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.
Parenting
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.
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.
Why the holidays can be hard and how to make them better
Many youth in foster care experience the holidays as stressful. Foster care alum Jamerika Haynes-Lewis shares her perspective and offers six tips for making youth feel included.
Parenting as a team: foster and adoptive parents share what they have learned
How might adopting or foster parenting affect your relationship?