http://www.yougottabelieve.org Listen live every Sunday evening from 8:00pm to 9:0pm on Long Island's 1240AM-WGBB, as we discuss a variety of issues as they relate to adopting teens and pre-teens. It is an informative, interesting, and even fun show geared to educate you, the general public, about the rewards, challenges, and blessings of adopting children over the age of 10. (c) You Gotta Believe! ygbpat@msn.com (ygbpat@msn.com) en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 05:30:07 GMT Hipcast RSS Feeder 1.25 Child Development 60 http://am1240wgbb.hipcast.com/albumart/1005.1369459807.jpg http://www.yougottabelieve.org yes Pat O'Brien Listen every Sunday evening from 8:00pm to 9:0pm on Long Island's 1240AM-WGBB, as we discuss a variety of issues as they relate to adopting teens and pre-teens. It is an informative, interesting, and even fun show geared to educate you, the general public, about the rewards, challenges, and blessings of adopting children over the age of 10. no adoption,teens,tweens Pat O'Brien ygbpat@msn.com 66ce31b6-a438-029b-8c84-6c17a4767b6c Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:26:36 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this great interview of an in-depth discussion with an older teen who can greatly benefit from having a family. Anni Keane hosts this episode of teen talk where she presents you with Jasmine and they talk about a variety of things in regard to her needs and her need for a family. This is a rare opportunity to hear, first hand, the thoughts of a young person in foster care who still needs a lifetime family before she ages out of the foster care system. Perhaps after listening to this interview you might be inspired to become her lifetime parent or help us recruit a lifetime parent for her. Both Anni Keane and Chester Jackson host. March 6th, 2011 - Jasmine Needs A Home no 0e4adc2d-9bd4-fe32-e5a4-984839052883 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:41:08 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Aging out of foster care to no one but one's self can be a traumatizing experience for any young person. Today we interview Madeline Castillo and Barbara Kenyon who had that happen to them when they aged out of the foster care system at the age of 18. Though both aged out in a different generation, they reflected on firstly how they were able to survive after aging out and they both offered their perspective about how life might have been different had someone recruited permanent parents for them before they aged out of care. They spoke about how the personal decisions they each had made might have been different had they had the comfort and time that permanent parents give. They also spoke to how simple it would have been for someone to pull someone permanent out of their very own lives from relatives such as cousins and aunts, to fellow employees and bosses, to choir directors and teachers. Both had an unending pool of constructive adults that the system could have reached out to had the system had that desire. Their wisdom speaks volumes even to today's generation and today's practice. Pat O'Brien and Chester Jackson host. February 27, 2011 - Aging Out of Foster Care to No One no 7c87057e-f67e-7aa1-89b1-32ea44173368 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:23:48 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this lively interview discussing the wonderful family centered programs at the LGBT Community Center in Greenwich Village Manhattan. Pat and Chester interview Shanequa Anderson, Coordinator of Center Families, a program of the LGBT Community Center about the work they do recruiting families and supporting LGBT youth in foster care. A very informative discussion that we urge all to listen to. February 20, 2011 - Shanequa Anderson - Center Families LGBTQ Coordinator no f7ca34b2-69b7-0773-1560-92f2426d8d2b Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:38:36 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Another excellent discussion about the power and value of having parents long after one has moved out on their own. Denise shares that her daughter will be getting married the Monday after this radio interview on Valentine's Day and all the discussions that she had with her daughter about the Wedding up to this date. The Wedding will be a modest one but the points made in this discussion is that young folks can always benefit from parents and parenting advice despite the fact that they are out on their own and married. This support group is a great discussion about the important role parents play in the lives of their young adult children. February 13th, 2011 - Parent Support Group w/ Denise and Chester no 0d0675c3-fa9a-920a-ff7a-e7d84b4461ab Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:34:52 GMT yes Pat O'Brien This episode of Teen Talk features a young lady, Reyna, 16, who speaks about her experience being a teen in the foster care system. Anni Keane hosts this program that gains valuable insight into what a teen in foster care today wants in a family. February 6th - Teen Talk with Anni and Reyna no 175b3809-68f0-aefd-4fd0-49bb907ed7af Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:48:54 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this program put together by You Gotta Believe's Long Island Staff, Pat Dudley and Danielle Skelly, interviewing two youth that found their unique paths to permanent parents and families through kinship and through having someone identified even after aging out of care. Chester Jackson co-hosts. The two youth being feature are Sharnee and Tyler. January 30th, 2011 - Placing Youth in Kinship and After Aging Out no 29ce8eca-14a7-b630-cd52-0c94b724c777 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:11:50 GMT yes Pat O'Brien This weeks guest are Melanie Scheetz and Karen Nolte who discuss the practice of Extreme Recruitment that was recently highlighted in the January 10th, 2011 issue of Time magazine. Under Ms. Scheetz's guidance as CEO of the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition in St Louis, the agency developed this ground breaking program that makes an urgent effort to get teens in foster care permanent homes with bio family members. Hence, "Extreme Recruitment." In the second half of this program Ms. Nolte speaks about the urgent need to offer families solid support after the youth move in. Often after adding a new member to a family who happens to be a teen can present many unique challenges that call for additional supports shortly after the placement of a youth. Ms. Nolte is the CEO of Children's Home Society of Missouri. Pat O'Brien and Chester Jackson Host. January 23, 2011 - Extreme Recruitment & Support After Placement no 2a9a7338-a3a3-ae45-565b-ddcbf5dcf877 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:07:43 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this excellent monthly discussion on the issues related to raising teenagers who were adopted at older ages. This was a great discussion about how important it is for teens and young adults to have a family to be a part of during the holiday season. Denise Royal and Chester Jackson hosted this discussion. January 16, 2011 - Support Group with Denise and Chester no 7a21300b-3653-9b93-5139-dca21062c212 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:32:55 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Robert Allan Hafetz, adoptee and author of Not Remembered, Never Forgotten, is this week's guest on the Adopting Teens & 'Tweens Radio Forum. Mr. Hafetz recently wrote an article entitled "How Can You Cry When You Didn't Even Know Her?" about why an adoptee might feel deep grief after doing a search for his or her birthmother only to find out that she is deceased. Chester Jackson, an adoptee himself, leads a discussion with Mr. Hafetz about his interesting perspective as adoptee who did discover his birthmother was deceased after he completed his search for her. This is a very inspiring discussion where one can learn a great deal about the bond between an adoptee and his or her first mother. Mr. Hafetz also speaks about the importance of adoptees to have access to their original birth certificates. January 9, 2011 - Robert Allan Hafetz - Activist Adoptee no 84da06df-a0ac-cc90-00df-0384a62bbc3b Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:03:58 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this interesting discussion between Pat O'Brien and Chester Jackson about the accomplishments of You Gotta Believe in the year 2010. They talk about the new Volunteer program as well as reaching out to Church leaders to bring our class to their church and community. Pat and Chester cover alot of topics and the broadcast is certainly worth listening to if you are interested in a summary of the year 2010 at You Gotta Believe. January 2, 2011 - Year in Review at You Gotta Believe! no 7d798e32-3099-c40c-5b23-5861217c120f Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:18:21 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Dr. Peter Alsop, a well know folk singer and song writer, is making his second appearance on the Adopting Teens & 'Tweens Radio Forum. Peter shares with our audience some wonderful new songs from the two new albums he has released in 2010. Pat and Chester interview Peter about some of the ideas behind his songs and this broadcast gets a chance to play seven of the songs during this hour long interview. This is a very enjoyable "radio forum" and I hope you get a change to listen and then perhaps run out and purchase Peter's new albums. These albums have a lot to teach us, in a very gentle way, about Family systems. December 19, 2010 - Dr. Peter Alsop - Sings About Family no 1f3155aa-03ae-9941-ce02-50df9dcf9c5f Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:06:47 GMT yes Pat O'Brien This week's support group continues a discussion that started last week about how do we know when adoption is successful. Denise Royal and Chester Jackson use this month's nationalwide support group to discuss this whole concept of what is success, particulary when it comes to placing older children in foster care for adoption. This week's support group is a very interesting discussion between two very experienced parents. December 12th, 2010 - Defining Real Success in Adoption no d0f5bc5e-6e56-cdbd-4447-70c508e8b3c1 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:33:22 GMT yes Pat O'Brien How do we know adoption works? Bob Herne, Executive Director of Sierra Forever Families, a child placement and permanency agency in California asks this question in a very thought provoking and sincere way. A child welfare professional for over 25 years Bob has witnessed many youth in congregate care settings such as residential schools, group homes, and hospitals are disproportionately adoptees who are not only being treated in these residential facilities but who have also have been abandoned by their adoptive parents to these facilities. So Bob sincerely wants to see more work done on a longitunal basis to help us understand the benefits of adoption for the youth in foster care that we child welfare professionals place. December 5, 2010 - Does Adoption Work with Bob Herne? no 1f4a8540-01ef-ea21-aa8a-e7022a98ecc8 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:08:07 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Two sisters, born less than two years apart, age out of foster care in two uniquely different fashions. One sister, Keema, to a permanent parent and family. One sister, Lena, to Independent Living with Section 8 Housing. This interview brings to the surface the unique differences, difficulties, and challenges from being discharged from foster care to a caring parent and being discharged from foster care to no one but oneself. The last 10 minutes of this program is dedicated to a discussion about the impact and importance of The Freddie Mack Foundation's signature program Wednesday's Child, which airs every Wednesday on NBC Ch.4 in New York City between 6 and 6:30pm. Wednesday's Child has been instrumental in recruiting perhaps thousands of new families from the general public over the past 11 years to adopt New York City's oldest and most vulnerable children. We interview ACS Wednesday's Child Coordinator Keema Davis about this very special outreach to the general public on behalf of our teens and other children in foster care waiting for families. Sunday November 28, 2010 - A Tale of Two Sisters - Keema & Lena Davis no 5a3f9037-ff08-f271-ecf7-eac082aefb3a Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:52:45 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Today's episode on "Teen Talk" features Brian, 17, who is in need of a home, perhaps your home or the home of someone you know. Listen to this great interview. Get to know Brian a little bit. Then think about whether you might want to learn more about adopting Brian yourself or volunteer to help us find Brian a family. One way or the other Brian needs your help. This interview was conducted by Anni Keane with her co-host for the evening Chester Jackson. Enjoy the wisdom of youth by hearing the words of Brian, a 17 year old waiting to be adopted. November 21, 2010 - Brian, 17, Needs Your Home no 