By Richard Heyl de Ortiz, LCSW We’ve all heard the urban legend horror story about the foster parents who take in children just for the paycheck, or the couple who “warehouse” children just so that […]
By Addison Cooper, LCSW Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-785927096, 288 pages, $16.95 paperback Movies are one of America’s greatest past times, but not all movies are appropriate for certain audiences. Specifically, movies can impact […]
By Linda Urban Illustrated by Katie Kath Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers, 2016, ISBN: 978-0-544-59817-1, 160 pages, $16.99 “Weekends with Max and His Dad” is about a son having to adjust to his […]
Singing Dragon, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-84819-293-5, 32 pages, $7.99 Steve Haines, in his 32-page comic, “Trauma is Really Strange,” provides easy-to-understand, useful information regarding how trauma affects the brain. The illustrations, done by Sophie Standing, are […]
By Camron Wright Three Dreamers LLC, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-62972-224-5, 432 pages, $24.99 Taj Rowland has lived many roles in his life ranging from beloved Indian son to kidnapped orphan to adopted American son. His true […]
By Rhonda Sciortino Hatherleigh, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-57826-629-6, 154 page, $15 Author Rhonda Sciortino is a survivor of a trauma-filled early childhood, raised by her abusive grandfather and drug addicted grandmother. While that start alone may […]
by Daniel Heimpel, publisher of Adoption Today & Fostering Families Today When Fostering Media Connections (FMC) was launched in 2010, the goal was to drive public and political will behind improving the lives of vulnerable […]
By Kim Phagan-Hansel Dr. Mary Wingo has studied the stress impacts on the human brain. She shares with our Fostering Families Today readers how children in foster care are impacted by that stress more severely […]
By Dr. Soo Kim Abboud and Jane Kim The Berkley Publishing Group, 2015, ISBN: 0-425-20561-4, 209 pages, $13 paperback Asians and Asian-Americans make up 4 percent of the American population, and 20 percent of Ivy […]
By Cheryl Rezek Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-78450-147-1, 96 pages, $ paperback Carers are particularly vulnerable to feeling dysregulated, worried and overwhelmed by the numerous demands that come with caregiving, whether they are physical, […]
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