Supporting Children in Foster Care
This collection aims to support social workers in understanding and responding to the needs of foster youth, thereby keeping them in stable placements for longer periods, reducing frequency of placement changes.
Building Connection in Foster Families
Explore resources for building connection in foster families.
Addressing Bedwetting
Bedwetting, also known as enuresis, is a frequent occurrence among school-aged children and is the result of interactions between genetic, biological, and psychosocial factors. Navigating bedwetting can often become an overwhelming experience for caregivers. This handout will explore some of the common causes of bedwetting and provide strategies for addressing it.
Connecting Through Play
Play is a great way to foster children’s knowledge as they learn through curiosity and interactions. This handout includes strategies for promoting communication skills and positive behaviors, as well as cultivating connections between the caregiver(s) and their child or children, and reducing problematic behaviors.
Evidence-Based Strategies to Support Young People’s Social Skills
In this learning experience, you will find a curated selection of videos sampled from the PEERS® Virtual Boot Camp training. As a provider, you can use these videos to help inform your work supporting young people with developing the skills needed to cultivate strong interpersonal relationships.
LGBTQ+ Youth in Foster Care: Where Are Their Resource Families?
The disproportionate number of LGBTQ+ youth lingering in foster care is a longstanding issue in the child welfare system, both locally in Los Angeles and nationally across the country. This video will increase attendees' understanding of why resource parents are not intentionally stepping up to care for LGBTQ+ youth and include a review of the subsequent health disparities facing LGBTQ+ youth with prolonged involvement in the child welfare system. Results will be presented from a mixed-method project examining factors impacting prospective resource parents' willingness to ...
Quick Tips: Trauma Sensitive Communication
As a provider, the way we communicate with clients is foundational in building trusting and stable relationships. Using trauma and resilience informed skills helps engage individuals in ways that empower them and provide connection. This guide outlines the elements of trauma sensitive communication and gives examples of how to implement it in practice and daily life.
Reducing Racial and Ethnic Bias in Child Abuse Reporting
This seminar will strengthen the child abuse reporting skills of staff members and administrators in their work with families of color. This seminar will work toward that goal through a brief history of child protective services and its role in society, review of legal obligations and ethical standards related to child abuse reporting, examination of racial/ethnic disparities in the child welfare system, the role of culture in parenting practices, and assessment of how implicit and explicit bias may impact child abuse reporting decisions. Recorded on: 9/10/2020
Understanding the Adolescent Brain and Behavior in the Context of Foster Care/Adoption
Trauma can have a substantial impact on brain development. Learn how histories of trauma, grief, and loss can impact the therapeutic process and gain tools to work with teens in the foster care and adoption population. Recorded on: 12/11/2018
Tips on Addressing Bedwetting
Bedwetting, also known as enuresis, is a frequent occurrence among school-aged children and is the result of interactions between genetic, biological, and psychosocial factors. Navigating bedwetting can often become an overwhelming experience for caregivers. This video will explore some of the common causes of bedwetting and provide strategies for addressing it.
Normative Sexual Development
Sexual development is a normal process in human development, and one of the ways in which children and youth experience the world around them. Despite being a normal part of development, it can also be a difficult topic for caregivers to talk about. This guide can help support caregivers in feeling more comfortable having these conversations with their young people by providing discussion tips and information about sexual development milestones.