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Shenandoah Chefalo
Jul 5, 20173 min read
THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAUMA INFORMED CARE: AND IMPLEMENTING IT INTO PRACTICE
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...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
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
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Shenandoah Chefalo
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...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
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...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
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...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
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...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
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...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
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...
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