UNDERSTANDING CHILDHOOD ADVERSITY & TRAUMA Across Louisiana, childhood adversity and trauma affect a significant number of children and families, potentially disrupting all aspects of health. Failing to recognize these experiences and respond in ways that are grounded in the science … Read More
Child Welfare
Building Resilience in Children After Trauma
Embarrassing mom truth: When my toddler was learning to walk, I asked my mom friends if I could put a helmet on her so she wouldn’t bump her head. This mama instinct came from a desire to protect my child … Read More
Adoption Triad: Practicing Adoption Competence by Examining the Impact of Race, Culture, and Diversity
Children and youth who are adopted often have experienced trauma and need help sorting through complicated feelings stemming from their adoption and past experiences. Rather than being a one-time event, adoption is an ongoing process that requires continuous support long … Read More
A Framework for Reviewing Professional Development Strategies in Child Care and Early Education
Introduction State and territory child care and early education (CCEE) leaders typically support a range of professional development (PD) opportunities for the CCEE workforce. This highlight describes the Professional Development Matrix for Quality Improvement created by Douglass, Tout, and Doyle. The matrix provides … Read More
COVID-Era Child Welfare Financing Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented global health crisis that disrupted daily life and presented unique challenges to child welfare agencies across the United States. Child welfare agencies contended with complex decisions on how, when, and if to transition … Read More
Every Community Is Worth Collecting Data On
By Tina Kauh My parents, like so many other immigrants, moved to America with dreams of a better life, full of opportunity for themselves and their children. My parents were Korean immigrants who left nearly everything when they came to … Read More
10 Ways to Practice PCEs During the Holiday Season.
School is out for the holidays, and the holiday season is an opportunity to fill children’s time off with the positive experiences that are all around. Many families have traditions, and many communities have events and activities for the whole … Read More
The 15 Best Grounding Exercises For Kids
Dr. Lucy Russell, is a clinical child psychologist, and most of the children she work with at her clinic show symptoms of anxiety. Grounding exercises are wonderful tools that can help children feel safe and “rooted” when fears or worries become … Read More
Parenting Foster Kids with Challenging Behaviors
Often, foster kids have come into care specifically because they have experienced loss, abuse, or neglect. Those experiences and other kinds of trauma that may have occurred in their home, including being removed from their birth family, can and often … Read More
Relative Foster Care Is Increasing Among American Indian and Alaska Native Children in Foster Care
A new analysis from Child Trends finds that, from federal fiscal year (FFY) 2018 to FFY 2021, the use of relative foster care placements for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children in foster care grew in seven of the … Read More