Juvenile court can be a stressful environment— for everyone. But for court-involved youth, it can also be embarrassing, confusing, and traumatic. Youth may fail to meet adults’ expectations to be respectful and compliant or to show empathy and remorse. Youth … Read More
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What Makes a QPI Site Successful?
WHAT MAKES A QPI SITE SUCCESSFUL?1. Elements of QPIa. Commitment to parenting that meets the individual developmental needs of each child in the foster care system in view of his or her unique characteristics and circumstance including his or her history of … Read More
Louisiana CINC Benchbook
The Court Improvement Program of the Louisiana Supreme Court, Louisiana Judicial College, and Pelican Center for Children and Families is delighted to announce the publication of the Louisiana Child in Need of Care Benchbook for Juvenile Judges. The Benchbook project is a … Read More
Trauma-Informed Strategies for Supporting Children and Youth in the Child Welfare System during COVID-19
Children and youth who become involved in the child welfare (CW) system often experience trauma as a result of maltreatment and other adversities while in the CW system, including removal from home and multiple out-of-home placements. Children and youth of … Read More
Do the Components of Strengths-based Supervision Enhance Child Welfare Workers’ Satisfaction with Supervision?
Turnover rates, burnout, vicarious trauma, and professional development needs of the workforce are specific challenges often faced by child welfare administrators. The relationship between the supervisor and the frontline worker is important to increasing staff retention, debriefing stress, and enhancing staff development. The … Read More
Attachment Problems in Young Children: Effective Interventions for Repairing Young Child Trauma
Attachment refers to the emotional connections that develop between young children and their caregivers through a transactional process with a predictable timeline. National Child Welfare Workforce Institute. CLICK HERE
Suicide Looms Large in Minds of Many Foster Youth
The suicide of any child is a tragedy, but studies show children in foster care are four times more likely than other children to attempt to take their own lives. Suicide risk is correlated with depression, lack of social support … Read More
Victimization and Trauma Experience by Children and Youth: Implications for Legal Advocates
The Safe Start Center, ABA Center on Children and the Law, and the Child and Family Policy Associates recently released a new resource, Victimization and Trauma Experienced by Children and Youth: Implications for Legal Advocates. In this resource, you’ll find: Information about the prevalence and impact … Read More
Historical Trauma Among African Americans, ACES, and Resilience-Podcast
FRIENDS has released its first podcast: Historical Trauma Among African Americans, ACES, and Resilience. The traumatic history of African Americans, how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) compound multi-generational trauma, and what hope looks like are considered in this podcast. Three experts from … Read More
Trust-Based Relational Interventions – Summary of Outcomes in Research
TRUST-BASED RELATIONAL INTERVENTION®SUMMARY OF OUTCOMES This report is a listing of research that has been compiled about TBRI as developed by the TCU Institute of Child Development. It is a review of the literature that they have compiled. Access the report.