‘Factsheets’ Articles
Connecting With Your Teen
Your words and actions help the teen in your care feel secure. Don’t forget to say and show how much you care about your teen!
Dealing With Temper Tantrums
When the child in your care is having a floor-thumping tantrum, the most important thing you can do is remain calm and wait it out. Do not let your child’s behavior cause you to lose control, too.
Everything Means Something to Me…
“Children hear the way we speak about them or other children…For many years, they will need us to provide the positive words and beliefs that they don’t have for themselves…”
Help Getting Through the Holidays
Jane Schooler, author, adoptive parent and social worker, speaks of the “psychological presence of the biological family” in our children’s lives. I know this has been true for the foster sons we have had in our home, especially during the holidays. That is why we wanted to share with you some tips on how to help children and youth involved in out-of-home care during the holidays. Follow link for more information.
How & Why To Read Aloud To Keiki
Every time you read aloud to your child, you are helping set the stage for their future educational success! Research shows that reading aloud to children is one of the most effective ways parents and caregivers can help children develop the language skills that they will use to be successful in school and through-out their lives. Follow link to download fact sheet that tells you how to give the keiki in your home a head start by explaining “Why and “How To” Read Aloud to Keiki”.
How Hawaii’s New Child Protective Act Impacts YOU
This factsheet shows changes made to Hawaii’s Child Protective Act that became law that affect resource families.
Planting the Seeds of Higher Education
It is up to us to help the children and youth in our care see the possibilities before them. Read this fact sheet to learn more about the opportunities foster youth in Hawai‘i have for higher education scholarships and grant opportunities available and how to help your foster youth realize their potential.
Raising Your Grandchildren
Parenting the second time around brings special challenges and special joys. Do not hesitate to ask for help or seek services in your community for yourself and your grandchildren.
Resilience: Every Child Has Promise
Resilience: the capacity to spring back, rebound, successfully adapt in the face of social competence despite exposure to sever stress – a quality we want for all our children. To learn more on how to help the children in our homes meet adversity and not only survive, but to thrive, read this story about one [...]
Reweaving `Ohana Connections
Resource caregivers, guardians, adoptive and kinship parents, more than most, know how much it hurts children when abuse and neglect rips their family apart.