6fd81e46-424f-398d-35d1-ea21cbdec6eb Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:47:07 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Today's support group is dedicated to the discussion of why receiving support after your teens and youth come is so important. Denise Royal and Chester Jackson speak to the myths some parents have that receiving support might be considered a sign of weakness or in somehow admitting one is not quite up to the challenge of parenting. Chester and Denise debunk this myth and have a very important discussion about the power of receiving support after the teens and youth arrive. A great discussion that many will find useful to share with parents who might have even the slighest hesitation about attending a parent support group or receiving other types of support being offered to help keep their commitment strong during the hard times. November 14th, 2010 - Importance of Parent Support no 002d7343-2a96-184c-75d9-8da2ca571924 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:52:40 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Elva Ann Orlandini and the daughter who had moved into her home at age 17, Pam, now 23, talk about how they became a family. Elva Ann also shared other information about her family that includes three sons, one who is adopted, and two daughters who were placed for adoption with her about two years ago. Pam and Elva Ann shared alot of great insights into being adopted as an older teen and how Pam played a crucial role in Elva Ann deciding to adopt two more girls. November 7th, 2010 - Elva Ann & Pam Share Their Story no 8929d375-a99f-bb65-9554-322adb5255f7 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:46:27 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Pat O'Brien and Chester Jackson did an orientation broadcast highlighting all aspects of the You Gotta Believe program including its newest addition trying to encourage more people to become Volunteer Recruitment Mentors to work one-on-one with youth to help find them a permanent lifetime family. October 31st, 2010 - Orientation Show including Volunteer information no e5f22f33-c37c-51d1-9d62-5faffbc28f40 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:21:22 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Interesting interview with a teen named Austin who moved from Ohio to be adopted by a dad in New York City. He discusses honestly his transition to his new State and City, and into his new school and home. A very pleasant and informative conversation with co-hosts Denise Royal and Chester Jackson. October 24, 2010 - Austin, 15, from Ohio Discussion Transition to New York no 84dc0184-b078-6f05-3bad-7395cf5047af Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:30:29 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this great interview with Wilson, son of last week's (10-10-10) co-host Iris Johnson, speak about the experience of being adopted by his mentor. Wilson speaks very eloquently about what it is like being adopted by his mentor Iris and the transition from the mentor/mentee relationship to the parent/child relationship. A fabulous story that all will enjoy and find very informative. Anni Keane hosts. October 17, 2010 - 18 year old Adopted by His Mentor no f1825e8d-9e53-88f4-a3c6-e6ef61f7cda0 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:08:41 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Great support group discussion with co-hosts Iris Johnson, Pat O'Brien, and Chester Jackson about the rewards and challenges of bringing in youth near or after their 18th birthday. Iris is a single mom raising a young man who moved in at age 17 and will be adopted at some point after his 18th birthday. Lots of good issues were discussed including things seemingly as simple as leaving the toilet bowl seat up to things as complicated as what to do when a young person becomes more aggressive than the parent would like. Also there were some great discussions to follow with three callers including Iris's own 33 year old daughter, and two YGB parents, Loretta Tayar and Spencer Salzberg. Issues raised by the callers were very informative as well. 10-10-10 - Support Group with Iris Johnson no b87f0351-c0bb-1509-bbf6-a663fabcbde5 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:47:17 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Enjoy this fabulous discussion about claiming and unconditional commitment to our children no matter what happens. Our guest, Melanie Tem, wrote a fabulous concept paper delivered at a NACAC conference in 1985 entitled Claiming and Bonding in Adoption. Melanie is currently the Director of the Waiting Child Program at the Adoption Alliance in Denver Colorado. She is the adoptive mom of five children and an author, novelist, and writer. This is a great discussion between Pat O'Brien, Melanie Tem, and Chester Jackson about how important claiming and unconditional commitment from the first day of placement is crucial to the success of any placement. October 3, 2010 - Claiming and Bonding in Adoption with Melanie Tem no 7a9d020a-ab76-fc06-792b-f4c6cf448453 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:58:54 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this wonderful episode of Teen Talk as Anni Keane and Chester Jackson interview a young lady, Regine, 15, about her need for a life time family. This interview is a rare opportunity to hear the thoughts and aspirations of a 15 year old girl who is in need of a permanent home. Perhaps even you or someone you know. Take an hour out of your day and listen to this interesting interview. September 26, 2010 - Regine, 15, Needs Your Home! no 69ee38f6-c87e-b6bc-76fb-72bc697d1b9b Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:10:20 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Our guests are Joe Tole and his son Xavier Junior Toles Morales who was 18 when he was adopted on August 30th of 2010. Joe and Xavier were tremendously informative guests who touched on alot of subjects related to young adults being adopted. Xavier moved into Joe's house shortly before his 18th birthday and he was adopted less than a month before this interview. They spoke about how important it was for Xavier to be adopted even thought Xavier still has connections to his birth family including his birth mother. They both touched on adjustment period after Xavier moved in and Xavier spoke about his cautiousness during the visitation process with Joe. They also both discuss the benefits and prior concerns about being adopted by a single parent and a single dad. This episode is a very informative episode and you will learn a great deal from both the parent perspective and the young adult adoptee's perspective. September 19th, 2010 - Dad and Son, 18, talk about recent adoption no 816ca49e-0dae-7373-b036-a80c12e44cd7 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:23:03 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Enjoy this discussion on issues of back to school and kids moving into new schools. Many years of experience of sending newly adopted kids off to school between our two hosts Denise Royal and Chester Jackson. Also another excellent discussion on the power of commitment and love as a "verb." September 12th, 2010 - Support Group - Issues with Teens and School no a5987b37-72f6-7005-bab9-4718bcd15280 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:26:40 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this fascinating story of a man given up for adoption at birth and raised by his maternal grandmother, adopted by her at age nine through the NYC foster care kinship program, and then adopted by another family member as a teen when his grandma was no longer able to take care of him. Keith's story is about the power of family. That family made a difference in his life even when the influences of the streets of Coney Island didn't keep him out of trouble, gangs, or prison. Keith's story is one of redemption and forgiveness. Hear how having family during the years he was in prison made the difference in his life. Hear about how a family's unconditional commitment to him gave him a chance for a second life. And listen to what he is doing now. He has come back to the neighborhood of his youth, Coney Island, where his family lives, and he is attempting to save other youth one life at a time by telling his story to the current crop of gang-bangers committing the bulk of the violence in the Coney Island community in 2010. His influence in the community is being felt by all who come into contact with him and that is why we are proud to present his story in this broadcast. September 5th, 2010 - Twice Adopted - The Keith Suber Story of Redemption and Forgiveness no 99c9c31a-a295-6e9a-6dd5-c90144ff148e Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:03:20 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Robert was recently placed right before his 18th birthday with his lifelong family for adoption. Robert gives his perspective on what it is like to move into a permanent home as an almost adult after being so resistant to the whole concept of adoption for a long time. He gives great advice to other youngsters about remaining open to the possibility of adoption in very late childhood and early adulthood. He also makes the case for workers not to give up on a youngster simply because the youngest may say "no" on a particular day to adoption. He talks about a teens' need to test their newly adoptive parents, and comments on many other issues in regard to older teen adoption. Pat Dudley and Chester Jackson host. August 29, 2010 - The Extreme Adoption of Robert, 18. no de39cbf0-c5e2-600b-efa3-8867360174cb Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:36:18 GMT yes Pat O'Brien On this issue of Teen Talk, Yolanda tells her story about moving into to an adoptive home after turning the age of 18. Her story is fasinating and she talks about a lot of the issues related to emerging adults moving into adoptive homes after they have already reached the age of majority. Conversation about how you negotiate with your 18 year old about school, curfew, and issues like that were discussed. Anni Keane hosts along with Chester Jackson. August 22, 2010 -- Over 18 and Adopted - Yolanda Perry no 39287613-4ed3-b051-ab53-f4ccb9205368 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:15:54 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Part of our professionals helping professionals series, this broadcast interviews Darlene Allen who has been the Executive Director of Adoption Rhode Island since 1999. Adoption Rhode Island is the home of many innovative programs in the State of Rhode Island. They administer the Tuesday Child esegment on the local NBC affiliate that features a waiting child on a weekly basis. ARI also operate Rhode Island's Heart Gallery, they have a Wendy's Wonderful Kids recruiter from the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, and run a variety of other adoption programs for the State of Rhode Island. Ms. Allen speaks of the fundamental principal of adoption as a way of providing hope to children and their families. A very informative broadcast hosted by Pat O'Brien and Chester Jackson. August 15, 2010 - Adoption Rhode Island with Darlene Allen no 60107cf2-6455-4fdb-f2af-f579ce2bccab Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:19:38 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Freshly back from the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) conference in Hartford Connecticut, Denise Royal and Pat O'Brien chat about what they got out of this years conference. This was NACAC's 36th Annual Conference and Pat presented at this conference for the 23rd year in a row. Pat and Denise have alot of interesting observations about what they learned and Chester Jackson hosted the discussion. August 8th, 2010 - What we learned from the 2010 NACAC Conference no 77732806-3b7c-2bb7-2ae3-039e0f6f93b1 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:24:39 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Kim Johnson and her husband adopted 17 year old Robert even though their children were only 2 and 3 years old at the time they started looking for a teen. Already an adoption professional. Kim became interested in adopting a teen after she heard Pat O'Brien speak at a Florida adoption conference at the beginning of 2009. Listen to her story about her search for a teen and then about the process of bringing Robert home and into her family. Pat O'Brien and Chester Jackson host. August 1, 2010 - Kim Johnson Adopts 17 Yr Old Son even though she has two young children no e96f8c05-2953-4e4c-7945-9ab0a0968c51 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:24:15 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Anni Keane and Chester Jackson speak about a Partners in Permanency Conference they both attended on July 23rd in New Jersey's Monmouth County. The conference featured both parents and young adults speaking to the power of commitment that parents make to teens at the tail end of their foster care experiences. Anni and Chester have a very interesting conversation about the importance of hanging in with teens even if it causes some pain. July 25, 2010 - Talking About Maintaining Commitment to Teens Through the Pain no 