Guides the ongoing process of developing and supporting individual foster families and can direct the agency's overall system for enhancing the collective competencies of its foster parents.
The story of a small, potted daisy who is neglected by her family. She finds help and a new place to stay until the people she was living with can learn how to take better care of her. Little Flower also includes healing project ideas for children. These exercises can help other children understand what happens to some children.
In this book, open adoption practitioner Jim Gritter examines all the ways in which birthparents are marginalized. He provides a glimpse of birthparents' emotional roller coaster ride as they struggle with grief, ambivalence, and regret. Most importantly, he makes the case that if adoption exists to benefit children, then adopted children are best served when birthparents and adoptive parents work together.
Readers will be charmed by the message of this heart-warming fable: that which is loved will reveal its loveliness. The Giant King CD that accompanies the book in this set was judged a Honors winner in the NAPPA Children's Products competition.
A DVD and discussion guide created to help child welfare systems in their struggle to improve outcomes for families and children. The guide gives background information on family-focused foster care, the families featured in the video, the changing roles of the people involved, and gives clear how-to "Steps Along The Way” for each family team member.
This assessment guide is a tool for conducting family assessment in kinship care. It is a resource for agencies that wish to develop an effective assessment process that not only meets agency and legal requirements, but also helps and supports kinship families.
A guide for workers who want to help LGBTQ youth confront challenges with their families, at school, in out-of-home care, or in the wider community. New in this edition is a chapter on transgender youth issues, a chapter on other special populations of LGBTQ youth, and specially highlighted sections in each chapter that answer the question, "What Can Youth Workers Do?".
What is the secret to reducing staff turnover? Through case studies, learn what other child welfare agencies have done to keep their employees on the job despite a lack of resources. Five sections explore strategies that improve retention and outcomes.
Jim Gritter's third book for CWLA examines the next step after open adoption. Building on his previous books, which promote the inclusion of birthparents, Gritter takes the approach that practicing goodwill, respect, and courage within the realm of adoption makes the process move smoother and enriches children's lives.
This highly regarded handbook was written expressly to help adolescents make their own decisions about their pregnancies. Using a supportive, nondirective approach, it does not advocate any particular solution to the dilemma of teenage pregnancy. It does, however, offer various alternatives as it guides the teen through considering each available option.
