By Jessica Castillo “Pass on what you have learned.” — Yoda to Luke Skywalker, “Return of the Jedi” One of the most recognized and quoted mentors in cinema, Star Wars’ Jedi master Yoda is the […]
By Jeremiah Donier This new column focuses on the perspective of parents whose children enter the foster care system. Jeremiah Donier is a dad who successfully worked through a plan for reunification. Now, he serves […]
By Jenna Sherman With more kids home than ever before, parents and teachers are learning how to engage students and increase their success in the classroom. Multi-sensory education is creative and beneficial in many key […]
What is the experience for youth in foster care wanting to attend college? And what resources do they have? By Jessica Castillo I remember sitting on the edge of my bed while staring blankly at […]
By Kodi Baughman Some of the earliest childhood memories I have involving my father include talking to him — a stranger — through a phone call. I did not truly understand the value or importance […]
“It’s Okay to Wonder” & “Braver Than Me” By Rhonda Wagner, Illustrated by Jim Lutz Lucid Books, 2019 & 2020, ISBN: 978-1-63296-343-7, 34 pages, $12.99 Learning to share your parents can be difficult for children […]
Walk in a Manner Worthy A Voice in the Foster and Adoptive Care Wilderness By M. Kim Combes, E.Ed. 2020, ISBN: 979-8550480243, 152 pages, $14.99 With decades of experience as a therapist and foster and […]
The Black Foster Youth Handbook 50+ Lessons I Learned to Successfully Age-Out of Foster Care and Holistically Heal By Angela Quijada-Banks When Angela Quijada-Banks entered foster care at age 16, she was looking for a […]
Redefining Normal How two foster kids beat the odds and discovered healing, happiness and love By Justin and Alexis Black Justin & Alexis Black, 2020, ISBN: 978-1-7345731-3-8, 285 pages, $16.99 Only 2% of the population […]
