Posts Tagged ‘mental health’
Improving Children’s Behavior: Re-energizing the Traumatized Brain in Children
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.
Mental Health Needs of Children Who Have Been in Foster Care Explored
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.
Influences on the Mental Health of Children in Foster Care
Stakeholder interviews were conducted through focus groups of foster youth, foster parents, and child welfare service providers. The groups recognized the benefit of mutual support for one another and proposed potential solutions for addressing concerns.
Mental Health and Developmental Health Issues for Young Children in Foster and Kinship Care
Follow this link for handouts and information relating to this training by Dr. Joy Osofsky, Ph.D. Dr. Osofsky is a psychologist and psychoanalyst and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans.
