Episode 419 - Formed Families Forward with Kelly Henderson

The Adoption & Foster Care Journey

“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families…” Psalm 68:5-6

Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.

On this episode host Sandra Flach talks with adoptive mom, Kelly Henderson. A special educator by profession, Kelly is a former public school teacher of students with emotional and behavioral disorders, and has worked in national and federal special education policy and research settings. Kelly’s family is formed in part through foster care and adoption. Her teen and young adult children have a range of learning, behavioral, medical and cognitive disabilities.

Kelly is also Executive Director of Formed Families Forward, a Virginia based nonprofit dedicated to supporting foster, kinship, and adoptive families of children and youth with disabilities and other special needs, including FASD.

Listen in as Sandra and Kelly discuss serving and supporting families well.

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Links mentioned in this episode:

sandraflach.com

justicefororphansny.org

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Focus on the Family FASD Resource

https://renewretreat.org/

https://formedfamiliesforward.org/