Foster Care Video Series

The complete Foster Care Video Series is available below. You can also view a brief description and link directly to individual videos in the next section below.

Video

Mental Health:

  • Managing Mental Health in Foster Care—Ash shares about their own experiences with mental illness and how foster parents and professionals can support young people struggling with mental health issues.

LGBQ Youth in Foster Care:

  • Supporting LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care—Ash talks about how foster parents and professionals can support LGBTQ young people who are living in the foster care system.
  • How to Ask for Gender Pronouns—Asking someone's gender pronouns is an important way to affirm the identity of transgender and nonbinary people. Ash talks about how to respectfully ask for someone's gender pronouns.

Aging Out:

General Advice:

How to's:

Parenting:

  • Parenting After Foster Care—After aging out of foster care, Gary became a dad. In this video, he talks about his experience of parenting after living in foster care.

Aging Out:

General Advice:

How to's:

  • Fostering Success: Gabrielle's Story—Gabrielle entered foster care when she was 13 years old. She is now 21 and works with youth aging out of the foster care system. This is her story.
  • Creating Family: Foster to Adopt Story—When Mark and Paisley met Tayvin, they knew he was their son. Although Tayvin is often mistaken for being biologically related to his parents, this family knows that they share something way better than blood - love.
  • Finding Home: Jazz's Story—Jazz shares a little about her journey to getting adopted by her mother Melissa. She has some comforting words to share with other kids and young adults that are living in the foster care system.
  • Melissa & Jazz's Story—Melissa has always wanted to be a mom. When she started fostering Jazz, she knew she'd found her daughter.
  • Aging out of Foster Care: Gary's Story—Gary spent from 18 months to 18 years old in foster care. Gary shares about the struggles he faced when aging out of foster care and reflects on how the transition could have been made easier.

For Foster Parents

Mental Health:

  • Managing Mental Health in Foster Care—Ash shares about their own experiences with mental illness and how foster parents and professionals can support young people struggling with mental health issues.

LGBQ Youth in Foster Care:

  • Supporting LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care—Ash talks about how foster parents and professionals can support LGBTQ young people who are living in the foster care system.
  • How to Ask for Gender Pronouns—Asking someone's gender pronouns is an important way to affirm the identity of transgender and nonbinary people. Ash talks about how to respectfully ask for someone's gender pronouns.

Aging Out:

General Advice:

How to's:

Parenting:

  • Parenting After Foster Care—After aging out of foster care, Gary became a dad. In this video, he talks about his experience of parenting after living in foster care.

Aging Out:

General Advice:

How to's:

  • Fostering Success: Gabrielle's Story—Gabrielle entered foster care when she was 13 years old. She is now 21 and works with youth aging out of the foster care system. This is her story.
  • Creating Family: Foster to Adopt Story—When Mark and Paisley met Tayvin, they knew he was their son. Although Tayvin is often mistaken for being biologically related to his parents, this family knows that they share something way better than blood - love.
  • Finding Home: Jazz's Story—Jazz shares a little about her journey to getting adopted by her mother Melissa. She has some comforting words to share with other kids and young adults that are living in the foster care system.
  • Melissa & Jazz's Story—Melissa has always wanted to be a mom. When she started fostering Jazz, she knew she'd found her daughter.
  • Aging out of Foster Care: Gary's Story—Gary spent from 18 months to 18 years old in foster care. Gary shares about the struggles he faced when aging out of foster care and reflects on how the transition could have been made easier.