75c5d556-e495-0c48-e148-cf2ec909fe92 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:23:36 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this dynamic interview with Barbara Kenyon, a former foster youth who aged out of the foster care system at age 16 and then went on to adopt her first teen at age 20. Listen to this fascinating story about a unique life serving children. Having gone into foster care herself at age 14, Ms. Kenyon got emancipated from the foster care system as a minor. Barbara tells her unique life story in this interview and she shares alot of wisdom she has gained over her many years of parenting three birth children, twelve adopted children, and eight children she offered a lifetime commitment to as a guardian. Pat O'Brien and Chester Jackson host. July 18, 2010 - Former Foster Youth Adopts Teens - Barbara Kenyon no 9de8eb7b-2e90-799c-2de0-635466a8c791 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:22:52 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this very informative interview with new dad Spencer Salzberg, whose son will be moving in with him at the end of this month. Mr. Salzberg speaks about the process of getting matched and having visits with his about-to-turn-15-year-old son. Mr. Salzberg is honest about his fears and concerns about becoming a full time single parent. This would be an excellent interview to listen to if you are a single person considering adopting a teenager. Denise Royal and Chester Jackson host this second Sunday of the month support group. July 11, 2010 - Experience of a Soon-to-Be Parent - Spencer Salzberg no 71d6d2ae-6983-a13a-3b27-a70dfa21a43d Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:22:04 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this excellent interview with Author, Therapist, Parent of 15 adopted children, and all round good person Brenda McCreight whose book "Help I've Been Adopted!" was recently published. Brenda spoke alot about parenting strategies during this hour long interview and touched on subjects such as bonding and attachment, brain development, and a wide variety of topics that would be interesting for parents raising challenging children. Pat O'Brien and Chester Jackson Host. July 4th, 2010 - Brenda McCreight - Author - "Help, I've Been Adopted!" no 37258606-9b8e-fb7c-fc7a-3fab50ee1e75 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:23:57 GMT yes Pat O'Brien This segment of Teen Talk hosted by Anni Keane is an intense discussion about how parents that we find to provide permanent homes for teens in foster care must be more attentive to listening to their teens. Cedric Riley makes the point that simply because an adoptive parent is recruited for an older teen in foster care that this may not be enough if that parent does not know how to, or is not willing to, listen to their teen youth's needs as expressed by the teen youth. Cedric and Anni (both former youth in care who got adopted) speak to how important it is for the permanent parents to make a real effort to understand their child by really paying attention to what their child's needs are that are being expressed both verbally by the teen and sometimes acted out by the teen. Anni made the point many times that one should not take a teen's acting out behavior personally but to, instead, read the behavior as a language of expressing needs that the parent must make every effort to understand. June 27, 2010 - Cedric Riley Speaks Out About What Teens Need From Parents no efb7c4d3-3f57-fcda-53e1-d07752ece158 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:50:50 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this wonderful interview with Dr. Francine Cournos, M.D. author of her own memoir entitled City of One about her experience growing up in foster care as a teen. Dr. Cournos is a psychiatrist who treats adult patients, but she brings incredible personal insight to the experience of children who enter foster care because of her own life experience and the great knowledge she has gained from many years of practicing psychiatry. Dr. Cournos speaks to importance of a foster youth's loyalty to birthparents, she speaks about the power of a having a committed foster family, and many many other insights. This is a program you do not want to miss. Mary Keane, Pat O'Brien, and Chester Jackson participate in this wonderful discussion with Dr. Cournos. June 20, 2010 - Dr. Francine Cournos - Author - City of One no 2272e2ad-3eb5-5da1-8dfc-24c4d16ef0f8 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:33:13 GMT yes Pat O'Brien This week Chester Jackson and Pat O'Brien do a You Gotta Believe orientation where they unvail a new way members of the general public can be enlisted to serve teens in foster care. And that way is to become a teen's volunteer recruitment ambassador. Folks who might not be ready to be parents just yet can serve teens in foster care by helping You Gotta Believe and our staff recruit permanent parents for them. Chester and Pat also discusses other aspects of the You Gotta Believe program as well. June 6th, 2010 - You Can Volunteer to Help Recruit Families for Teens. no 25aea892-c97e-939a-0144-b39ea88c0524 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:01:17 GMT yes Pat O'Brien An excellent interview with 28 year old Brenda who had her seven younger systems go into the foster care system. On her own by 18, with a child, Brenda shares her story about how tough it was to be a teen mom, having all her younger siblings in foster care, the pressures of being the oldest, losing her long time boyfriend to death, and, for a long time, not having a parental figure to help get her through the more difficult stages in life. This discussion is a great interview with Anni Keane that highlights how important it is to connect with a parental figure even as an adult at age 28. May 23rd, 2010 - Brenda shares her story no c633e4c1-cf36-c9de-7e94-d3d90e41b04f Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:58:52 GMT yes Pat O'Brien This week we interview Matt Anderson, the producer behind the developing documentary From Place to Place that features six youth who aged out of the foster care system. This documentary is unique because it features the youth for longer than two years after they left care. This powerful story in the form of a 12 minute short film can been seen by clicking on to our website www.yougottabelieve.org Porch Productions is the company putting together the effort and raising the money to get this full documentary created. May 16, 2010 - Documentary: From Place to Place - w/ Matt Anderson no 4bc8b512-e4c0-644e-b9f3-ae629aa2b4f5 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:58:05 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Enjoy this excellent Mother's Day broadcast celebrating the contribution that single mothers have made in offering permanent homes to teens in the foster care system. Chester Jackson interviews Erika Tullberg, Iris Johnson, Susan Grundberg, and Joanie Siegel about what this Mother's Day means to them. Interesting conversations covering many issues in the area of single moms adopting teens and the incredible contributions single moms have made in preventing teens from simply aging out of the foster care system to no one. Mother's Day 2010 - A Salute to Single Moms no b88000d8-6a0d-3137-2585-613508b670f9 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:55:57 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Denise and Chester spoke alot about a training on parenting that was given to our entire staff by Bryan Post on Friday April 30th. Alot of the ideas Bryan shared were discussed over the course of the hour by our two very experienced parents Denise and Chester. A great listen if you are a parent having challenges with your child. May 2nd, 2010 - Support Group with Denise & Chester no ef1cfef5-c81d-3777-e8a7-cf00fccc2233 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:55:24 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this great interview with Juli Alvarado, founder of Coaching-for-life, on how important it is for parents to be emotionally regulated as they are helping their traumatized children heal. Ms. Alvarado had an recent article published on this topic in Fostering Families Today - March/April 2010 issue. Please forgive that the first three minutes of this broadcast because it is very choppy. We also debut a song imitating the Abba/Mamma Mia song "Take a Chance on Me" that we have called "Take a Chance on Teens." April 25, 2010 - Decreasing Disruption through Emotional Regulatory Parenting w/ Juli Alvardo no 2e26d66b-f1b7-dc3d-19b9-9bc8d198095b Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:54:43 GMT yes Pat O'Brien A great parent support group with Denise Royal and Single Dad, Reinier Pritjen, who adopted a teen son named Devin from the State of Texas. Listen to Reinier and Devin's inspiring story and hear some great insights from this single dad about parenting a teen as a single parent from a different culture. Also Reinier has alot of additional insights from the adoptee's perspective because he was adopted by his parents when he was a young child. April 11, 2010 - Single Dad, Reinier Pritjen, Adopts A Teen Son no 161c81f3-e324-6d26-4e5f-583b607dac7a Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:51:55 GMT yes Pat O'Brien We interview singer-song writer, and all round terrific person, Dr. Peter Alsop about how one might become an even better parent by exploring their own unfinished business left over from having had some "un-even parenting" modeled to them as children growing up. Peter strongly believes that people who seek to achieve a level of clarity about themselves could be that much better of a parent when raising the traumatized children placed from the foster care system. This interview is a re-airing of a program that originally aired on Sunday evening March 25, 2007. This interview features six of Peter's songs. Pat and Chester host. April 4, 2010 - Dr. Peter Alsop no 3979faf1-5d95-502d-5c39-6896448b24e2 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:43:30 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to Robert tell his story to our host Anni Keane on this weeks' conversation on Teen Talk. Maybe you, or someone you know, might consider making a life time commitment to Robert. Chester Jackson co-hosts. March 28th 2010 - Robert, 16, Needs You Home no c849b827-79ef-3403-b0a5-195cad46954e Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:09:47 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Do teens in care have a constitutional right to a permanent home? Do they have a due process right to a forever family? Is not finding, or attempting to find, a permanent home a civil rights violation? These questions get asked and answered to and by our guest Dr. James Kenny, Ph.D who recently had an article published in Fostering Families Today entitled "The Right to a Permanent Home." Dr. Kenny founded the organization Adoption in Child's Time to help promote bonding and permanency in "child's time" for all children in foster care. March 21, 2010 - The Right to a Permanent Home? no 15ee6452-0c88-b00f-3138-3bef802d2920 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:58:43 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this fabulous interview that Denise Royal and Chester Jackson conducted with Loretta Tayar -- a single mom who made the adoption commitment to two daughters. Loretta comes to this broadcast with alot of experiences from the last two-year-and-a-half years of parenting two young adults, both of whom moved in over the age of 18. Loretta brings alot of great insights into parenting young adults and she is very open and honest sharing her perspectives about a wide variety of issues from her relationship with her childrens' birth families to her opinions about teens getting tatoos. March 14, 2010 - Loretta Tayar - Adopted Two Over 18 no dd00360f-1ee1-11f1-f444-c566438bbcbe Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:45:08 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to the inspiring story of Rebecca Chambers who met her son when he was 8 years old when she was a teacher's aide at his school. He is now 16 and she is planning to adopt him out of the residential school that he currently resides. Rebecca tells her story in a very insightful and honest way and her story touches on alot of subject related to adopting teens as teens. Anni Keane and Chester Jackson host. March 7, 2010 - Teacher's Aide Plans to Adopt her Student no 55389c31-5911-c7e4-f2c7-c7fcf919745d Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:54:56 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Pat and Chester interview Dr. Barbara Tremitiere in studio on a full range of topics related to older child and special needs adoption including the importance of parental preparation, the importance of unconditional commitment, and a variety of other interesting topics. Dr. Tremitiere is the mom of 15, 12 who came to her family through adoption. For additional insight from Dr. Tremitiere listen to our first interview with her that we conducted on April 13th, 2008. February 28, 2010 - Dr. Barbara Tremitiere no e5501fb3-e4f3-3c5d-b1f9-8ab80d898ed5 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:24:57 