kinship and relative care

May 2016

Kinship is More than Just Blood

By |2016-12-01T19:32:50-06:00May 23rd, 2016|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , |

Today's Guest Blogger is Mollie Kohler. As the title suggests, Kinship is More than Just Blood discusses the issue of kinship care being preferential to non-relative care for children in out of home placements and the implications of this value. It was written by Marie K. Cohen, a former child welfare social worker from Washington [...]

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September 2013

New Donaldson Adoption Institute policy report emphasizes need for adoption competence among mental health professionals

By |2016-12-01T19:33:05-06:00September 6th, 2013|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , , |

Last week the Donaldson Adoption Institute released its newest policy perspective titled, "A Need To Know: Enhancing Adoption Competency Among Mental Health Professionals. The report highlights the difficulty that adoptive families face when seeking clinical therapeutic services in finding practitioners who have a deep level understanding and training in permanency and adoption. While many therapists [...]

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