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The Forgotten Adoption Option Podcast

The Forgotten Adoption Option Podcast

By: Marcy Bursac Adoptive Mom & Founder of The Forgotten Adoption Option
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🎙 The Forgotten Adoption Option Podcast — now in its sixth season — shares real stories and insights on adopting through foster care. Each month, host Marcy Bursac, America’s Foster Care Adoption Mentor, interviews: • Adoptive parents • Adoptees • Adults who aged out of foster care • Child welfare experts 💡 Nearly 30% of children in U.S. foster care are legally free for adoption, yet many families never reach the finish line. 🔗 Learn more at FosterCareAdoption.org and subscribe wherever you listen.Marcy Bursac, Adoptive Mom & Founder of The Forgotten Adoption Option Social Sciences
Episodes
  • What is EMDR therapy?
    Mar 17 2026

    What is EMDR therapy and how does it help children process trauma? EMDR trained therapist Casey O'Donnell Jones, M.Ed., LPC, RPT explains Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing , how it works in practice, and how foster and adoptive families can identify whether EMDR may support healing after early childhood trauma.

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    27 mins
  • how to prepare to care for sibling groups
    Mar 3 2026

    Keeping siblings together isn’t accidental. It’s intentional. Tiffany and Hakim talk about how they prepare for sibling groups and what it looks like to be the family that says yes when agencies are trying to keep brothers and sisters together.

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    41 mins
  • Counting down to zero waiting children: How Arkansas is making it possible
    Feb 17 2026

    Christie Erwin is the Executive Director of Project Zero, an organization with a bold mission: Zero. Noun. The number of children that should be waiting in foster care to be adopted.

    If that sounds familiar, it’s because I’ve been wearing their gray T-shirt for years. And when you’ve helped more than 1,600 children find a permanent family, you’ve earned the right to talk about getting closer to zero.

    In this episode, Christie shares how Project Zero is transforming the way children waiting for adoption are seen, advocated for, and ultimately connected to families. We talk about strategy, urgency, and what it really takes to move from hundreds waiting to numbers that once felt impossible.

    Because zero is not just a word. It’s a commitment.

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    42 mins
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