Welcome to our Podcasts Page. These recordings provide a quick way for you to learn information on topics of interest to you as a parent. The podcasts and webinars are made with persons who have expertise in the area of adoption, foster care, and parenting. Play the "Intro to Podcasts" audio clip below to hear more about this wonderful service that the Georgia Center has for you.

Intro to Podcasts (1:24)

• Neurological Developmental Disabilities
  1. What is Attention Deficit Disorder with or without Hyperactivity:
     Dr. Alcuin Johnson, PhD., Podcast 1 (6:28)
  2. What To Do If You Suspect/Identify Attention Deficit/Learning Disabilities:
     Dr. Alcuin Johnson, PhD., Podcast 2 (6:30)

• Education (Special and Regular Ed.)

• Parenting Issues/Challenges
  1. 3 Steps to Giving Consequences:
     Dr. Wendy Hanevold, PhD. (4:40)
  2. Complex Trauma:
     Dr. Wendy Hanevold, PhD. (7:05)
     Barbara Fisher, LPC and Janice Turber, LPC (1:15:37)
  3. Hoarding Food:
     Dr. Sunaina Jain, PhD. (6:14)

• Adoption Issues
  1. Open Adoption: "Making A Long Story Short: Why Bother With Open Adoption":
     Ron Chandonia, adoptive parent at the 2009 Men Behaving Dadly Statewide Training (8:22)
  2. Pieces of Me: Who do I Want to Be?
     Bert Ballard, PhD., Editor and Carrie Kitze, Founder and Publisher EMK Press, discuss new book for teens. (37:09)

• Foster Care Issues

• Child Development
  1. The Impact of Maternal Substance Abuse:
     Dr. Karen Kuehn Howell, PhD. (13:42)

• Post-adoption Services
  1. Georgia Adoption Reunion Registry:
     Kelly Wheeler, LCSW (9:54)