Breaking Cycles.
Healing Hearts.
A comprehensive digital companion for foster, adoptive, and kinship caregivers. Practical tools and trauma informed guidance to help you navigate the beautiful, complex journey of caring for children who have experienced adversity.
Created by Courtney Snyder Elhardt, M.S., M.A. — Child Development Specialist, Therapist, and Foster/Adoptive Parent
Built for Caregivers Who Need More Than Generic Advice
Parenting children who have experienced trauma requires a different approach. This app was designed for the unique challenges you face every day.
Foster & Adoptive Parents
Navigating the complexities of caring for children with trauma histories, attachment challenges, and behavioral needs that traditional parenting advice doesn't address.
Kinship Caregivers
Family members stepping in to provide stability and love, often with little preparation and needing practical, accessible tools to support the children in their care.
Professionals & Advocates
Therapists, caseworkers, teachers, and medical providers who serve these families and want clinically grounded resources to recommend and use alongside their work.
Everything You Need, Right When You Need It
From crisis moments to quiet learning, this app walks alongside you through every part of the caregiving journey.
Crisis Mode
Immediate, step by step support during challenging moments with age appropriate guidance tailored to your child's needs.
Scripts Library
Trauma informed response templates for everyday situations, so you always know what to say when it matters most.
Learning Library
Psychoeducational content on trauma, attachment, and regulation that translates clinical insights into practical understanding.
My Family Plan
Personalized profiles and strategies for each child in your care, keeping everything organized in one place.
Caregiver Support
Self care tools and regulation exercises for when you need to fill your own cup before you can pour into others.
Mandated Reporter Guide
Clear, compassionate guidance for responding to disclosures legally and safely, with step by step protocols.
Printables Vault
Downloadable visual schedules, emotion charts, and regulation tools you can print and use at home.
Safety & Help Resources
Emergency contacts, crisis hotlines, and guidance for knowing when to seek professional support.
Why The Healing Home Approach?
This isn't another generic parenting app. Every tool, script, and resource was created from the intersection of clinical expertise and lived experience as a foster and adoptive parent. We understand the weight you carry, and we built this to lighten it.
Clinically informed tools created by a child development specialist and therapist
Designed specifically for foster, adoptive, and kinship caregivers
Practical, actionable strategies you can use in real time
Grounded in attachment theory and trauma informed principles
Created by someone who has walked this path as a foster and adoptive parent
Continuously updated with new content and resources
Courtney Snyder Elhardt
M.S., M.A.
"I created this app because I know what it's like to be in the thick of it — holding a dysregulated child, wondering if you're doing enough, searching for answers at 2 AM. You deserve tools that meet you where you are, with compassion and clinical depth. This is the resource I wish I'd had from day one."