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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.

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.