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this lively discussion and debate between Dr. Rana Duncan-Daston and host Pat O'Brien about the issue of social workers adopting youth on their caseloads. This broadcast was planned as a result of Dr. Duncan-Daston hearing a presentation Pat O'Brien did in Roanoke, VA, where Pat brought up this recruitment option for teens with no other family resources. Dr. Duncan-Daston had concerns about this form of recruitment and the two of them had a discussion about these concerns on this broadcast. February 21st, 2010 - Social Workers Adopting Clients: The Ethical and Moral Questions. no bdb897c5-d694-fdb5-7f94-8ef08e1783ae Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:46:50 GMT yes Pat O'Brien This is first of a series of interviews where we will be highlighting the backgrounds of You Gotta Believe staffers. You Gotta Believe hires many very experienced people who have unique life experiences in the area of having adopted older children. Listen to this wonderful interview Chester Jackson did with Pat Dudley, YGB's Long Island director, who had adopted two older kids before she began working in the field of older child adoption about 20 years ago. A discussion we believe you will find both interesting and informative. February 7th, 2010 - Pat Dudley, LI Region of YGB no a6253968-6fe5-d3c9-a80c-1e3dbe0eadcf Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:46:18 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this engrossing conversation with therapist and life coach Pamela Langholf about the incredibly stressful time she had raising her teenager daughter. Her daughter dropped out of school, ran away, got arrested many times, and was doing all of the things no parent ever wants their teenager to do. The unique aspect of Pamela's situation is that things did not improve between she and her daughter until she, the mom Pam, made changes in her own behavior and worldview. This conversation is a great learning experience about how parents of teens can completely changed the relationship with their child for the better by changing how they interpret and react to their child's misbehaviors and transgressions. January 31st, 2010 - Therapist and Life Coach Pamela Langholf no ba018e6c-3f83-c3bd-79f0-4a12f8c74985 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:43:46 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this interesting discussion around issues related to turning 18 years old with host Anni Keane and co-host Chester Jackson. January 24th, 2010 - Teen Talk & Eighteenyearolditis no 59e77ea7-deeb-4d07-bf62-5f46bc974e1a Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:36:43 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Our guest this evening is Nicole Opper who directed and produced an independent film called Off and Running: An American Coming of Age Story about an African American teenage girl named Avery who grew up in a unique and loving household with white Jewish lesbian adoptive parents. When Avery became curious about her African American roots, she decides to contact her birthmother. Her choice thrusts Avery into a complicated exploration of race, identity, and family. The Film opens at the IFC Center on 6th Avenue and 3rd Street on January 29th. Also interviewed is the outreach coordinator of the film Sara Kiener. Pat and Chester Host. January 17th, 2010 - Off and Running Film no 950acb49-3455-798a-722a-eac2286a206f Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:38:06 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Excellent support group conducted by Denise Royal and Chester Jackson about the power of commitment no matter how difficult the behavior and additional issues that arise after the holiday season is over. Paul Snellgrove joins the support group as a caller and adds some wonderful insights as well. A great listen for this time of year. January 10th, 2010 - Support Group - Power of Commitment no bfb12156-3951-4f61-7b27-5a540d490981 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:44:35 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Paul Brown, You Gotta Believe board member, became 13 year old Rey's father eight years ago and he recounts their story in this hour long interview with Pat and Chester. Paul shares alot of great insights that he gained from parenting Rey. He speaks about powerful issues such as the benefits of getting to know Rey's birthmother and birth siblings. An interesting discussion from one of You Gotta Believe's most seasoned parents. January 3rd, 2010 - Paul Brown, You Gotta Believe Board Member no ff5dc16c-dd86-7e5e-a2c1-4c012aa2e50d Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:20:11 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Chester Jackson interviews therapist, adoptive parent of 14, author and all round wonderful person Dr. Brenda McCreight. They talked about a variety of issues including brain development of adolescents and Dr. McCreight's upcoming book written about and for adolesent adoptees. This was a great and educational conversation and a continuation of an interview we did with Dr. McCreight back on March 9, 2008 that you can also listen to by going to the archive files on the "Adopting Teens & 'Tweens" page on WGBB's website. December 20th, 2009 - Guest Dr. Brenda McCreight no 0bb6c88a-80bc-a48a-943d-888a7dd5125a Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:45:31 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Enjoy this great discussion during this month's support group with Denise Royal, Mary Chancie, and Chester Jackson about the importance of holiday traditions in newly greated adoptive families where teens and 'tweens move in as teens or 'tweens. An interesting discussion about what a great bonding experience it is for both parent and child to create and honor traditions around the holiday season. December 13th, 2009 - Importance of Holiday Traditions no 35bf55c2-61bc-fed8-4a36-706cc4aba598 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:45:09 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Wonderful interview about how a single African American therapeutic foster dad made a lifetime commitment to a 17 year old youth of hispanic and jewish descent after they first met when the youth was on an in-patient ward of a psychiatric hospital. Their story is an inspirational one as they reflect back into Brandon's late adolescent years. Brandon is now out on his own at age 25. December 6, 2009 - Stephen & Brandon Share their story. no da14fdf3-aa06-698d-d3f4-5101503d1570 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:44:31 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Pat Dudley hosts this discussion on the stresses both youth and their families go through around holiday time and how they can overcome these stresses. Richard, 20, shares his journey being placed as a teen into a permanent home with his sister, and he shares insights about what some traumatized teens go through around the holiday season. Then Pat and the young man's mom, Danielle Skelly, share some of their insights and experiences as well. A very interesting conversation about holiday stress during a normally considered joyful time of the year. November 29th, 2009 - Holiday Stress and Adopting Teens no 447f865a-42e0-9488-6f6a-69c852d8b727 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:51:35 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Great interview with Anni Keane, host of our monthly Teen Talk. Chester Jackson interviews Anni about her experiences as a teen in the foster care system and the importance of having a permanent family now that she is a 27 year old woman. November 22, 2009 - Anni Keane Shares her Story no e647f34a-bea8-48ad-7413-3ff59a71af7b Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:58:41 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Meet Susan Grundberg. She adopted two boys, who both were over 18 when they moved in, during the time that she worked for New York City's Children's Services. Ms. Grundberg is a strong advocate for members in the general public to come forward to learn about adopting teens. She shares her unique life story that includes both information about being a single mom to two sons and working as a social worker who decides to personally do what she had advocated for her entire career that others consider doing. November 15, 2009 - Susan Grundberg - Former ACS Administrator - Adopts Two Teen Over-18 boys. no d4c41316-0b09-4214-f432-ae17b7ee6c35 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:53:26 GMT yes Pat O'Brien An excellent discussion between Denise Royal and Chester Jackson, in celebration of National Adoption Month, about the great importance of support after the teens move in. Yes it takes a village to raise a child and the village can be any supportive person who understands the great commitment that families have made to teens in foster care. This is an insightful discussion well worth listening to. Nov 8th, 2009 - The Importance of Supporting Families After Teens Move In. no a197c448-5eba-26ec-74c6-6bdb5ff0b8d2 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:16:46 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Tamisha Dukes, Author of Truth be Told, shares her remarkable life story overcoming a difficult childhood that included spending time in foster care as a child and youth. Tamisha shares her inspiring story about how she still managed to get her college and graduate degrees defying all statistics and odds. There were technical difficulties during this live radio broadcast but Tamisha's story is so compeling we urge everyone to listen through those difficulties. Nov 1st, 2009 - Tamisha Dukes - Author, Advocate, & Former Foster Youth no af58c731-7600-ae38-8a1c-fdabac17e6c3 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:24:14 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this very interesting episode where Anni Keane interviews "Shirley" about her foster care experience, being discharged from care to herself, hooking up with an abusive spouse who become the father of two of her children, and how she freed herself from that relationship over the course of time. Also hear "Shirley's" perspective on the importance of having families recruited from teens before they age out of foster care. October 25th, 2009 - Domestic Violence After Foster Care no dc5eff08-f034-485b-61cd-2c9363899eac Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:12:19 GMT yes Pat O'Brien We did an orientation show with Chester, Pat, and caller Heather about what You Gotta Believe does, why we do it, and how the general public can help teens in care by becoming parents or recruitment mentors. Great introduction to You Gotta Believe! October 18, 2009 - Orientation to YGB no 85daaa75-b5ce-3ecf-f314-b1825d589b54 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:39:18 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Bryan Post, co-author of Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control, Vol 1, speaks about his newest book called The Great Behavior Breakdown a book that presents 27 of the most serious, problematic, and challenging behaviors that parents face and offers step-by-step guidance on how to deal with them. Pat O'Brien and Chester Jackson interview Bryan about his various strategies to dealing with difficult behaviors including aggression, defiance, public humiliation of parents, transition issues, and sexualized behaviors. A very powerful discussion for all to hear. October 11 - Bryan Post - The Great Behavior Breakdown no c8191a23-7a63-fffd-47ab-e1ebda2f9b00 Pat 'Brien Listen to this very interesting interview with the two founders of the Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation, Dorin Matthews and Sylvia Hooper. FPAF believe that many foster parents and their children can benefit from having advocates from outside their agencies represent their point of view about what is best for the children in their care. Foster parents are often the voice not represented and Ms. Matthews and Ms. Hooper do an outstanding job speaking about the need for an organization that represents foster parents interest in serving the children in their care better.]