Self Care: Placing An Oxygen Mask On Yourself Prior To Assisting Others
Traveling with friends and family to events is something I like to do for two reasons. One is the fact ...
Traveling with friends and family to events is something I like to do for two reasons. One is the fact ...
“It’s natural for you to think about how fostering will affect your life. About how hard it will be or ...
Recently on a cloudy August morning, I was simultaneously texting a young person to see if they were okay after ...
Foster care alumni abandoned by the educational system often become the inmates at youth detention centers and adult prisons across ...
In 2013, Florida lawmakers chose to implement the Normalcy Act; a law that requires their state government to allow foster ...
“Over the next 10 months, Jake and his brother were moved 11 times, sometimes in short succession.” This quote is ...
Motivational speaker Travis Lloyd’s Overcoming Emotional Trauma: Life Beyond Survival Mode is a fresh fusion of autobiography and practical advice ...
Current news events seem to be rife with stories relevant to social work while continuing to highlight our lack of ...
Recently, a colleague of mine came to me for advice on addressing a very tough question from a child: Why ...
Many people struggle with a fear of abandonment. Losing an emotional attachment can be very traumatizing to anyone. If you ...
In cases involving undocumented parents and U.S. citizen-children, the child welfare system often has little power to ensure family preservation. ...
Possibly one of the few things more challenging than being a teenage parent is being a teenage parent in foster ...
Once a young person turns 18 and leaves the foster care system, they should be ready to do what other ...
Ever wonder why people are not clamoring to build a better abacus? Most people wouldn't know how to use an ...
A news story regarding abuse animal recently resulted in thousands of dollars in donations. The community was appropriately outraged when ...
Children from adversity is a term often used to describe children who have experienced childhood traumas, abuse, and/or stressful conditions ...
The inspiration for this article is the result of a recently published article: "'Crack baby' study ends with unexpected but ...
Ones' opinion regarding the field of child welfare is largely influenced by what they have read or viewed in the ...
The Jim Casey Foundation’s Youth Opportunities Initiative is the force behind the research on this invaluable topic. The Foundation designated ...