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Debbie Ausburn

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in Cornelia, Georgia, The United States

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I make my living as a lawyer, but what I do is take care of other people’s children. For more than 40 years, I have been working with at-risk children, starting when I was a preteen helping my parents with their summer camp and church ministries. In the years since, I have served as a juvenile court probation officer/social worker, group home parent, criminal prosecutor, volunteer, Board member, and attorney defending youth-serving organizations.

While still single and early in my legal career, I served as a volunteer foster parent for emergency placements. In North Carolina, she worked as a federal prosecutor of child abuse and violent crimes, and I also served as a foster-parent for respite care and long-term placements of abused children ...more

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	Raising Other People's Children: What Foster Parenting Taught Me About Bringing Together A Blended Family by Debbie Ausburn (Goodreads Author), Natalie Ford (Foreword) 4.28 avg rating — 60 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Raising Other People's Children: What Foster Parenting Taught Me About Bringing Together A Blended Family by Debbie Ausburn (Goodreads Author), Natalie Ford (Foreword) 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Protecting Other People's Children: 120 Days to a Strong Child Safety Policy by Debbie Ausburn (Goodreads Author), Tom Rawlings 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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How Trauma Affects Our Kids and Our Role in Helping Them Heal

In this series on trauma, I want to discuss next how it affects our kids. One critical point we need to understand is that trauma does cause major problems, but it doesn��t have to define our kids�� future. Understanding what we��re seeing in our kids is an essential step in helping them develop resilience and move past the dark times in their history...

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