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Sleep’s Importance to Your Child’s Learning and Growth

Leslie Reprogle — Sat, 01 May 2021 13:27:18 +0000

We all need sleep. There’s no arguing that. But for children and teenagers, sleep plays a vital role in physical and mental growth and development. Since nighttime has often been a scary time full of trauma and unknowns, lots of foster and adoptive kids have trouble falling and staying asleep. Making good, sustained sleep a […]

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Get A Grip on Your Foster or Adoptive Child’s Early Trauma

Leslie Reprogle — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 16:50:01 +0000

As a foster or adoptive parent, you have both the responsibility and the privilege to help your child identify, navigate, and heal from trauma. To do that, you’ll need to roll up your sleeves and do some heavy lifting, including becoming a serious student of trauma. This will likely involve reading, viewing webinars, listening to […]

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9 Ways to Discipline Foster and Adopted Children

Leslie Reprogle — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 23:54:51 +0000

If you’re a foster parent or you’ve adopted a child, you’re tuned in to the challenge of managing difficult behaviors. So many children in the foster care system have endured tragic abuse, neglect, and trauma. The result? They often express their feelings through behaviors. For a variety of reasons, corporal punishment—stopping an unwanted behavior by […]

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We Are “Plan C”: An Adoptive Parent’s Personal Account

Leslie Reprogle — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 18:15:37 +0000

This is a personal account shared by adoptive parent Andy Meyers, Agape Adoption Agency's Intake & Outreach Specialist.

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Am I The Black Life That Matters?

Leslie Reprogle — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 11:34:59 +0000

This story was submitted by a friend of Agape Adoption Agency. A precious child considers the recent national events and questions, “Am I the black life that matters?” My daughter has had a fascination with officers since she could express herself. I’ve lost count of how many times in restaurants or at coffee shops, or […]

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Foster Care and the Coronavirus Crisis

Leslie Reprogle — Wed, 27 May 2020 01:20:23 +0000

Foster children, like the rest of us, want to be held close and reassured by their loved ones. For them, many old feelings of loneliness and isolation and emotional trauma have been rekindled while in “shelter-in-place” away from their friends and families.

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Talking To Children About Coronavirus and Saving Your Sanity At Home

Leslie Reprogle — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:46:18 +0000

Whether you’ve been talking to your children about Coronavirus for several weeks, or you're just starting, there’s never been a better moment for you and your family to turn a bad situation into a special time than right now. Hang in there moms and dads, we're with you.

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Change A Child’s Life: The Arizona Foster Care Tax Credit

Leslie Reprogle — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:53:24 +0000

Reduce your state tax liability and change a child's life today by donating to Agape Adoption Agency of Arizona and utilizing the Arizona Foster Care Tax Credit.

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Fostering Children of Color

Leslie Reprogle — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:36:49 +0000

If you are fostering, or intend to foster a child of color, here are a few things you can do to cultivate a positive individual and cultural identity for them.

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Adoption Statistics

Leslie Reprogle — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 19:55:42 +0000

While we certainly believe in sharing personal stories of adoption and foster care, we also believe it’s important to go to the numbers to get some further perspective. Let’s review some adoption statistics.

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