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A youth interacts with a caregiver.

How family support professionals can encourage trauma-responsive parenting

Children and youth who have experienced trauma can benefit from trauma-informed parenting methods. Use this article to learn ways to help families incorporate trauma-responsive parenting techniques into their everyday care routines.
A youth talks to a mental health provider on a couch.
A youth talks to a mental health provider on a couch.

New center aims to enhance mental health services

A new resource center recently debuted with the goal of building bridges between child welfare systems and mental health systems.
A man and woman discuss post-adoption issues at a desk.
A man and woman discuss post-adoption issues at a desk.

New post-adoption center enhances support to adoptive and guardianship families

A new federal center has been launched to help agencies and staff develop, implement, and sustain post-permanency services that are comprehensive, culturally responsive, and accessible.
A stack of books with a variety of titles about adoption and foster care
A stack of books with a variety of titles about adoption and foster care

How books can be therapy: Plus, reading recommendations for child welfare professionals

Kendra Morris-Jacobson with the Oregon Post-Adoption Resource Center Library discusses the benefits of bibliotherapy, which promotes healing through reading. Plus, she offers her recommendations for the best books to read as a child welfare or family support professional, as well as books she'd suggest for families to read together to help their child or youth process difficult emotions.
Minority Professional Leadership Development graduate Melissa Fleurio, a woman with short hair and glasses, poses for a professional headshot picture.
Minority Professional Leadership Development graduate Melissa Fleurio, a woman with short hair and glasses, poses for a professional headshot picture.

MPLD fellow explores how to share post-adoption information

Melissa Fleurio investigated how families could benefit from post-adoption services when encouraged to seek them out before they encountered a crisis.
Kendra Lowden, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and descendant of the Osage Nation, is pictured in full tribal regalia.
Kendra Lowden, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and descendant of the Osage Nation, is pictured in full tribal regalia.

MPLD graduate’s research project leads to doctoral degree and new state training to better support Indigenous youth

MPLD graduate Kendra Lowden speaks about her experience in the program, how it advanced her career, and how she furthered her research action project to become a groundbreaking state training. She also offers insight and recommendations for better supporting Indigenous youth and families by maintaining their cultural connections.

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