Carrie has worked professionally in the field of adoption/foster care since 1996. She has a wealth of experience in adoption and foster care, both personally and professionally. She is a freelance writer, an adoptive mother, a foster mother and has experienced a successful adoption reunion. Several years ago, after the death of her mother, Carrie discovered that her mother had had a child before her and had placed the infant for adoption. Carrie has since met her sister and has built a relationship with her
Experience:
Carrie worked at the Wichita Children's Home, then, began fostering in 1997 in response to the need for more foster parents. Over the past ten years, Carrie and her husband have provided foster care for 40 children in police protective custody, long term, short term, and respite placements. Carrie is an adoptive parent, with three adopted sons, as well as a foster parent. Carrie and her husband are also the parents to one birth daughter.
Carrie holds certifications in several training curriculum. She trains others to be foster/adoptive parents and also creates customized curriculum on a variety of subjects related to adoption and foster care. Local, state, and national organizations have contracted with Carrie to train foster/adoptive parents, in face-to-face trainings as well as on-line classes, on various issues that affect their families and the children they parent. Carrie has been the Guide for Adoption / Foster Care on About.com since 2004.
Education:
Carrie holds a B.A. degree in Education from Wichita State University. She attends numerous trainings on a wide variety of subjects related to foster care, adoption, and parenting. Through her education, professional training, and personal experience, Carrie has developed an understanding of the needs and concerns of fostering and adoptive families.
From Carrie Craft:
I hope that the About: Adoption / Foster Care Web site helps others learn about all aspects of adoption and foster care and provides support for all of those whose own lives have been impacted by adoption and/or foster care. I want the About: Adoption / Foster Care Web site to provide factual information, a variety of perspectives, news, resources, and a supportive community for all who visit.