seems like a lifetime in the making. When I started taking children into my home in...
If you are a foster parent, you are raising a child who has experienced significant relational harm. Because of this, their bodies and brains are wired differently, and the overwhelming hustle and bustle of the holiday season can just be too much. While the child in...
So, this year the holidays may end up looking a bit different than we're used to, right? Maybe you’re excited about the opportunity to try out some new traditions or have a more simplified season. Or maybe you’re grieving the changes and wish you could go back to the...
Have you ever thought, "Maybe I use too many words when I talk to my children?" If so, you are in good company! Adults use talk as their primary way of communicating, but it's not so with our children. They have an entirely different language of communication. Check...
by The Clowers Family, a Restore Network foster family For three years I have searched for the words to explain what the Restore Network has been for our family. The best explanation I can come up with is that Restore is to foster parents what foster parents should...
We are excited to announce that we are officially launching Jersey County Restore Network this fall! We have been working towards this for quite awhile now, and there’s such a God story here that I want to share with you. A few years ago, a group of teachers from...
by Katie Myette, Executive Director Friends, we have an announcement! While Ashley Bennett has been wearing several hats at Restore for several years now, she is officially our full-time Director of Trauma-Informed Care. We are so excited to see how God leads as she...
by Jamie, Restore Network Foster Mom Our baby boy had his first in person visit with bio mom this week. To say that was hard, would be an understatement! I struggled to hand him over to her for two short hours, but I can only imagine how she felt when she handed him...
by a Restore Network Foster Mom She still sleeps beside me every night. She used to sleep on top of me. She would wake up if she wasn’t touching me. If I went to the bathroom she would howl and scream and wake up the house. She would fight me, she would hit, bite...
by Ashley Bennett, Restore Network Director of Trauma-Informed Care Babies are created to be entirely dependent on adults to meet their needs. They cry; we feed them. They call out; we change them. They need comfort; we hold them, rock them, talk to them. They smile;...