There are three ways you can support ITAO’s work with resource families.
Shop at Amazon through one of our book links.
When you enter Amazon through our website, a percentage of your purchase is directed back to us — including everything you purchase during that session. Start browsing our selection of great books here. You can also visit our A-store by clicking here. Purchasing books from that page works the same way to support ITAO.
Donate
Your donation supports our programs directly. Mail your check to:
It Takes An ‘Ohana
Family Programs Hawai‘i
250 Vineyard St.
Honolulu, HI 96813
Volunteer
We are always looking for volunteers to help us at events, in the office and from home. Email Judith at jwilhoite@familyprogramshi.org to find out how you can help.
Follow this link to download handouts from the Foster Care Training Committee (FCTC) training, Improving Children’s Behavior: Re-energizing the Traumatized Brain in Children, featuring Dr. Steven Choy.
The winter 2012 newsletter of the Children, Youth, and Families Office of the American Psychological Association includes several articles about the mental health needs of children and youth who have experienced foster care, including challenges faced by adoptive families and the mental health services they have used. Follow link for more information.
We’ve assembled a list of some of the best books ever written about parenting, foster care and adoption and given you an easy way to read about them and purchase them online by clicking through from this website. When you do, ITAL receives a portion of the proceeds from that sale and from everything else you purchase on Amazon in that session! It’s a great way to support our work with foster and adoptive families.
This book provides the foundation, resources, and tools to help professionals, parents, and other to support children for whom the journey through placement is part of their road to adulthood. Chapter titles include: 1) Attachment and Separation, 2) Child Development, 3) Separation and Loss, 4) Minimizing the Trauma of Moves, 5) Case Planning, and 6) Behavior Problems.
Achieving Permanency addresses the legal, medical, psychological, economic and social issues that often pose challenges to teens seeking permanent families. This book offers guidelines that describe different case types and propose specific solutions and approaches, including step-by-step legal and casework strategies.
