Understanding Attachment in Foster Care with Sarah Salisott

<h1><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sarah’s Intro</span></h1> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a parent to a young adult who was adopted through foster care and also is the parent that goes through attachment interviews and experienced supervised visits and phone calls with a child at a residential facility, I am uniquely poised to discuss what it is like to be the observer and observee in parent/child interactions.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Professionally, I’m a Certified Parent Coach® whose passion is helping families with children who have experienced trauma or struggle with attachment.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I started The Foster Lane Parent Coaching in 2016. My goal: Use coaching to help others avoid some of the parenting challenges my own family faced.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’ve spent over 1,500 hours researching trauma, children’s brain development, parenting strategies, and foster and adoptive parenting. I successfully completed the graduate-level Parent Coach Certification program through the Parent Coaching Institute®, have completed the initial training in Theraplay™, and continue to attend conferences on trauma-informed parenting.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We talked about Sarah and her wife’s story, and their journey to becoming parents. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Things we talked about on this episode:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">attachment styles, how they are formed, and how they affect us today. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">ACE’s</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Reaction vs. Response</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Training your brain to regain control</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Creating