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.
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.
Applications for the 2024 cohort of the Minority Professional Leadership Development (MPLD) Program are being accepted through June 3, 2024.
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Greta Archbold, who works in the New York City regional office, researched how to better prepare regional office staff to make kinship placements.