A publication dedicated to making foster care and adoption in North Carolina the best they can be
by Amy Huntsman and Maurita McCorkle • Resiliency is the ability to bounce back from a tough situation. Although the concept is simple, putting it into action can be tough for resource parents during normal times. With a pandemic, a contentious election, and civil unrest all going on, it can be even harder. The good news? Finding joy and trying
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by Amy Huntsman • Therapy is an important tool for helping youth in foster care develop coping mechanisms and process trauma. It can be so helpful to have a safe place and an unbiased person to be honest with. Telehealth therapy, also called “teletherapy,” is mental health treatment in which patients receive counseling from licensed therapists online, usually with a
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by Jodi Franck • Who can you count on when times are hard? If the COVID-19 crisis has taught me anything, it’s that when challenges arise, resource parents step up. How do I know? Through my work overseeing the licensing of North Carolina’s foster parents I have had the privilege to hear about some of the many extraordinary actions resource
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by Jonathan Rockoff • When Tyson Robertson was growing up, he and his mother spent time in a homeless shelter while she struggled with substance use disorder. Soon after he was out on his own, it became clear his mother was heading down the same path. Only this time, it would be his siblings, Tyshawn and Tyanna, who’d be staying
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by Emily • I was 12 years old when the department of social services first entered my family’s life. My siblings and I were placed in my grandmother’s home. The term was called “kinship care.” As a result of the things I went through with my mom, I was very angry. Looking back, I can say that I was a
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by Daphne Charlot • Living in an abusive home caused me to have stunted self-esteem and difficulty expressing myself. On and off I would take medication and see therapists, but nevertheless my trauma would prevail. This is because the root cause was my biological parent. Living in their household was constantly reopening my psychological wounds. I was convinced I needed
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We asked young people in foster care, “Did you ever have to switch schools because you were in foster care? What was that like? What did you or other people do that made switching schools easier?“ Here’s what they had to say. * * * * * First Place Haley, age 17 One of the hardest of the many challenges
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Nov. 2017 issue (vol. 22, no. 1)
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by Britt Cloudsdale • Misty Taylor and her husband have been fostering since 2012. She’s always had a passion for children, and when she and her husband had trouble having a biological child, Misty felt God was calling them to parent children who need them most. So far, she and her husband have had a total of 18 placements, including
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