Foster the Mind

Foster the Mind is a 501(c)3 organization with a vision to utilize the latest advances in brain-based treatment to improve the lives of abused, foster care, and adopted populations and their families. We want to give hope and change lives! Child maltreatment (physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, and neglect) is associated with a wide range of psychiatric disorders such as developmental trauma, attachment disorders, and PTSD, as well as stress-related medical conditions. In 2015, the CDC released the results of a study that estimated the US economic burden of child maltreatment to be $2 trillion, representing lifetime costs incurred annually. The lifetime consequences of early maltreatment on mental and physical health amplifies the toll on individuals and families, whose lives are often disrupted, and on society at large due to the enormous direct and indirect costs of illness and relational dysfunction. Foster the Mind was created to provide treatment for the abused, foster care, and adopted populations and their families at reduced to no cost using the latest advances in brain training technology and treatment, specifically through neuromodulation. Foster the Mind also desires to cultivate collaboration among mental health treatment providers by bridging services, resources, and clinicians together in a connected national and global community that better serves the abused, foster care, and adopted populations.