By Tonia Deese As resource parents, the work you do to support children and youth in care is incredibly important: You stand in the gap […]
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Continuing to Foster After Grief and Loss
By Kate Schultz Grief and loss are inevitable in foster care and, at times, the weight of goodbye can feel like the air has escaped […]
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 […]
Read moreAdvocating for Yourself as a Kinship Caregiver
By Genia Newkirk Before writing this article, I had to take a huge pause, a deep breath, and totally relax my body to ensure that […]
Read moreBuilding Resilient Resource Parents
By Barbara Young In resource parent pre-service training, we discuss Maslow’s Hierarchy of Need, which is a visual representation of basic human needs. As resource […]
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