Back to school: Tips for supporting children and youth in foster care as they return to the classroom
Child welfare experts offer tips and strategies for creating a successful return to school for your foster or adoptive student.
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Reading as healing: How bibliotherapy can benefit families
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 with your child or youth to help process difficult emotions.
Understanding trauma-responsive parenting
Children and youth who have experience trauma benefit from trauma-informed parenting methods that specifically address their needs.
Celebrate National Foster Care Month by better understanding the system’s scope and impact, according to the numbers
May is National Foster Care Month. Join us in celebrating the system that reaches more than 368,000 children and youth annually.
You don’t have to be special…you just need to be willing
Kayla Moffitt will always remember the moment that she shared her desire to adopt a child from foster care with her husband, Jerad, in the fall of 2018.
How parents can build trust: what 3 foster and adoptive families have found
How can you demonstrate your trustworthiness to a teen who has experienced foster care? Here’s advice from three sets of foster and adoptive parents.