Post Institute

Kari Hall, Occupational Therapist specializing in sensory integration dysfunction. Kari is a wealth of information regarding adopted children's sensory processing challenges.

The owner and operating therapist of Sensory Pathways 4 Kids in Denver, Colorado for 25 years, Kari and her staff of occupational and physical therapist have been providing therapy to children with Sensory Processing Disorders as well as other developmental delays such as Autistic spectrum disorders, prematurity, cerebral palsy and many others.

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Rhonda Roorda, the leading transracial adoption specialist in the country and Co-Author of the pioneering and groundbreaking trilogy on transracial adoption In Their Own Voices, In Their Parents Voices, and In Their Siblings Voices, will be joining us to discuss the pros/cons, successes and challenges of transracial adoption.

Rhonda was raised as the only adopted child in a white family with two other siblings and currently works at an educational advocacy organization in Lansing, Michigan.

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Kevin Hofmann is the biracial son of a white mother and black father. Kevin was immediately placed in a foster home and adopted by a white Lutheran minister, his white wife and their three white children.

A life of black and white, radically fractured Detroit had no such thing as diverse neighborhoods. Rising from these struggles is an inspiring story of a transracial family who grew up in one of the most racially volatile cities in America and survived.

Now married to his beautiful wife, Shilease with two sons of his own, he hopes to help encourage transracial families by sharing his experiences through humor and naked honesty.

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My very good friend and international adoption expert Gay Knutson will join us to shed light on the Heritage of the Adopted Child:
Exploring the culture, foods, family structure, and medical challenges of internationally adopted children. Gay has traveled the world on behalf of adopted children will be sharing with us all that she has learned.

Gay is a bonafide renaissance woman! Phenomenal.

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* The crucial role of fathers
* The urgent need to focus on a child's strengths rather than his weaknesses
* Why adopted kids seem to "target" Mom the most
* Why two-parent families are ideal

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DJ was loved and raised by Don and Laura. Although he became a part of their family at just 15 months old, he never forgot his biological family, and always asked about his sister. At 17 years old, with the love and support of his adoptive parents, DJ was finally given the opportunity to meet his biological family. DJ and his mom will share their experiences of talking about the biological family while growing up, the decision to search for them, and the unexpected results.

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Bryan Post interviews Karen Foli, co-author of Post-Adoption Blues. Right-click here to download, or press the play button to listen:

Pat O'Brien of YouGottaBelieve interviews Bryan Post about his new book The Great Behavior Breakdown. Right -click here to download, or press the play button to listen: