Carrie Goldman
Author & Speaker
Speaking
Carrie travels to schools, universities, libraries and corporations to speak about bullying, restorative justice, and social media risks for teens. Learn more about the workshops and trainings she offers.
Writing
Carrie is the author of several books and the award-winning blogger of Portrait of an Adoption. She also writes for major news outlets nationwide. What’s she writing now?
Bullied
What Every Parent, Teacher, and Kid Needs To Know About Ending the Cycle of Fear
Jazzy's Quest #1
Adopted and Amazing
Jazzy's Quest #2
What Matters Most
Jazzy's Quest #3
Camp to Belong
Carrie Speaks About Bullying at Comic-Con
Carrie Goldman’s Bullied Is an Amazon Best Seller!
Read Carrie’s Work Online
Carrie writes about a wide variety of topics for multiple media outlets. Her five main areas of expertise are 1). Bullying prevention; 2). Digital citizenship and social media behaviors; 3). Restorative justice; 4). Parenting and mental health; and 5). Adoption dynamics
Under the umbrella of bullying prevention, Carrie has written about:
- the difference between normal social conflict and true bullying
- de-escalation techniques for managing peer conflict
- avoiding a culture of victim-blaming
- acting as a witness or ally instead of a bystander
- effects of binary gender culture and gender-based marketing
- using social emotional learning skills to increase social competencies
- diversity and inclusion and anti-bias training
Under the umbrella of digital citizenship and social media behaviors, Carrie has written about:
- cyberbullying prevention and response
- the effect of social anxiety on social media behaviors
- social media addiction and misuse
- sexting and risky behaviors through social media
Under the umbrella of restorative justice, Carrie has written about:
- shifting from a punitive model to a community model
- responding to misbehavior with pro-social methods
- learning the continuum of restorative practices
- implementing classroom sharing circles and peacemaking circles
Under the umbrella of parenting, Carrie has written about:
- Infant loss, pregnancy loss and grief
- Sensory processing disorder in children
- Anxiety and related mental health conditions in children
- ADHD in children
- Raising children both biological and adopted
- Bullying and social dynamics in children
Under the umbrella of adoption dynamics, Carrie has written about:
- Adoptees and mental health
- Validating adoptee experiences
- Ethical adoption
- Trans-racial adoption
- Understanding adoption trauma
- Creating emotionally healthy adoptive families
US News & World Report: “‘Does She Know Her Real Mom?’ The Complexities of Open Adoption”
Note from Carrie: I'm delighted to share my first piece for US News and World Report. "There is no road map for open adoptions. There is no decision tree to help you decide next steps. What there is, however, is an adoptee who did not ask to be born into a...
US News & World Report: “What to Do When Your Friends’ Kids Drop Your Child From Their Group”
Note from Carrie: I wrote this piece for US News & World Report about how very hard it is when your friends' kids drop your child from the group. Speaking not only as a professional but as a mom, this is tough stuff. "When our children are toddlers, we...
Adopting.com: Jazzy’s Quest: Adopted and Amazing! A Must-Have Adoption Book For Your Library
Note from Carrie: Have you read Jazzy's Quest: Adopted and Amazing? Jazzy is an awesome fourth-grade girl who needs to find out what makes her special in time for the community talent show. This early/mid grade chapter book is a must-have for your library!...
Psychology Today: Yom Kippur: When the Baby Was Not Inscribed in Book of Life
Note from Carrie: My piece on Yom Kippur and infant loss. "We did not attend services the following year, neither for Rosh Hashanah nor for Yom Kippur. Instead, we spent the holidays visiting a baby girl in Missouri who was in foster care. Life is for the...
Huffington Post: The Disturbing Reason Teens Are Playing ‘13 Reasons Why’ on Snapchat
Note from Carrie: "While we are busy composing emotionally intelligent lists of all the excellent questions to ask our kids, many of them are moving on, desensitized already to the horrors of Hannah’s life, reducing the series to something as trivial as a...
Adoption Network: Our Unexpected Family
Note from Carrie: This is my family's unique story. When the shock of all that transpired had passed, my husband and I chose life. We were a home that needed a baby. It was time to find a baby that needed a home. Fragile, hopeful, we started...
Workshops & Trainings
Bullying and Social Conflict
Gain the critical skills needed to prevent and respond to bullying and unkindness.
Restorative Justice
How can your community begin to implement restorative practices?
Social Media & Risky Behaviors
Carrie tackles the tricky topic of dealing with kids and the impulsive decisions they make using social media.
About Carrie
Carrie Goldman is the award-winning author of Bullied: What Every Parent, Teacher, and Kid Needs to Know About Ending the Cycle of Fear (Harper Collins, August 2012). In addition to her expertise in bullying dynamics, Carrie writes one of the nation’s premier adoption blogs, Portrait of an Adoption, which has followers in more than 45 countries. Her acclaimed new children’s book, Jazzy’s Quest: Adopted and Amazing, came out in June of 2015. She lives in Illinois with her husband and three young daughters, where they all enjoy reading, gardening, eating chocolate, and playing outside as a family.
Testimonials
“Never have I seen buy-in by students on the subject of bullying until Carrie Goldman!”
“No matter who her audience is – a parent, teacher, student – she is able to reach them and offer practical strategies. She’s so dynamic and engaging and we love working with her.”
“Carrie Goldman offers the highest quality workshops. Her passion and dedication in providing most up-to-date research-based interventions against bullying make her a powerful and a phenomenal speaker and trainer. I have learned a lot from her work and have greatly benefitted from her talks.”