Children As Animals: The Evolution of the Child Welfare System
First Step: The SPCA In the early part of the 1800s, Henry Bergh created The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) which p
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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
Jun 6, 20172 min read
Garbage Bag Suitcase is an Award Winner
It has been a busy and crazy month. As we come out of Foster Care Awareness Month, it feels like a whirlwind. In early May, we received...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Apr 28, 20173 min read
May is Foster Care Awareness Month: Here is How You Can Help
MAY IS FOSTER CARE AWARENESS MONTH Here is How YOU can help In 1988 with the help of Senator Strom Thurmond, President Ronald Regan...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Apr 17, 20171 min read
Midwest Book Awards Announces Finalist
Saint Paul, MN: The 27th Annual Midwest Book Awards finalists announced. The awards recognize quality in independent publishing in the...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Mar 30, 20174 min read
Self Help: More Than Just A Book
I have written before about how I was a self-help book addict. I read every book I could find, re-reading several of them and even going...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Mar 7, 20171 min read
Topeka Capital Journey-Author Talks About the Importance of CASA
For more than 20 years, well into her adulthood, Shenandoah Chefalo wouldn’t breathe a word about growing up as a foster child, concerned...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Feb 1, 20173 min read
A Nation Triggered: Using Powerful Questions to Coach Ourselves in Bi-Partisanship
A NATION TRIGGERED Using Powerful Questions to Coach Ourselves to Bi-Partisanship It’s official: in the United States we have a new...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Dec 8, 20162 min read
Who Gets The Life Raft: The Difficult Relationships of Foster Youth
Writing for this blog is sometimes problematic for me. I try to be as transparent as possible and talk about the things that are truly...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Nov 20, 20161 min read
Couple Devotes Time To Children
HILLSDALE – With the goal of making life better for citizens in their community, Doug and Susan French of Hillsdale have delved into...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Nov 10, 20161 min read
The Giving Back Podcast - PART 1
No one comes into foster care because of a pleasant situation. Shenandoah Chefalo is the author of Garbage Bag Suitcase, a memoir of...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Sep 26, 20163 min read
Can Living Alone Heal Trauma? A Year to Find out
I have never really been good at relationships. Intimacy scares me, and trust is something that is earned. When I travel now, speaking...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Sep 11, 20161 min read
James Miller Lifeology Podcast
We all have experienced many difficult things in our lives. Often we allow an event or our environment to define who we are. When this...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 30, 20164 min read
Comfort in Chaos: Understanding Trauma Brain
I make no bones about it, as a foster child, I don’t think I was an easy person to get along with and I certainly wasn’t trying to make...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 18, 20161 min read
KiwaniTalk -Dearborn, MI
KiwaniTalk is produced by memers of the Kiwanis Club of Dearborn, Michigan. Recently they asked me on to talk about my book, Garbage Bag...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 17, 20161 min read
I Want To Know (Podcast)
In this episode of I Want To Know we welcome in author and survivor of the foster care system Shenandoah Chefalo. In her new book Garbage...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 12, 20161 min read
Changing The Lives of Foster Children
Plagued and embarrassed by her name, made worse by a nomadic childhood that made it impossible to build lasting relationships, Shenandoah...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Jul 31, 20161 min read
The Changing Behavior Network-Part 2
In this radio-style podcast, Dr. Sutton interviews Shenandoah Chefalo about her life and her book, Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir. It’s...
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