National Foster Care Month: How to Show Your Support This May (and Beyond)
National Foster Care Month can be a time to raise awareness about the children and families who are affected by foster care and highlight ways individuals can offer support. Throughout the month of May, many organizations recognize the vital role professionals, caregivers, and community members across the child welfare system play in supporting children, youth, …
Adoption: Understanding the Process and Its Impact on Triad Members Virtual Webinar
We are pleased to announce our upcoming Thrive Initiative Educational Series for Professionals presentation focused on Adoption. Join the Thrive team and Dr. Jennifer Crissman Ishler, on September 25, 2024, at 12pmEDT, to explore the concepts and challenges associated with adoption and discusses the different types of available adoption with regard to contemporary adoption practices. …
Adoption: How to Talk to Children
In 2015, 53,549 American children under the age of 18 were adopted from the foster care system, and, in 2016, 5,370 children from other countries were adopted by Americans (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2015; U.S. Department of State, 2016). It is important that families who have been personally touched by adoption talk …
