The Art of Trauma-Informed Care

Shenandoah Chefalo was abused and neglected as a child by her mother and step-father. At the age of 13, she was abandoned so she...

We all have small secrets. Shenandoah Chefalo had a big painful secret, that she only shared with her husband… after the wedding. Her new...

This evening we interview Shenandoah Chefalo (author of the recently published memoir “Garbage Bag Suitcase”) about a blog she recently...

I have attended several funerals during my lifetime. At one, when I was still in high school, I remember watching the mother of a friend...

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...

For over twenty years, I said nothing. I hid my status as a foster care survivor from almost everyone I knew. The label “foster kid” had...

Earlier this week, President Obama commuted the sentences of 46 people who he said were serving sentences disproportionate to their...

Did you know that we have over 400,000 children in the foster care system each day in the United States? It's appalling and most States...

LESSONS FROM THE ROAD, A FOSTER CARE MEMOIR Garbage Bag Suitcase is my forthcoming memoir of my wholly dysfunctional journey through a...