PODCAST

RECOMMENDATIONS

A Quick Note From Post Adoption

Below is a selection of podcasts that cover a range of topics from parenting in general, to parenting different ages, as well as educational podcasts on mental health and sensory disorders.

These are podcasts that the many people within the fostering and adoptive community (both families and workers) listen to and have found insight from them. That being said, these podcasts are not meant to diagnose your children. They may provide information for you to speak with a provider about, but adding undiagnosed labels to others is usually more harmful than helpful.

Also, this list is not exhaustive. If there is a podcast not on this list that you would like to possibly have posted on this page, please email mbarr@centerstx.org and include the podcast title and a short review. If approved, it will be added to the list.

Featured Podcasts

For Parents of Children Ages up to 13

The Baffling Behavior Show with Robyn Gobbel

“The Baffling Behavior Show” is about helping parents, educators, and other professionals understand and respond to children’s challenging behaviors from a neuroscience perspective.

The show’s key themes are:
Behavior as Communication: The core premise is that all behaviors make sense in the moment they emerge and are not inherently “bad,” but rather adaptive responses to a child’s environment or internal state.
Focus on the Nervous System: Instead of using traditional behavior modification strategies,the podcast advocates for addressing the root causes of behavior, which are often related to a child’s vulnerable nervous system, dysregulation, disconnection, or a lack of felt safety.
Parenting After Trauma: specifically supports those parenting children who have experienced complex trauma, toxic stress, or have neuroimmune disorders.
Relational Approach: emphasizing using regulation, connection, and “felt safety” to help children shift from a “protection mode” to a “connection mode”.

Go to The Baffling Behavior Show

For Parents of Teens

Parenting Today’s Teen

Hosted by Mark Gregston’s, founder of Hearlight Ministries in East Texas, “Parenting Today’s Teens” is rooted in biblical insights and practical wisdom, emphasizing strong relationships with teens over control.

Key perspectives include:

Relationship over Rules: The primary focus is on building a strong relationship with teens, as they change through connection, not strict control. Parents are encouraged to be a trusted source of wisdom and share personal imperfections to build trust.

Unconditional Love and Grace: The approach highlights the importance of modeling God’s unconditional love. Teens need to know that love is not performance-based and that their parents’ love won’t diminish when they make mistakes.

Modeling Integrity: Actions are seen as more effective than words. Parents are encouraged to model the behavior and values they want their teens to adopt, ensuring their actions align with their words.

Guidance and Boundaries: While encouraging independence and ownership of their faith, the perspective also advocates for setting age-appropriate boundaries and consistent, pre-established consequences.

Understanding Teen Culture: The material acknowledges that today’s teens are overwhelmed by information, social media, and cultural pressures. The goal is to help them navigate this complex world by providing perspective and discernment

Go to Parenting Todays Teens

Educational Podcasts on Mental Health and Sensory Issues

The Child Psych Podcast

Tammy Schamuhn and Tania Johnson, Licensed Psychologists, play therapists, and moms, interview the top parenting and children’s mental health experts in the world. If you want a podcast that is designed to educate and inspire you with current research and concrete strategies to foster resiliency and healing, then this podcast is for you!

The podcast aims to educate and inspire listeners with current research and concrete strategies to foster emotional resiliency and healing in children, with the ultimate goal of raising a generation of children who do not need to recover from their childhoods.

Go to The Child Psych Podcast

All Things Sensory by Harkla

The “All Things Sensory by Harkla” podcast is a resource for parents, therapists, and educators that provides practical ideas and strategies related to sensory processing, occupational therapy, parenting, and general health and wellness. The show is hosted by two certified occupational therapy assistants, Rachel Harrington and Jessica Hill, who share information from a therapeutic perspective to help children with special needs like autism, ADHD, and sensory processing disorder.

Harkla was started over five years ago with a mission to help those with special needs live happy and healthy lives. Over the years, Harkla has helped over one hundred thousand families feel more calm at home, focus in the classroom, and more growth, development, and joy

Go to All Things Sensory

Additional Podcasts

Podcasts for Adoptive Families

Adoption: The Long View

If you’ve ever found yourself thinking, If I only knew then what I know now, Adoption: The Long View is the podcast you need to hear right now. Get invaluable insights about the all-encompassing journey of parenting an adopted person from people with lived experience in adoption. Make the most of your adoptive parenting journey and arrive at your destination in the healthiest, most connected and integrated way possible. Join host Lori Holden as she explores Adoption: The Long View.

Honestly Adoption Podcast

The Honestly Adoption Podcast features real voices, sharing real hope and encouragement to parents on the journey of foster care and adoption. Hosts Mike and Kristin Berry, and Nicole Goerges share open and honest perspectives from the journey of foster, adoptive, and special needs parenting. Their goal is to be real and honest but also bring hope and encouragement to parents, all over the world.

Adoption Now

For over 6 years, ADOPTION NOW has been providing a podcast about adoptions worldwide. We strive to give adoption a voice by bringing you stories from the perspective of the adoptive parent, adoptee, and birth parent. Our genuine adoption stories help people gain knowledge about adoption, the adoption process, and the emotions associated with it.

Adoptees On

Adoptees On is a gathering of incredible adopted people willing to share their intimately personal stories with you about the impact adoption has had on our lives. Listen in and you will discover that you are not alone on this journey.

Podcasts for Parents of Kids with ADHD

ADHD Kids Can Thrive

Join Kate of ADHDKidsCanThrive, LLC as she explores and learns more about ADHD from thought leaders, experts and advocates. Kate hopes to engage parents, educators and the general community to help ADHD people reach their highest potential. Kate is a parent, author of How We Roll -A Parent’s Journey of Raising an ADHD child, founder of ADHDKIdsCanThrive.com.

ADHD Smarter Parenting Podcast

The ADHD Smarter Parenting podcast is here to give you hope, solutions, confidence, and change by teaching you how to implement the behavior skills of the Teaching-Family Model. The Teaching-Family focuses on helping kids with ADHD reach their full potential. Applying what we teach throughout our parenting podcast will reduce stress and frustration and repair/strengthen your relationship with your child.

Podcasts for Parents of Children with Autism

Mom's Talk Autism

Raising a child with autism, special needs, or neurodivergence presents a wide range of unique challenges and struggles. As four moms, all with autistic children, our mission is to talk freely about these challenges, opening up the conversation to help other parents as they navigate their own journey. We are by no means experts in medicine, neuroscience, or special education. We are simply moms who are reluctant experts in raising our children the best we can, figuring it out as we go. Mom’s Talk Autism

The Autism Dad

For 25 years, The Autsim Dad has been raising three autistic sons. What started in 2010 as a blog documenting our family’s story has grown into one of the longest-running autism parenting platforms online, supporting families since 2009. He writes and talks about the real stuff. Meltdowns at 3 a.m. IEP meetings that leave you shaking. The joy that shows up in places you never expected. The exhaustion nobody warns you about. The fierce love that keeps you going anyway.

Parenting Autism

Parenting Autism hosts Chris and Sandy Colter, the parents of Bryce, who share their autism journey with stories about their nine year old son who was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at age two. The podcast is designed to connect with families who have been touched by autism and people who want to learn more about their world. You’ll learn all about how they deal with day to day challenges and how you might apply it to your own life. It also sheds light on the “Mommy and Daddy” perspectives of parenting on the autism spectrum.