Supplemental Participant Resources

Review

Foster Parent Handbook

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Foster Parent Responsibilities Policy

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The Importance of Strategies for Supporting Child and Parent Hosted by April Dinwoodie with guest Robbin Pineda

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Co-Parenting or Shared Parenting by Phyllis Stevens

Partnering with Birth Parents to Promote Reunification from the Child Welfare Information Gateway

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Understanding Reunification as the Primary Permanency Plan hosted by April Dinwoodie with guest Alice Talavera White

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Resource Family Tip Sheet for Supporting Reunification by Dana Leader

Partnering with Birth Parents to Promote Reunification from the Child Welfare Information Gateway

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Child Development hosted by April Dinwoodie with guest Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD

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Connecting with Your Teen from the Child Welfare Information Gateway

Parenting Your School-Age Child from the Child Welfare Information Gateway

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The Importance of Understanding Attachment hosted by April Dinwoodie with guest Laura Ornelas, LCSW

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Secure Attachment, Dr. Jacob Ham

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Summary of the Seven Core Issues in Adoption

Attachment Through the Senses by Margaret A. Creek

Finding and Working with Adoption-Competent Therapists from the Child Welfare Information Gateway 

27 S' of Attachment-Focused Parenting by Dan Hughes, PhD

Seeking Meaningful Therapy: Thoughts from an Adoptive Mother by Debbie Schugg

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Effective Communication hosted by April Dinwoodie with guest Lynne White Dixon

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Learn about Communicating with Your Child from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Parenting Your Adopted Preschooler from the Child Welfare Information Gateway

Parenting Your Adopted School-Age Child from the Child Welfare Information Gateway

Parenting Your Adopted Teenager from the Child Welfare Information Gateway

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Preparing for & Managing Intrusive Questions hosted by April Dinwoodie with guest Ellen Singer

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Did They Really Just Ask That Question? by Cynthia Cubbage

Empowering Children and Parents to Cope with Questions/Comments about Foster Care or Adoption by Ellen Singer

Adopted Children and Their Peers by Ellen Singer

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Understanding Grief & Loss in Foster and Adoptive Children Hosted by April Dinwoodie with Guest Gregory Manning, PsyD

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The Teen Years: Brain Development and Trauma Recovery Adapted by Anna Libertin from a webinar by Kim Stevens

Building Resilience in Children and Teens from the Child Welfare Information Gateway

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Trauma-Related Behaviors Hosted by April Dinwoodie with Guest Bruce Perry, MD, PhD

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Developmental Disruption by Bruce Perry, MD, PhD

The Three E's by Bruce Perry, MD, PhD

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The Neurosequential Model in Caregiving Ten-Tip Series: Understanding Disassociation by Bruce Perry, MD, PhD

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Trauma-Informed Parenting hosted by April Dinwoodie with guest Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD

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Sequential Engagement

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Helping Traumatized Children: A Brief Overview for Caregivers by Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD

Parenting a Child Who Has Experienced Trauma from the Child Welfare Information Gateway

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Understanding Mental Health Disorders in Children who have Experienced Trauma, Separation, and Loss hosted by April Dinwoodie with guest Eric Kothari, PhD

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Mental Health Crisis Planning for Children: Learn to Recognize, Manage, Prevent, and Plan for Your Child's Mental Health Crisis from the National Alliance on Mental Illness Minnesota

Helping Traumatized Children: A Brief Overview for Caregivers by Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD

Self-Harm from the National Alliance on Mental Illness

Summary of the Seven Core Issues in Adoption by Margaret A. Creek

Everything Means Something to Me by Kim Stevens

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The Impact of Substance Use

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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders CDC-FASD from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FASD Parent Tip Sheet from The North American Council on Adoptable Children

FASD United: The National Voice on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder from the National Organization for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Fact Sheet  from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Children and Adolescent Prenatal Drug and Alcohol Exposure Intervention Tables by Julia Bledsoe

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The Importance of Maintaining Children's Connections to Family, Community, and Culture hosted by April Dinwoodie with guest Sharon Kaplan Roszia

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Sibling Bonds and Separation by Ellen Singer

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Creating a Stable, Nurturing, and Safe Home Environment hosted by April Dinwoodie with guest Elizabeth Richmond

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Parenting Children Who Have Experienced Abuse or Neglect from the Child Welfare Information Gateway

Tips from Preteens and Teens from the North American Council on Adoptable Children

How to Help an Older Child or Teen Adjust to Your Home by Kris Kittle, PhD, and Kelly Reed, PhD