Consider making 2025 the year you elevate your career and the future of child welfare by participating in APLD.
This prestigious 12-month fellowship is more than just a professional development opportunity. The program offers several avenues for personal and professional growth and a structured path for exploring impactful solutions that tackle real challenges in child welfare.
Phoenix Santiago didn’t grow up discussing policy, but her time in foster care showed her firsthand its real impact on actual lives. And while that… Read More »Planting seeds, growing leaders: APLD celebrates Cohort Six graduates
Relationship-building isn’t always instinctive, especially when trauma and loss shape a child’s worldview. When parents and youth struggle to connect, the right guidance can make all the difference. In this blog post, child welfare expert Mary Boo shares actionable strategies to help families embrace trauma-responsive parenting, focus on connection before correction, prioritize cultural competence, and nurture authentic bonds.
Greta Archbold, who works in the New York City regional office, researched how to better prepare regional office staff to make kinship placements.
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.
Melissa Fleurio investigated how families could benefit from post-adoption services when encouraged to seek them out before they encountered a crisis.