The Importance of Sibling Relationships The focus in foster care is often on a child’s relationship with his or her parent(s) and the efforts to restore that connection. Children in […]
Siblings After reviewing the articles for this issue of Partners, I found this quote on Pinterest that, to me, wonderfully summed up and described the challenges faced by many children […]
The Many Emotions of Kinship Care For a lot of kinship parents, the decision to change hats from being a grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, or sibling to being in a […]
Kinship Care We are dedicating this issue to all the wonderful relatives who step up and care for their kin. Over the past five or more years, a greater emphasis has […]
Supporting the Emotional Healing of the Children in Your Care One of the most important and ever-present jobs of a foster parent is to help children heal from past traumas […]
Forgiveness In this issue of Partners, we chose to write about one of the more challenging topics related to adoption and foster care: the topic of “forgiveness.” It is something we […]
Coordinating Culture & Care When a child enters out-of-home care, there are so many questions and so many things on the to-do list. Ensuring that the child is safe, that […]
Exploring Culture In the world of adoption and foster care, we often talk about transracial and transcultural families; those families made up of members representing different ethnic groups or [...]
A Foster Parent’s Tool Box The journey of providing foster care is dotted with “a-ha” moments along the way. Over time, we pick up new information and strategies, process challenges […]
Family Tool Kits In this issue of Partners, we chose to focus on the stories of other families and their versions of the “tool boxes” they have used to this point […]
