As a Helpless, Homeless and Hopeless Child, I Had Doubts About Foster Care.

As a child growing up in the foster care system, there was a little piece in me that doubted a foster home would keep me. I had already been through a few foster homes. I couldn’t trust foster parents because

A Gift for Foster Parents

This video is a gift to my foster parents for never giving up on me with all of the issues and labels that I had growing up. My wonderful foster parents stepped up and took a risk to help a

The Loving Side of Foster Care – Because of a Social Worker and Committed Foster Parents, I Thrived.

As a top motivational speaker for foster care conferences, I want to take this opportunity to bring awareness to the loving side of the foster care system. It seems like there’s always an article or a news story that reports

Inspiring Trauma Informed and Sensitivity Keynote and Training

Hire Motivational Speaker Derek Clark for an Inspiring Trauma Informed and Sensitivity Keynote or Training. Help children and youth process their trauma and find new meaning while being a positive role model. This will help you build a relationship of

Motivational Speaker and Foster Care Expert Derek Clark on The Ricki Lake Show

Derek Clark shares his foster care expertise regarding aging out of the foster care system.  Derek Clark’s life is one of resilience and redemption. As a child he suffered unthinkable child abuse, abandonment and emotional distress before being turned over

Foster Care Saved Me from a Life of Child Abuse

If it wasn’t for foster care, I might be dead or have killed someone. Foster care saved my life from the brutal child abuse. As an innocent child, I paid the price for my parents rage and selfish mistakes. I

Foster care expert Derek Clark reveals a few solutions on how to connect to your child and build trust.

This information will inspire you to share hope and trust with your child/youth in the foster care system. You will greatly increase your chances of success if you read this. Do you know how to avoid the mistake of pushing

CNN Headline News features Motivational Speaker Derek Clark as the foster care expert and child welfare speaker. Derek shares his opinion regarding the Josh Powell child killer/suicide case and if the system let those children down. Watch the video.

Motivational Speaker and Foster Care Expert Derek Clark gets invited by Jane Velez-Mitchell CNN Headline News HLN to share his professional opinion regarding how the system failed the children of child killer Josh Powell. This murder/suicide case was a tragedy.

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