Children and youth with trauma often require special parenting approaches. Fortunately, there are support services available to help parents navigate their options. Unfortunately, many families do not know about available support services or may be reluctant to access them. We offer strategies to ensure families are both aware of services and understand that needing support is common.
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June 10, 2024
Article Family support strategies Featured Post Support families Uncategorized
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.
October 22, 2024
Support families Tool
This podcast discussion guide is a tool designed to accompany the Navigating Adoption podcast from AdoptUSKids and can be used to facilitate meaningful conversations with prospective families about their foster or adoption journey.
October 21, 2024
Article Family support strategies Featured Post Support families
Children and youth with trauma often require special parenting approaches. Fortunately, there are support services available to help parents navigate their options. Unfortunately, many families do not know about available support services or may be reluctant to access them. We offer strategies to ensure families are both aware of services and understand that needing support is common.
September 16, 2024
Article Family support strategies Featured Post Support families
A new resource center recently debuted with the goal of building bridges between child welfare systems and mental health systems.
September 5, 2024
Article Family support strategies Featured Post Support 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.
August 16, 2024
Article Discover Featured Post Professional development
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.
July 30, 2024
Article Discover Family support strategies Featured Post Minority leadership program (MPLD) Support families
Melissa Fleurio investigated how families could benefit from post-adoption services when encouraged to seek them out before they encountered a crisis.
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