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Hawaii's Foster Care Resource

Mental Health Needs of Children Who Have Been in Foster Care Explored

I was very pleased to find the winter 2012 newsletter of the Children, Youth, and Families Office of the American Psychological Association with several articles about the mental health needs of children and youth who have experienced foster care. I was privileged to talk with several groups of resource caregivers (formerly referred to as foster parents), guardians and adoptive parents through out Hawai`i in 2011.  According to them, one of the biggest issues they are having is finding help with the mental health issues that the children in their homes face.  This newsletter highlights the issues while providing some guidance on how to help.  Click here to read the newsletter.

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