The Art of Trauma-Informed Care

Safety plans serve as a great resource for individuals to practice healthy coping skills and develop a sense of safety and security that...

Last week I spent 3 days with a room full of exhausted yet engaged teachers, who were eager to learn about trauma and not only how it...

Despite the importance of vulnerability at work to promote a trauma-informed environment, the stigma surrounding emotional vulnerability...

Although trauma-informed leadership is gaining traction in the education and healthcare sectors, it is not a topic reserved for these...

If you need access to a crisis helpline right now, call 800-273-8255, the 24-hour National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Trigger Warning:...

No matter what type of organization you help run, if you are a leader, you should be promoting resilience and agility in the workplace....

I live in a world full of people with giant hearts. Its true. Everywhere you look in the world of Human Services and Child Advocacy you...

I was working on this month's blog and then realized that I had to set it aside. Someone shared a Time Magazine article with me that...

Since the release of Garbage Bag Suitcase, I have had some interesting human encounters. I have traveled around the country and even into...

Lying is a topic that I have been meaning to cover on this blog for sometime, but frankly every time I sit down to write it, I get...

It's almost impossible to help a child or a parent in need and not be affected by what we are seeing. This is true for any professional...

Most people are only one or two personal connections from a foster child but don't know it. Statistically, there is one foster child for

I was speaking to an elementary teacher the other day and she provided some insights into how her job relates to the child welfare...

I am very excited to bring you my first guest blog. In full disclosure, I met Cathy Anther-Fialon, at a webcast on a seminar regarding...

In her book, Garbage Bag Suitcase, former foster youth Shenandoah Chefalo describes her childhood of abuse, followed by three years in...

There’s a women standing in front of me at the grocery store. I can see her fidgeting, shifting her weight back and forth. She glances my...

The state of group homes in B.C. and Alberta has reached crisis level, with a recent B.C. government report revealing problems that range...

There are a number of organizations in the United States and around the globe that work for the betterment of foster children, but in...