About this episode

Drs. Sood, Thompson, and Toler discuss the foster care system, experiences of foster parents, IEPs and 504s, and strategies for managing anxiety.

In this episode Drs. Sood, Thompson and Toler discuss the foster care system, foster parent experiences, IEPs and 504s, and managing anxiety. Topic times: Foster Care System: 2:23 Foster Parent Experiences: 5:05 IEPs vs 504s: 7:06 Anxiety: 11:37 Trivia: 14.27 Total time: 16:30 This episode was recorded on July 16th, 2025.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Sood

Guests: Dr. Thompson, Dr. Toler

Topics covered

• foster care system
• foster parent experiences
• IEPs vs 504s
• managing anxiety

Keywords

• foster care
• IEP
• 504
• anxiety management
• foster parent experiences

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: foster care system, IEP, 504, anxiety

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