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Guests
Kaylee Blanco, California Delegate, National Foster Youth Institute (NFYI)
William Woelki, Doctoral Student at the University of Delaware
Summary
Our NFPA Executive Director Arnie Eby hosts a delightful and insightful conversation with two young adults with experience in foster care, and gains their insight into what they would like all foster parents to know about the experience of the children in their care.
Related Resources
In William’s discussion, he speaks about the importance of language. For example, we say ‘a child in foster care’ instead of ‘foster child’ as an affirmation that being in foster care does not define them. The NFPA hosted a Coffee with Caregivers session on this topic – the resources are still valuable, and support William’s perspective beautifully, so we have included them here.
The following resources are being made available in support of our December 14, 2021 Coffee with Caregivers on the topic of Strength Based Language. Click to view or print the document.
Article 1 Strength Based Words and Expressions We’re a Family Not a Home FFT July-August 2020
Article 2 Coffee with Caregivers – Strengths-based Words & Expressions (Pasztor & Williams – 2017)
Article 3 What’s in a Name FFT May-June 2021
Article 4 From Visitation to Family Time FFT January-February 2021
Article 5 No More Hard to Place Child_Safe, Nurturing Families Are Hard to Find FFT March-April 2021
Article 6 Why Language Matters FFT November-December 2020
Article 7 Reframe, From Home Study to Family Assessment FFT September-October 2020
Article 8 Words Matter FFT November-December 2018
A special ‘thank you’ to Fostering Families Today magazine for allowing us to provide these to our members!
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