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:49:56 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Hey Rob: I sent this to you on Monday and it didn't get posted yet. Everything okay> Pat 'Brien Listen to this very interesting interview with the two founders of the Foster Parent Advocacy Foundation, Dorin Matthews and Sylvia Hooper. FPAF believe that many foster parents and their children can benefit from having advocates from outside their agencies represent their point of view about what is best for the children in their care. Foster parents are often the voice not represented and Ms. Matthews and Ms. Hooper do an outstanding job speaking about the need for an organization that represents foster parents interest in serving the children in their care better. October 4, 2009 - Foster Parent Advocacy no 11889a8f-6edb-974c-4ef4-474c1b3bde27 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:29:34 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Great conversation with Rita Soronen, Executive Director of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, about the Foundations's newest DVD entitled "Every Child Is Adoptable." This is a great DVD that the Foundation has made available to anyone who wants it for free on the foundation website that speaks to youths in foster care, prospective adoptive parents who might consider those youth, and the social workers who make these adoptions happen. You Gotta Believe will be airing this DVD on its cable access television program and wanted Ms. Soronen to speak about why the foundation made the video. This interview is a great conversation where the listener will learn alot about this great DVD and the Foundation that created it. September 20th, 2009 - Every Child Is Adoptable - Rita Soronen no 5c8d1d9c-b2e8-ffb1-26e6-dc20f868eb08 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:07:28 GMT yes Pat O'Brien On this National Grandparents Day, our support group this evening is rapping about becoming a grandparent. Denise Royal and Chester Jackson discuss the various challenges and blessings of becoming pre-mature grandparents. 9/13/09 National Grandparents Day 2009-Pre-mature Grandparenting no 72258504-617a-5ffd-1810-32d7fed32a1a Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:58:30 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this excellent conversation with one of our field's most innovative professionals, Kevin Campbell. Kevin has helped develop and create one of our fields' most innovative recruitment strategies know as "Family Finding". On this program we are re-airing an interview we did with Kevin in 2007 talking to him about his 60 Minutes interview with Leslie Stahl and many other issues related to the "Family Finding" model. September 6, 2009 - A Conversation with Kevin Campbell no 9369a7b7-31d3-c97d-bd00-6100394ba717 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:39:29 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this interesting discussion between Pat Dudley, Catherine Dudley, a mom who adopted 16 year old Eric, and Chester about the variety of education issues that come up in placements of teens who are placed as teens. A very interesting discussion if you have any education issues with an older child placed for adoption. August 30th, 2009 - Education Issues for Teens Placed As Teens no 8eeabee5-f622-105b-33e2-5ec7c75ddd70 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:15:11 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Chester Jackson and Pat O'Brien discuss a proposal that Pat delivered to New York City's Children's Services this week that he called The Step-down Permanent Treatment Family project. Over half the teenagers in the United States currently living in therapeutic/treatment homes also need a permanent home. You Gotta Believe created a program via this proposal that incorporate teens in foster care's two major needs: permanency and treatment. You Gotta Believe will be targeting the population of teens living in residential treatment centers who do not have families to live with when they age out of care and recruit permanent families for those teens who will become treatment families as well. An excellent discussion on this idea. Please listen. August 23rd, 2009 - Permanent Therapeutic/Treatment Families no 144178d7-a390-c7d6-c04f-0b6b6e57e1b4 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:53:08 GMT yes Pat O'Brien This evenings guest is Pyriel Infinity who is New York City's Children's Services LGBTQ Youth Advocate. She spend most of her adolescence in the foster care system and is now serving foster youth who have identified at LGBTQ. Pyriel shared alot of interesting experience she had as a foster youth and in her role as ACS's LGBTQ Advocate. August 18th Former Foster Youth ACS's LGBTQ Advocate no 2a737740-f99e-ec5c-43ab-c7190c41b635 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:47:20 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Enjoy this great interview Chester Jackson and Denise Royal did with Elijah Nealy, a gentleman who made a lifetime commitment to a youth who aged out of the foster care system. Elijah became an experienced parent about 15 years ago when he began to parent his daughter Karen when she was an older teen. He became Karen's dad about 15 years ago and has just begun to parent Alex and become his "morally" adoptive dad after Alex aged out of care at age 21. Mr. Nealy offered a great perspective on commitment, adoption, moral adoption, and how to parent youth who move in as young adults. August 9, 2009 - Elijah Nealy Adopts Youth Who Aged Out at 21 no 435d2a34-323c-419b-e153-e1a59dc62051 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:53:25 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Aileen Rosario does an interview with Jeanette, 21, a young lady who recently aged out of foster care, but not her permanent home, at the age of 21. Jeanette is a young mother of two with a third due in October who speaks about the benefits of having a permanent family. She not only speaks of the importance of having a parent but also siblings who help out alot too. It is an interesting discussion about the struggles of parenting outside of the foster care system. July 26, 2009 - Jeanette Speaks about Aging Out & Motherhood no 63a68b9f-31bf-4f2a-905e-1fee5345dea2 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:42:16 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this most interesting interview of a former foster youth, David, who got permanency when he was a teen by being returned home to his mom after nearly six years in care. David was placed in group care as an seven year old and didn't return home until he was nearly 13. He and his two brothers and sister were placed into a group care setting in Peekskill with the St. Joseph's agency. The conversation compared and contrasted the experience of foster care in the late sixties and early seventies and that of today. This is an interesting conversation about how the foster care system worked for one youth, David, who got his permanent home as a teen by returning home with his siblings to their mother. Today David is a community organizer and a Director of a social services program in Brooklyn. He is a great role model in the social services community. July 19, 2009 - David - Foster Youth returned home as a teen. no b50bd593-c1bb-615e-bb1b-06ef9d112dd5 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:36:31 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Pat O'Brien and Chester Jackson speak of recent issues at You Gotta Believe in regard to getting teens placed. They also did an orientation program for first time listeners. July 5th, 2009 - Orientation Show no fef39b86-c7e6-5fd4-9502-0a5fc64438cd Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:43:49 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Please listen to this incredible interview Anni Keane does with 14 year old Chelsea. Chelsea is wise beyond her years and she has great insight into why she, and children her age, absolutely near permanent homes. You will be struck by her maturity and wisdom. If you have any interest in learning why teenagers need parents listen to this real life teenager who needs a real life parent like you. June 28th, 2009 - Chelsea, 14, Needs Your Home no 99a42f50-539e-149c-ade0-a2882f49f8e4 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:53:51 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this excellent father's day interview Denise Royal and Chester Jackson did with Steve Williams who adopted his 13 year old son about three years ago. They talk about a variety of issues including what it is like to be a single dad, a gay dad, a day of an only child, and a dad with a child who has special needs. Mr. Williams son Frankie also share some of his thoughts during the program as well. June 21, 2009 - Father's Day with Steve Williams no cb7dd7f3-7e5f-f444-b6d8-b42d0ab55291 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:25:00 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Though Documentary Film Maker Vanessa Roth won an Oscar in 2008 for a documentary entitled "Freeheld" about the denying of a gay partner of an Ocean County New Jersey police officer dying of cancer pension benefits, this is not why Ms. Roth was on our program this evening. Ms. Roth produced a documentary that aired on PBS stations throughout the United States in 2005 called "Aging Out" that featured three youth at the tail end of their foster care experience and for a short time after they aged out on their own. Ms. Roth reported to us that two of those three youth have past away. One youth, Risa, was murdered and Ms Roth's documentary Aging Out was shown to a jury who after seeing the film sentenced Risa's murderer to death. Ms. Roth introduced her next documentary to our radio audience No Tomorrow about the experience of utilizing Aging Out to sentence a young murderer to death. The No Tomorrow documentary will be released in the near future. June 14, 2009 - Vanessa Roth - Academy Award Winner no a3fd41b1-8d75-d4da-bec6-bdea37e22ec9 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:16:42 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this great discussion with studio guest Joanie Siegel who adopted 16 year old Kathy when she was an administrator for New York City's Administration for Children's Services. Joan tells the wonderful story of how she learned about Kathy and then shares the story about how Kathy came to live with her at age 16. Joan no longers works for ACS and Kathy is now 18 and raising a son. Joan also speaks to the issue of how it feels to be a grandma shortly after she becomes a mom. She also speaks about the administrative obstacles agencies put in the way of teen permanency. This is an interesting radio interview you do not want to miss. June 7th, 2009 - ACS Administrator Adopts a Teen no a7775557-8a35-0960-2d50-34f835fc1255 Mon, 25 May 2009 15:42:33 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this most informative interview with Dr. Gregory Keck, author of the new book Parenting Adopted Adolescents. This interview deals not only with children adopted at younger ages who turn adolescent, but also adolescents placed as adolescents as well. Dr. Keck also shares his personally story of being an adoptive father to two boys who both moved in as teenagers. Dr. Keck's book deals with many wonderful topics related to parenting adolescents who were adopted and this interview would be a good listen for anyone interested in both a professional and personal opinion on the topic. This was a one-on-one conversation between Pat O'Brien and Dr. Keck. May 24, 2009 - Dr. Gregory Keck and Parenting Adopted Adolescents no 067a860e-aca9-ce5e-c175-10feb055bb46 Thu, 21 May 2009 22:53:57 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this great interview Aileen Rosario does with 17 year old Emmanuel Sanchez, a young man who was adopted as a teenager after many years of ambivalence about being adopted. Manny has quite a story to tell about finally accepting that his long term foster mom was safe enough for he and his brother to be adopted by. Manny is a writer for a publication called REPRESENT. We invite folks to read an article he wrote about his road to adoption by clicking here: http://www.youthcomm.org/FCYU-Features/MarchApril2008/FCYU-2008-03-04b.htm May 17, 2009 - Manny, 17, Gets Adopted no 0286e821-3a7e-1ae6-686b-03d714a3ff55 Tue, 12 May 2009 11:58:30 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Enjoy this encore presentation that was re-aired on Mother's Day 2009 sharing the very inspiring story of single mom Elva Ann and her daughter Pamela who was placed into her home a few months before her 18th birthday. Listen to a great story about how they met and how they interact with each other over two years after Pamela moved into Elva Ann's home permanently. Elva Ann and Pam bring up alot of interesting issues in this hour long discussion. May 10th, 2009 - A Mother's Day Story no f56e26ab-250c-5f45-57aa-8f9f278cc819 Wed, 06 May 2009 02:36:49 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Chester Jackson interviews Author Nancy Verrier about the trauma of being placed for adoption even as young as infancy. It was a wonderful discussion with many insights into the adopted person and why the adopted person sometimes behaves the way they do. Nancy Verrier is the author of the book Primal Wound and has great insights into what adoptees feel and go through during all their life passages. May 3, 2009 - Primal Wound with Nancy Verrier no da3f6bdd-6ee2-d960-8a0c-0383e9dc23d6 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:24:05 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this wonderful Teen Talk interview that Anni Keane does with the new Executive Director of Voice for Adoption --- Nicole Dobbins. Nicole spend part of her childhood and most of her adolescent years in the State of Oregon's child welfare system and she aged out of care without a family. She graduated Oregon State University in 2006 with her bachelor's degree and did some work for the Foster Care Club until she got an interview, at age 25, with Voice for Adoption. She so impressed this organization that they made her their Executive Director and the person who speaks up for foster care adoption in Washington