Should I Take in a Spanish-Speaking Foster Teen With a Baby? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
07/20/24
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Question: I was just asked to take on a Spanish-speaking teen with a baby. Do you have any resources to address fostering a teenager with a language barrier, as well as supporting her in developing adult skills and independence? She comes with a complicated history involving immigrating here on her own.
Resources:
- Welcome an Older Child to Your Home (Resource)
- Former Foster Youth Voices (Resource)
- Helping a Child Heal from Trauma (Resource)
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What do teachers understand about adoption? What are the misperceptions? We talk with two researchers on this topic: Dr. Hal Grotevant, the Rudd Family Foundation Chair in Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Dr. Abbie Goldberg, a Professor of Psychology and current Director of Women’s & Gender Studies at Clark University.
In this episode, we cover:
- How knowledgeable were teachers in understanding the impact of trauma?
- How knowledgeable were teachers in understanding the impact of attachment?
- How knowledgeable were teachers in understanding the impact of adoption?
- How knowledgeable were teachers in understanding the impact of prenatal exposure?
- Was there a perception that adopted kids were “troubled”?
- What did they know about open adoption?
- How accepting were teachers to the idea of modifying assignments to reflect diverse families, including those formed by adoption?
- Do teachers know whether kids are adopted? Do they need to know? Do they feel comfortable asking for this information?
- Did teachers present lessons that included the diversity that adoption represents?
- Does teacher training, either formal or in-service, often include information on adoption?
- What can parents do to help their child’s teacher be more adoption-aware or adoption-sensitive?
- Where can listeners get more information on your research?
- The “Teachers and Adopted Children” Survey and the Factsheet for Teacher can be found here.
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
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- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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July 24, 2024
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Does your child have a disability or have some label? If so, you need to listen to this interview with Dr. Deborah Winking, an educational psychologist and a special education teacher. She is the author of Capable: A Story of Triumph for Children the World Has Judges as “Different” and Raising Capable Kids. She is the mother of four, including one adopted child and one child with a neurological disorder.
In this episode, we cover:
Many of our kids have hidden disabilities caused by trauma. These disabilities can look like so many different things, including behavior problems.
You say these 12 habits are to change yourself, not your child. Why?
- Habit 1: Believe that effort creates ability
- Habit 3: Set a vision of capability with your child and adjust it over time
- Habit 6: Send capable messages: Use words and act in ways that let your child know that you think they are capable
- Habit 8: Challenge your child in ways that regularly take them (and you) outside your comfort zone.
- Habit 10: Allow your child to make choices and experience the consequences of those choices
- Habit 11: celebrate your child’s persistence to build a narrative of strength
Order your copy of Raising Capable Kids & use code: Capable20 for a 20% discount and free shipping.
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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