The Art of Trauma-Informed Care

7 Trauma-Informed Phrases I Use Every Day as a Trauma-Informed Consultant

Apr 4, 20235 min read

11 Trauma-Informed Boundary Phrases to Use at Work

Jan 4, 20235 min read

10 Things You Didn’t Know Were Trauma Responses

Oct 11, 20226 min read

Jun 20, 20173 min read

How to Help Foster Youth Maintain Their Rights

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

Jun 13, 20173 min read

The Connection Between Teachers and the Child Welfare System

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

May 20, 20164 min read

Reaching the Fourth "R": Schools and Classrooms Make the Difference

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...

May 2, 20161 min read

Residential Schools: A Promising Alternative

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

Apr 13, 20163 min read

Healing Trauma: One Grocery Store Line at a Time

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...

Dec 20, 20152 min read

The 180 with Jim Brown on CBC Radio

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...

Nov 9, 20152 min read

Foster Care Crisis Begs for Cooperation

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