DC. This interview is a great addition to our Former Foster Youth series. April 26, 2009 - Nicole Dobbins - Voice for Adoption no ea0772cc-ba2c-5001-944a-b80b861d3e0c Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:57:24 GMT yes Pat O'Brien The only other agency in the country (aside from YGB) that solely and exclusively limits its practice to placing teens and pre-teens from foster care into permanent adoptive families is Ampersand Families, an organization that just opened its doors in October 2008. Hear this great interview with one of its founders and its Co-Executive, Michelle Chalmers, a former foster youth who aged out of care without a family. Michelle was the director of a very successful Federal Demonstration grant "The Homecoming Project" where they produced a fabulous DVD/video they entitled called We Interrupt. We Interrupt is a fabulous production where the voices of Minnesota's youth speak to the way they would like for us "professionals" to recruit permanent homes for them. You Gotta Believe recently put We Interrupt on Youtube and it is accessible through YGB's home page. April 19, 2009 - Michelle Chalmers - Ampersand Families no de4aba13-8548-f9a6-7cde-3d7b782dffd6 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:21:32 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Enjoy this great interview with Adoptive Mom Ilene Schneider and her 20 year old daughter Najely (Yolandelys) Encarnacaion. Ms. Schneider adopted Najely as a 20 year old on March 24th, 2009. Najely was placed permanently into Ms. Schneider's home as a 15 year old after suffering much trauma at the hands of her birthfather, who was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the abuse of Najely and her younger sister. As her therapist, Ms. Schneider had been Najely's only ally during the brutal trial against her father where Najely's entire family disowned her after she truthfully testified against her father. Here the story of how Najely became Ms. Schneider's daughter and how shortly after she moved in also made Ms. Schneider a grandmother as well. Their story is a great one and an inspiration for all folks who used child-focused recruitment techniques to find adoptive homes for the children on their caseloads. Easter Sunday 4-12-09 - Therapist Adopts Young Adult Former Client no e45d61cb-5cca-0d04-e3b4-8dc76080216a Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:29:49 GMT yes Pat O'Brien The first half of the program Pat O'Brien interviews Marilyn Panichi of Adoptions Unlimited in Chicago and Onie Riley, a former foster youth and performer in the play Strong Connections, about the play-DVD that was produced by them and going to air on BCAT on April 9th and 16th on You Gotta Believe's Adopting Teens & 'Tweens Show. The second half Heather Forbes is interviewed by Pat and Chester about her upcoming full day training on Friday April 24th at the Chruch of the Village on W.13th St and 7th Avenue in Manhattan. We interviewed Heather about the highlights of what she will be presenting in the six hour presentation she will be delivering on April 24th, 2009. April 5th 2009 - Strong Connections - The Play - & Heather Forbes no 2532a88d-6392-ce1e-1979-768952a4de83 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:11:09 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Scheduled for this evening was Nancy Verrier who wrote the book The Primal Wound about the traumatic experience of being separated from one's birthmother at, or shortly after, birth. Ms. Verrier had a family crisis and will appear on a future program. This program Pat O'Brien interviewed Chester Jackson about Ms. Verrier's book. We also had a caller from New Jersey call in who was placed at birth for adoption to share her experiences about her own Primal Wound. This was an interesting discussion that lays the groundwork for a future interview we will be having with Ms. Verrier about her book. March 29, 2009 - The Primal Wound - A Discussion no de24f261-24e8-e25d-610a-156603221862 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:12:19 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this "teen talk" that starts out with a discussion with Aileen Rosario who moved into her permanent home at age 17. She was not freed for adoption and could not be adopted while she was in the foster care system. She was legally adopted by her permanent foster mom at age 23. The second half of this program is Jeffrey H., 18 who needs a home. Please listen to this interview to hear what Jeffrey has to say, and maybe you can learn more about adopting him or help us recruit someone to adopt him. March 22, 2009 - Aileen Rosario & Jeffrey H. no 66743cb6-aadb-6d19-abbd-b531c4d6820f Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:14:31 GMT yes Pat O'Brien As the founder for Hopes for a Higher Education Dr. Harris Sims has been educating foster parents and foster youth across the country on the numerous financial options available to finance higher education. A former foster youth adopted as a 'tween herself, Dr. Harris Sims had to nonetheless face alot of the challenges youth face when they age out of foster care because her adoptive parents died when she was 18 years old. This is a great interview conducted by Mary Chancie with the 2008 Maybelline New York Beauty of Education Award an award that recognizes woman who motivate, mentor, and make a difference in their communities through the power of education. March 15, 2009 - Dr. Deborah Harris Sims no 88c83bf7-d7f2-6f15-c3c5-91853cab6092 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:32:41 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Our guest is Kristi Saul-Post who recently accepted a 19 year old young lady permanently into her home. She had written an article in a newsletter about dealing with this young lady's destructive behavior against her home shortly after she moved in. This is a fascinating discussion not only with Kristi, but our own Denise Royal about maintaining commitment even after violent outbursts against the parent. Lots of insights and a great support group for those who have had to deal with their own teen's aggressive behavior against them. March 8th, 2009 - Kristi Saul-Post - Violent Outbursts and Staying Committed no 8c846134-0e1d-43a5-4667-6f72e3db3ad5 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:08:45 GMT yes Pat O'Brien The topic of this evening's discussion is recruiting lifetime moral and legal adoptive parents for teens in foster care from the positive and constructive adults who are already in their lives. Pat Dudley discusses the unique way homes were found for two youth: Johnny and our other studio guest this evening Rebecca Mendez. This program also debuts the new Jim Parisella song "You Gotta Believe." Jim joins us for a brief discussion about the song. March 1, 2009 - Recruiting Homes for Teens from the People They Know no 6c9f9e71-1923-ac55-c762-fad090859084 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:10:01 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Dawn Wadiak started the Attachment & Trauma Institute in the State of Virginia to help kids in care heal from past trauma by working with the families the children find themselves in. This is a very interesting discussion about a treatment approach that is not solely child-focused and behaviorally directed. It looks at a child's severe behavior as a language that needs to be understood in the context of that child's developmental history. A very interesting discussion with Pat O'Brien, Chester Jackson, and Anni Keane. Anni appeared on this program as a special guest who both asked and answered some interesting questions. February 22, 2009 - Dawn Wadiak - Attachment & Trauma Institute no fc65cad7-973e-42c4-14a5-1e40a3c7e216 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:53:57 GMT yes Pat O'Brien This weeks broadcast goes answers the basic question: why does You Gotta Believe do what it does? Chester Jackson interviews Pat O'Brien about why he founded You Gotta Believe and they discuss the major strategy of educating the community as a primary way of getting folks to consider adopting teens. Pat and Chester also discuss parenting approaches to raising kids who have been hurt, abandoned, rejected, and traumatized. This is a very good program to get a basic 101 course in You Gotta Believe and what it does to prevent homelessness by getting every youth a family before he or she ages out of the foster care system. February 15, 2009 - A YGB Orientation Show no 4828188d-47b6-f789-aea8-ff528f36f058 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:49:30 GMT yes Pat O'Brien This lively broadcast covered two very interesting subjects. The first half hour continues our former foster youth series with a young man named Bill Schramm, 23, who is a motivational speaker on a tour to educate youth in foster care. Bill just showed up in Pat O'Brien's office without an appointment on Friday February 6th. Pat was so fascinated with Bill's energy and charm that he wanted Bill to share his story on our live radio broadcast two days later. Bill's story is quite interesting and worth listening to. The second part of this program is a discussion with Mary Keane on the subject of "Programming Teens Out of Permanency." There are many good programs offered to teens during their latter teenage years in foster care that actually offer them a lot of services but not a permanent family. Mary Keane discusses herself as a permanent mom who happens to be fostering teens because they are not freed for adoption (hence she cannot adopt them until after they leave foster care) and the dilemma she and her kids face all the time because the agency does not accept that she is their permanent mother and would rather see her teens accept Section 8 housing and move out of her home before they age out of care. Mary also discuss other good programs such as LGBT group homes and Mother/Baby residential programs where there is also not the focus of getting teens life time parents while they still remain in our system's foster care: life time parents who can offer older teens some hope of parenting continuity well into their adulthood and long after their years in foster care are over. Hence, this program is advocating that concurrent planning be done at the exit end of the system: meaning providing important services that teens need while simultaneously never stop recruiting life time parents for them as well. The case is made that we can do both. February 8, 2009 - Programming Teens Out of Permanency no 107845dd-144e-19d9-7819-d7bf0312421a Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:27:34 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Another great support group discussion about parents dealing with their youth's hospitalization after placement and adoption. Denise Royal and Dorothy Hannigan lead a wonderful discussion about parents coping with their child's hospitalization. Both Denise and Dorothy have had this parenting experience. They also deal wonderfully with the questions a caller from New Jersey, Paul, had called into ask. February 1, 2009 - Dealing with Your Teens' Hospitalization. no 8dc957b3-44a1-1c0d-ab55-226553502cf8 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:10:27 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this inspiring story of 17 year old Sarah who has settled into a permanent placement with her older sister after a long seven year foster care journey in and our of foster homes that both neglected her and loved her. Hear Sarah tell her story about how she spent two three-year stints in two separate foster homes and not really ever feeling part of the family. And, in fact, feeling very neglected while living in those homes. She then came across a home that loved her very much and she wound up leaving that foster home to be placed permanently with her older sister. Sarah sums up her story with a poem about her history in foster care. Another very interesting and inspiring story told to our hosts Anni Keane and Aileen Rosario. January 25, 2009 - Teen Talk - Sarah's Journey no d45f565b-bb57-9061-7449-a543b07ee2e3 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:37:58 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Another very helpful supportive discussion about when our teen daughters have babies. Denise Royal's teen daughter is about to give birth. Chester Jackson's teen daughter made Chester a grandfather 15 years ago. Listen to the perspective of an about to become grandmother and a long time grandfather about their teen daughters having babies at way too young an age. They both give good concrete advice about how to support your child through this life passage. Pat O'Brien hosts. January 11, 2009 - Support Group- From Parent to Grandparent no c68a9c70-00e2-8860-4ec3-2304323655ba Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:28:52 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Often our radio program interviews former foster youth and the unique things they are doing in their lives after foster care. Listen to this provocative interview with Jorge Cornell, a young man the host, Pat O'Brien, placed for adoption as a 13 year old in 1989. Jorge, also known as "King J", is the Head INCA, Leader, and Founder of the North