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Dr. Ann Maree Goudzwaard
Founder and Executive Director of Help[H]er.

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Season 4 Episode 1
Foster Care Families
Our Storyteller is a foster care mom who shares with us, the many facets of what she hoped and looked for in her church.
- Visit your local county’s department of social services website for info about becoming a foster parent.
- Alongside Families: alongsidefamilies.org and upstreamcollab.org
- Foster care books:
- Reframing Foster Care by Jason Johnson.
- Foster the Family by Jamie Finn
- Here are resources about trauma and connecting with traumatized children:
- The Whole Brain Child by Daniel Siege MD,
- The Connected Parent by Dr. Karyn Purvis,
- When Children Experience Trauma by Dark Stickland.
- Here’s a foster parent support group Foster the Family.
Getting to Know Us
Part 2 with more discussion to help you become better acquainted with the Help[H]er ministry.
- Ann Maree mentioned Diane Langberg as one of her mentors as an advocate.
- Here’s a link to the PCA DASA Report (the Domestic Abuse Sexual Assault Report).
- Other resources who network with Help[H]er include Beth Broom, Chris Moles, Joy Forrest, Eliza Huie, Melissa Affolter, and Nate Brooks.
- For information on Ann Maree’s trauma training, check out Global Trauma Recovery Training.
Getting to Know Us
Getting to Know Us
Join us as we delve into the back story from founder and Executive Director, Dr. Ann Maree Goudzwaard.
Books:
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Educated by Tara Westover
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore
No Love in War by Dr. Valerie Hobbs
Websites:
Global Trauma Recovery Institute
Called to Peace certificate in domestic abuse advocate training program.
Season 2 Bonus
Domestic Abuse
A letter from our story-teller and survivor to her daughters. Words cannot do this heartfelt, gripping outpouring justice. Worthy of a repeat listen and study!
Also available on our YouTube channel
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