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Foster Parent Handbook
BECOME A FOSTER PARENT A mom, dad, house and dog do not make a home. Everyday, there are children who experience this sad fact when they are removed from their home due to neglect or abuse. Not every foster child has a foster family. In some regions, foster children must wait for long periods of time in shelter care. More than one-half million children in the United States rely on foster families to provide a safe and loving home. Many wonderful and caring families would like to open their homes to these children, but are clueless about how to get started. There are many misconceptions, myths and misunderstandings surrounding foster care. These concerns must be shattered and waiting children...
DNA in the Courtroom
A clear and comprehensive guide to the scientific and legal issues surrounding forensic DNA testing.
Foster Parenting
Howard and Geneva Coleman, who have fostered over twenty-five children at their Maryland home during the last seven years, recount their personal story and offer advice for other Christian foster parents.
Heather Has Two Mommies
Candlewick relaunches a modern classic for this generation with an all-new, beautifully illustrated edition. Features an audio read-along! Heather’s favorite number is two. She has two arms, two legs, and two pets. And she also has two mommies. When Heather goes to school for the first time, someone asks her about her daddy, but Heather doesn’t have a daddy. Then something interesting happens. When Heather and her classmates all draw pictures of their families, not one drawing is the same. It doesn’t matter who makes up a family, the teacher says, because “the most important thing about a family is that all the people in it love one another.” This delightful edition for a new generation of young readers features fresh illustrations by Laura Cornell and an updated story by Lesléa Newman.
The Filipino Family
This classic was re-issued to meet the continuing demand for an introductory text on the sociology of the family in the Philippine setting. The book examines family structures and values in the context of an evolving society.
Child Abuse and Stress Disorders
Child Abuse and Stress Disorders examines the phenomenon of stress and how it affects us psychologically, emotionally, and physically. This book examines major stressful events in recent history along with several stress disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In addition, several chapters are devoted to various types of child abuse and their effects on mental and physical well-being.
Becoming Trauma Informed
Most people accessing mental health and addiction services have experienced trauma. For those working in community services, treatment agencies and hospitals, providing "trauma-informed care" requires an understanding of the effects of trauma, and of how to create programs, spaces and policies that place priority on trauma survivors' safety, choice and control. Becoming Trauma Informed describes trauma-informed practice at the individual, organizational and systemic levels. This multi-authored collection brings together the voices of those who have integrated trauma-informed principles into various mental health and addiction treatment and social service environments, and of the diverse groups with which they work. Becoming Trauma Informed is an important resource for those who are working, or who are planning to work asaddiction andmental healthpractitioners and program and system planners."
Organization And Membership
This book details the organization and membership of the Philosophical Society of Washington, D.C., a learned society devoted to the advancement of science. The book includes detailed descriptions of the society's purpose, members, and scientific discoveries, making it of interest to historians of science and those interested in the history of learned societies in America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