Carolina Almightly Latin Kings & Queens Nation (A.L.K.Q.N). The first half of the interview listen to Jorge's foster care and adoption story. He tells of the powerful influence his adoptive mom, Janice Cornell (who passed when he was 18) had on his life. The second half he describes a political movement (he absolutely states that ALKQN is not a gang) he founded in North Carolina to advocate on behalf of oppressed Latinos and Latinas in the State of North Carolina. He speaks of immigration reform, police brutality, and keeping the peace among factioning gangs in North Carolina. It is absolutely an interview worth listening to. January 4th, 2009 - Jorge "King J" Cornell no af572bcf-da1b-6a3f-2f02-ba69194abc6a Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:38:28 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to 21 year old Alex. He has a very compelling story about his multiple years in foster care with multiple rejections by multiple families. He still needs a home and he still wants a family. Maybe after you hear this interview you would consider providing one. Anni Keane and Aileen Rosario host this episode of Teen Talk. December 28th, 2008 - Alex, 21, Needs Your Home no cbcb6c28-9167-7897-83a9-85c641aec1e4 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:07:55 GMT yes Pat O'Brien This interview covers two topics. We further here Helene and her daughter Julia's story about how the two of them got together when Julia was 16 and Helene was her school social worker. Julia, now 20, was in the mist of a family crisis and Helene took her in temporarily that lead to a permanent lifetime placement. The second half hour Helene brainstorms with Chester Jackson and Pat O'Brien concerning helping families deal with holiday stress. December 21st, 2008 - Helene Timpone no cf5690be-3010-09ee-f3e1-cc016b409600 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:24:58 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this fabulous discussion about holiday stress and what alot of youth and parents go through during this time of year. Denise Royal leads a fabulous support group discussion with adoptive parents of teens Chester Jackson and caller Danielle Skelly. A must listen for anyone who is dealing with holiday stress and childrens' reactions to the holidays. Also a great listen to learn a new term: learn what a "drive-by holiday" means. December 14, 2008 - Holiday Stress Support Group Discussion no 4d397fe0-5bda-1543-fcca-c585549fd492 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:18:20 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Heather Forbes, author of recently released Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control Vol. 2, spends the hour with us talking about her ideas about raising children with severe behavior difficulties. Ms. Forbes speaks about her parenting ideas with the utmost of passion and if you are having difficulties with your children, you will find her passion infectious. Ms. Forbes will be speaking live here in New York City on April 24, 2009. Anyone who purchases her book can come to the seminar for free. Listen to this preview of what she will be speaking about on April 24th. A must listen, and read, for any parents dealing with severe behaviors. December 7, 2008 - Heather Forbes - Vol 2. no ae6321ba-4f44-2df5-6a9c-c4220811e5f5 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:08:50 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Or we can call this program: My Three Sons. Meet Beth Brucoli, along with her husband Billy Kaiser, who adopted three older teen males. Their first son was adopted at 18. When the family left for Florida when Ryan was 11 they were not allowed to bring him along. When they came back they found out that now, at 17, he needed to be adopted. So they did. When Ryan turned 18 he was legally adopted. Then Beth met a young man named Alex, 17, at a YGB function and hear her very interesting story about how that lead to an adoption. And finally Beth met one of her daughter's friends working at an Applebee's who was 19 and living in a group home. She is adopting Hector as well. A totally fascinating family. This program was a re-airing of a live program that originally aired on 11/25/07. November 30, 2008 - Former Foster Mom Adopts 18 yr old and two others no 13bdbecc-affa-3be5-29a5-173186b43dfc Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:47:54 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this excellent discussion with two school social workers, Nancy Todd and Helene Timpone, discuss how they met the teens they adopted through the course of their work at their respective schools. Nancy worked in the South Bronx and Helene worked in Charlotte North Carolina when they met their respective son, Carl, and daughter, Julie. Julie also joined in on the conversation as well. Lots of issues were discussed including contact with birth families, the adjustment of a single mom whose first child was a 16 year old son, the adjustment of a married mom with a young child when her teen moved in, and lots of interesting subjects. Pat and Chester hosted this program. November 23rd, 2008 - School Social Workers Adopting Teens no 0496917d-6b25-9913-8853-16d0054b02bc Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:55:09 GMT yes Pat O'Brien A very insightful conversation between Anni Keane, Aileen Rosario, and Chester Jackson about why some teens say they don't want to be adopted. Anni and Aileen share their practical experiences working with teens in residential treatment centers and group homes about what they hear teens say about their reasons for not wanting to be adopted. Then Anni and Aileen share their thoughts about how professionals should address teens who say they do not want to be adopted. November 16th, 2008 - Why Teens Say "No" To Adoption no b661a7ea-1edb-8216-92a3-05635f33ba1d Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:36:53 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this interesting conversation between Denise, Chester, and Pat about the importance of relationship in every part of healing our families and children. A great discussion on the importance of relationship as it relates to medication and treatment. Also, Denise and Chester share their personal stories about how they came to adopt teenagers. November 9th, 2008 - Support Group About Relationship no a5b59624-013d-7012-e384-6b994acf22a3 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:43:51 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Couple Armondo Arevalo-Mignone and Joe Mignone share their experience making a lifetime commitment to a youth from the State of Florida. Their son, Stephen, turns 18 in early November and when that happens the couple will be free to adopt him. Listen to this very interesting story about the journey of a gay couple to provide a lifetime commitment to a very special needs youth from the State of Florida. Pat O'Brien and Chester Jackson host. Later in program Denise Royal calls in about YGB's first class yesterday (Nov 1st) at the LGBT Community Center. November 2nd, 2008 - Gay Couple "Adopts" Teen from Florida no a4f4c6ba-d0cf-d2f7-097d-6eed0ecffa53 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:37:27 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Anni Keane and Aileen Rosario interview Chester Jackson and, later in the hour, his daughter Eboney Wright-Simmons about issues of adopting teens who are raising babies. Chester became a grand father when Eboney, at 15, had a baby. Chester shares some of his faulty parenting techniques around the time of Eboney's pregnancy and he shares with the audience, with 20/20 hindsight, what he could have done a lot better. This was an interesting discussion all around about the importance of teen moms needing permanent parents and how these parents can best help their daughters raise their very young children. October 26th, 2008 - Teen Talk, Adopting Teen Moms no 869a9c1d-f5d3-dc51-a6b7-98306abb0092 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:49:42 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Today's support group offers good advice about how YGB families can interact better with foster care agency staff after their teens are placed with them. This discussion also offers advice to foster care agencies about how best to serve our families and how to better support them after their youths move into their new homes. We also engage in a discussion about how important it is for parents to be involved with the things their teens are learning when they receive Independent Living skills development training and support. October 12th, 2008 - Support Group no 5bec4780-0902-661a-01ed-c146e212eade Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:23:18 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Please listen to this engaging discussion our hosts Anni Keane and Aileen Rosario had with Dr. Bryan Post. The young ladies attended a presentation Dr. Post did at You Gotta Believe the previous Friday and they had a whole host of questions for him about his world view on effectively parenting children with severe behaviors without pushing consequences, punishments, or controlling behaviors upon them. This was a great discussion and if you enjoy listening to Dr. Post, you will enjoy this interview he submitted to with these young co-host, both of whom grew up as teenagers in the foster care system. September 28th, 2008 - Teen Talk w/ Dr. Bryan Post no ffe75c73-3615-cf22-fd08-0fa38035cb90 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:57:24 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this wonderful interview with guest Johnny Madrid, a 27 year old man who entered foster care after his mother past away at age 11. During his seven years in the foster care system Johnny spent time in 19 different foster homes. Johnny, nonetheless, graduated from Stamford College and works on Wall Street as a Vice President of a major brokeage firm. Johnny founded an organization called fosterfocus.org which is a program that helps youth in foster care who are in their Freshman and Sophomore years of high school focus on the skills they will need to succeed in college. September 21st, 2008 - Johnny Madrid no d6bb281a-6e18-2f1e-6644-e43e226c4ccd Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:54:23 GMT yes Pat O'Brien This week, our monthly support group meeting, Denise Royal and Mary Chancie speak about the importance of taking care of oneself during times of difficulties and stresses with one's children. Denise, Mary, and Chester speak of some of the ways they took extra care of themselves when they were going through troubling times with their adolescents. September 14th, 2008 - Denise Royal & Mary Chancie no eaed50bd-dc87-7914-1536-e99ba031a7e8 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:32:46 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Today's guest is Heather Forbes, the co-author of Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control. The discussion with Heather starts out concerning a blog entry she had written about a Minnesota woman who tried to kill her two adopted 11 year olds. Heather noted in her blog that sometimes a parent's "unfinished business" can lead to horrible behavior such as this woman's. Then Heather shares some of her "Beyond Consequences" ideas in other parenting situations as well. This interview was an excellent discussion that all parents can benefit greatly from listening to. Pat and Chester host. September 7th, 2008 - Author Heather Forbes no cb99d3c5-28e2-d363-d3a7-860647915cc6 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:45:41 GMT yes Pat O'Brien A fabulous interview that first aired on 10/14/2007, with a wonderful family, Linda & Fred Tartaglione and their newly adopted daughter, Briana, 18. Briana started to work in a local vet because she loved animals so much. Fred was a manager in the store. When Fred found out Briana needed to be adopted, he told his wife and the three of them made it happen. Listen to their great story hosted by Pat O'Brien and Chester Jackson. August 31st, 2008 - Briana, at 18, Adopted by her Boss no bb7d78e2-f022-ce0b-6f7e-eebd3e65113c Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:32:09 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this very interesting interview that Anni Keane & Aileen Rosario conducted with Anthony Brunson, 23, who was in foster care for a period of his childhood, and then aged out on his own even before he was 18. Reflecting back, Anthony speaks to the importance of getting teens and older teens a family ... something he just received very recently himself. August 24th, 2008 - Teen Talk with Anthony Brunson no 2c131914-1abc-8dea-219f-bfab04f3fc03 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:23:34 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Enjoy this informative interview with Joseph Toles the Founder and Director of the Joseph Toles Foundation. Mr. Toles spent his entire childhood in foster care. He has a powerful story of success to tell and this interview is well worth listening to just for his inspiring story. However, in addition, Mr. Toles has started a summer camp for youth who are, or were, in foster care and who are now between the ages of 12 and 18 --- a summer