Dr. David Adams
Trauma-Informed Foster and Adoptive Parenting: A Revolutionary
Approach to Maladaptive Behaviors
A New internationally published book by Routledge Press/Taylor & Francis.
Expected to be in the bookstores: August 2025
Chapter One:
(Undertaking a New Placement
This video was a video provided to me with the Orange County Heart Gallery of Andrew and Kayla
Chapter One:
(Undertaking a New Placement)
This video is a video regarding my personal support team to help me navigate the challenges of fostering my children
Chapter Four:
(Creatively Empowering Your Child)
The "Yes" Day is a great way to buld attachment and empower your foster/adoptive child
Our family was feartured on CBS's "A Home for the Holidays" in December 2019
Chapter Four:
(Creatively Empowering Your Child)
It is important to develop fun rituats with your children. We enjoyed bedtime rituals, and Kayla's fun ritual was pouring her water from her water bottle on me
Chapter Five:
(Connecting Through the Chaos)
I enjoy suprising my kids with special treats and one on one time. This is a great way to create memories as well.
Chapter Four:
(Creatively Empowering Your Child)
Every child has a seed of greatness! My daughter is a rock star as she lived in the wilderness in Arizona for over a month to help discover her seed of greatness!
This is the day I signed adoption paperwork for my kids. This has been one of the greatest decisions of my life!
Chapter One:
(Undertaking a New Placement)
My kids and their precious reaction to what would become their forever home. Notice how Andrew first like his home but then felt jealous of his sister's room and says, "I got the loser stuff....my life!" This is an unfortunate affect of how trauma can impact one's mindset.