Jody is the CEO of Relationship Toolshop® International Training Institute, LLC, through which she has authored100+ research-based trauma-informed resources, workshops and curricula for caregivers of diverse backgrounds and needs.
She is one of only a few second-generation parent educators in the world and has over 40 years’ experience in the field of child protective services. For over 25 years, she has trained birth parents, foster-adoptive and kinship caregivers, and protective service staff through public and private foster care agencies and for the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program.
As a parenting expert to the media worldwide, Jody is a frequent guest on radio and TV talk shows, and her advice is regularly quoted in parenting publications.