camp population that is completely underserved. He'll be sharing the story about why he had started the camp and perhaps give you the inspiration to have a child you know go to Camp Resilience next summer. August 17th, 2008 - Camp Resilience with Joseph Toles no 3f5a550c-042f-eb92-ef10-557002340253 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:47:53 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this great support group discussion about birthparents reinvolving themselves in our kids lives as they are turning 18, or after they have turned 18. Denise Royal speaks to her experiences with her daughters' birthparents and caller, Joan Siegel, does the same. One of the big issued discussed is helping their children deal with the disappointment when their daughters' birthparents didn't follow through on promises made. An interesting discussion hosted by Pat O'Brien and Chester Jackson. August 10th, 2008 - Dealing with Birthparents of Older Teens no 5effc37e-b87f-555b-effd-2b94471fb0c0 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:04:43 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this great reflective interview with Doris Laurenceau a woman who grew up in foster care, got adopted unsuccessfully as a teen, became Director of Permanency at a residential treatment center and advocates very strongly for the adoption of teens, and she, herself, will be adopted again in the near future in her mid-thirties. Doris personifies the statement that "one is never too old to be adopted." She also speaks to the power and importance of having an adoptive mom who she did not even meet until she was a grown adult who helped her get through a very difficult divorce. This was a re-airing of a teen talk episode hosted by Anni Keane and Aileen Rosario that originally aired in late February of 2008. August 3rd, 2008 - Doris Laurenceau no af2bcb33-d310-039d-af6b-0fb905a49829 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:44:13 GMT yes Pat O'Brien This program offers a great conversation in the area of giving the pain sometimes parents go through with their children some deeper meaning in a spiritual context. The Rev. Bart Fletcher, himself an adoptive father of 12 children and a United Methodist Minister, speaks to the great spiritual growth parenting difficult children can bring to any parent who stays committed to his or her child. Pat O'Brien hosts. July 27th, 2008 - Rev. Bart Fletcher & Spiritual Growth Pare no b19c07ec-af25-f20e-24f5-d739987c2c7a Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:59:08 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Another great "Teen Talk" interview by Anni Keane and Aileen Rosario. Meet Shanese Colon: A high school graduate and college Freshman. She's been in foster care since infancy and has had 20 foster home placements, one RTC placement, and one group shelter placement over the past 17 years. She was placed for adoption at age 5 and abandoned by her adoptive parents at age 8. She speaks about her fear of family and her need to move on. Both Shanese and Anni have a sad "addicted to moving" conversation about how they even feel discomfort when they stay in one location for too long. Despite her skepticism about people's motives who want to adopt teens, Shanese says she continues to long for a family that will have patience with her. She is tired of her foster agency having to find temporary homes to "plop" her in during holiday and summer breaks. She wants a real family who will understand that she needs time to adjust to a setting where she will not have to move again. Shanese is an extraordinarily intelligent, insightful, and mature young lady who will make some prospective permanent or adoptive parent proud to call her "daughter" someday. July 20, 2008 - Shanese Colon, 18, Needs A Home. no 281172da-d09d-1eae-3a3c-69781a8c5d06 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:04:54 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this radio support group with Denise Royal, Pat O'Brien, Chester Jackson, and call-in parent Craig Allen speak about the Bryan Post book "Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control." A very interesting discussion about a book that aims to help families cope better with their children's difficult behaviors. July 13, 2008 - Denise Royal on Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control no 71602b50-d413-90ca-cdf0-305d0d7158f1 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:20:47 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Listen to this great interview sharing a very unique love story about how one of our YGB families met, feel in love, and got married. Then, after having been married 15 years had their first child, Teddy (a/k/a Yung Fresh), who moved in when he was 18 years old. In addition there is great music including the songs "Wildboy" and "Ultimate High" from the Album The Two Masters. Ultimate High is the story of how Craig & Zola met. During the second half of this broadcast Craig and Zola's first son, Teddy, has a few words to share as we debut his first rap song "G-G-G-Jesus." This interview is an encore presentation that first aired in March of 2007. July 6th, 2008 - The Craig & Zola Allen Story no c42874a7-945e-3841-7aad-3dc243a179bf Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:48:38 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Today's program starts off with ACS's LGBT Coordinator, Rudy Estrada, calling in to share his thoughts about today's Gay Pride parade where over 50 people marched under the LGBT Foster Care Coalition banner. Then Craig Allen and his 14 year old foster son Jarius perform a wonderful Holy Hip Hop rap that Jarius wrote himself about never giving up. Then Chester, Craig, and Pat respond to an e-mail from a woman in California who was having a hard time with the young adult student she is mentoring and his constant lying. June 29, 2008 - Craig & Jarius Rap, LGBT Parade Update, Response to e-mail no feec6fd2-5c72-c134-a2de-ae523c669a49 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:34:35 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Anni Keane hosts and leads a discussion on what adoptive parents need to know about teens having sex as well as providing information to teens themselves about sex. It is an informative discussion for all. Chester Jackson co-hosts. June 22, 2008 - Teen Talk about Sex no 02d6595b-9a13-9721-757c-d3ce60c7f350 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:22:17 GMT yes Pat O'Brien This special Father's Day panel features four dads Mark Goldman, Terrance Skelly, Stephen McCall, and Chester Jackson speaking about a variety of issues about being adoptive fathers. A great listen highlighting the importance of father's in our childrens' lives. Pat O'Brien hosts. June 15, 2008 - Father's Day Panel no a6f78e1a-8e4c-81d7-c40b-00598318231b Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:05:57 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Today's program is an interview with Dr. Bryan Post concerning issues about why kids lie and why kids get aggressive. Chester and Pat start the program off with a discussion about a New York Times article in today's Sunday metro section concerning moving kids from group homes into families. June 8, 2008 - Dr. Bryan Post on Lying and Aggression no ab237e1d-c91b-2c98-eac5-f7c8edc90ea8 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:36:59 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Pat and Chester interview Mary Jane Lynk, Executive Director of The CAP Books, Inc. about an article she had written for the Winter 2008 Adoptalk, entitled "Youth Consent Laws Should Not Prevent Permanency." Read the article at http://www.nacac.org/adoptalk/ConsentLaw.html June 1, 2008 - Giving Teens the Right to Say "No" to Family no f4ef3acc-2e93-cbf2-40f8-44e35e2949ee Tue, 27 May 2008 16:34:15 GMT yes Pat O'Brien This episode of Teen Talk interviews a young mom, Jeanette who recently turned 20, about the trials and tribulations of young motherhood and the benefits of having a permanent mom while being a young mother. Anni Keane and Aileen Rosario host. May 25, 2008 - Talking About Teen Parenting no 56e95b44-0ad1-35a0-bb0f-61f1d4be5958 Mon, 19 May 2008 13:48:09 GMT yes Pat O'Brien This month's support group deals with 18-year-old-itis, what to do when your teen turns 18 and thinks their grown. Caller Denise discusses how her daughter changed when she turned 18 and the issues that arose. Chester and Pat O'B respond to Denise and then, with Pat Dudley, later talk about other issues involving youth turning 18. May 18th, 2008 - Dealing with 18yearolditis - Support Group no 9c82f49f-96ae-b1b7-bc60-a203bc0b5613 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:20:05 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Enjoy this truly inspiring story shared with us by mom Diane Kelly on Mother's Day about how she got her teen son the treatment he needed after he became dependent on drugs. This encore presentation of a program that originally aired in July of 2007 speaks to how powerful a mother's commitment can be in turning her teen's life around for the better. May 11th, 2008 - A Powerful Mother's Day Story with Diane Ke no 707c244e-8340-fe1c-883e-250d105bb8ef Mon, 05 May 2008 15:28:50 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Today's first half hour is an interview with Dr. Bryan Post about a tele-conference interview he is conducting with Pat O'Brien about his article on "Unconditional Committment." The second half is an interview with soon the be new Executive Director of NYSCC Sarah Gerstenzang about her book "Another Mother: Co-parenting With the Foster Care System." Pat and Chester Host. May 4, 2008 - Dr. Bryan Post & Sarah Gerstenzang no 957de811-4b48-bee1-6b0a-30704aabef04 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:57:08 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Hosts Anni and Aileen interview two young men about their experiences being gay teenagers in the foster care system. The young men have alot of great insights to share. Pat O'Brien moderates this panel. April 27, 2008 - LGBT Youth Panel no 3d2a2813-11e6-4f9b-fc69-8644241ef3f0 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:57:03 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Hear Barbara Tremitiere, a pioneer in special needs adoption, and a mentor to both hosts Chester and Pat, speak about the importance of preparing families before their children arrive, supporting families after their children are placed, and the role that the parent's unconditional commitment plays in the success of each and every adoption. Dr. Tremitiere was involved in over 2000 placements of special needs and older children throughout her career as an agency director. April 13, 2008 - Dr. Barbara Tremitiere, Phd - Adoptive mom to 12. no c926ae22-bb00-539f-200e-302e0b819844 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:28:17 GMT yes Pat O'Brien A great discussion this evening with Rudy Estrada about the special needs of the LGBT youth in care and also conversation encouraging LGBT individuals to apply to be parents to teens in care. LGBT parent Mary Keane was also a guest, and LGBT mom Shawnese Parker contributed to the conversation as a caller. April 6, 2008 - Rudy Estrada - ACS LGBT Coordinator no 9165f352-447b-a946-78b0-9831dbefa0e9 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:35:44 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Today's Teen Talk with Anni Keane introduces special guest Jarel Melendez, 21, who runs a special Circle of Youth support group for New York City's Children's Services for LGBTQ youth in the City's care. Jarel also works with youth aging out of the foster care system for Lawyers for Children. Jarel was adopted at age 18 by his grandmother and he is a strong advocate for older teen adoption. March 30, 2008 - Jarel Melendez, Adopted at age 18 no 9e4c52f0-7ac5-2e79-b9a8-1d370add4a39 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:16:22 GMT yes Pat O'Brien The first half of the program hosts Pat O'Brien and Chester Jackson do an orientation about the You Gotta Believe program. The second half of the program Pat and Chester speak about supporting families after the teenagers arrive. March 16, 2008 - Orientation and Support no 1e72671b-e250-f0da-bc20-66116ea5e8d8 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:52:26 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Join author, therapist, internationally acclaimed adoption expert, and adoptive mom of 14 children Brenda McCreight, as she discusses parenting, brain development and so much more. March 9, 2008- Featuring Brenda McCreight,Phd no ddc201f5-bf3c-7454-59d7-39c1bc20ee23 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:50:05 GMT yes Pat O'Brien Ashley Rhodes-Courter was adopted at age 12. She spend nine years in foster care and was in 14 different placements. She wrote a book simply entitled "Three Little Words" about her abusive foster home experiences and her reservations about being adopted. Pat O'Brien and Chester Jackson host and talk to Ashley about a variety of topics related to her years in foster care and being adopted by Phil and Gay Courter. March 2, 2008 - Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter no