Throughout this issue of Fostering Perspectives, you have read several pieces from resource parents, professionals, and those with lived experience working hard to create change […]
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Advocating Together: Strengthening Professional Relationships in the Courtroom
“So how did court go?” I asked our social worker after learning a hearing had been held for a new foster placement that morning. “Fine,” […]
Read moreA Social Worker and a Foster Parent
By Megan Burns, MSW Everyone is familiar with the age-old question of which came first, the chicken or the egg. I often ask myself which […]
Read morePracticing Child Welfare with Lived Experience: From Foster Youth to Social Worker
By Candie Johnson Experiences shape who we are. They shape our perceptions of the world, how we navigate life, the frame we see the world […]
Read moreA Reader Asks: What is Unlicensed Kinship Care?
What is Kinship Care? Kinship care is the full-time care, nurturing, and protection of children by their relatives, members of their tribes or clans, godparents, […]
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