By Nadine and Marie Nadine: My foster care journey began in 2016. As a newly licensed foster parent I didn’t really understand what shared parenting […]
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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,” […]
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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 moreThe Connectivity of Lived Experience
If you were given the opportunity to change the world, what would you do? How would you go about it? Who would you get help […]
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