The child behind the behavior
A lived-experience look at trauma responses, misunderstood behavior, and the safety children need before they can begin to heal.
Speaking
Lived experience that changes how people see children.
Shae brings warmth, honesty, and a trauma-informed perspective to conversations about foster care, adoption, resilience, and healing.
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Talks grounded in story—and built for reflection.
Foster care and adoption from the inside
What placement changes, separation, labels, and disrupted belonging can feel like to the young person living through them.
Healing and breaking cycles
An honest account of carrying trauma into adulthood, choosing healing, and building a different future through motherhood.
Why one steady adult matters
How consistent, trustworthy adults—including CASA volunteers—can change what a child believes is possible.
Experience
Prepared for the room. Present with the people in it.
Shae has spoken for CASA volunteers and child advocacy communities in both live and virtual settings. Her first CASA appreciation keynote received a standing ovation and opened meaningful conversations about what children carry long after placement.
Ideal for CASA programs, child welfare teams, foster and adoptive parent training, advocacy organizations, conferences, and community events.
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