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Another Adoption

Another Adoption

    I had the pleasure of being the adoption worker for a 5-year-old several years ago. This child had experienced significant abuse and neglect before coming into foster care. As a result of that trauma, she needed additional mental health treatment to help...
Giving Parent as Teachers a try made all the difference

Giving Parent as Teachers a try made all the difference

When reaching out they stated they had just started a parent education program with another agency and did not see the point of doing two different services. The client stated she was going to call her foster care worker to get clarification and would call me back the...
I just want to do right by my grandson

I just want to do right by my grandson

I worked with a grandfather who took his grandchild in to raise him. As I worked with him, I learned the grandfather had very old school way of discipline which are frowned upon in today’s age. At intake, I witnessed a situation that made me realized that there...
Sometimes you just need to be there.

Sometimes you just need to be there.

One of my clients, a mom of three children, two of which are in foster care, has reminded me that just ‘being there’ can make a lot of difference. The children in foster care have had multiple issues with the foster parent that resulted in a lot of...
Caring for our children include caring for their mental health

Caring for our children include caring for their mental health

At the end of January 2023, one of the children I work with was hospitalized due to mentalhealth concerns. The hospital was an hour drive from the office. It had been snowing for muchof the day, and was still snowing during my drive to the hospital. The only thing I...
Small step, big impact

Small step, big impact

In the FTM program we meet a family that we have not had a long relationship with and help themaddress the issues they are facing. I received a referral to facilitate an FTM for a removal for two teensfrom their father. The nature of the removal placed the teens in...
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