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The 2016 death of 11-year-old Yonatan Aguilar reignited a years-long debate about the strengths and weaknesses of a tool used by social workers across Los Angeles County to determine the... By Sara Tiano This post More Than a Year After …
Recently I was alerted to an article on Psychology Today which denounced dissociation as a real response to trauma. Not surprisingly, this article made my blood boil. The most infuriating part of the article was how he kept repeating how …
My family was a big one, including my two biological sisters and the foster children we welcomed into our home.
There was no doubt about the horror of the situation: a 4-month-old baby girl was dead. The question facing the jurors was less clear-cut: Was the tiny girl’s death accidental,... By Guest Writer This post Discredited Shaken Baby Science Sent …
Local leaders were honored for using the power of “Zorgos.” Photo credit: Richard Luibrand Zorgos is an imaginary superpower that prevents bullying, coined by my co-author, Dr. Louise Hart, and myself for our book, The Bullying Antidote. Zorgos is the collection …
#MeToo is a women’s movement to raise awareness about sexual harassment and assault. But I felt compelled to share my story. Why? Because it is a weight I have been carrying since... By Guest Writer This post Share Stories, Change Lives appeared …
The language of family finding is evolving in response to years of learning from practice and research. The family finding name itself came from these central questions: Is it true... By Guest Writer This post The Path Out of Foster …
Last week, I wrote about the horrible invalidation that comes with claims that dissociation is not real. But there is another belief about dissociation (and particularly Dissociative Identity Disorder) which leads to an underestimation of its prevalence. That belief is …
Tanya Winje, FCNI Program SupervisorVoice of an FCNI StaffRecently, I pulled up a slide presentation for a training I lead for staff here at Family Care Network about Intimate Partner Violence. In my effort to refresh the slides and update …
Shay Peck, Chair of Board of Directors Voice of an FCNI Board MemberI guess it’s only natural to focus on the challenges of each stage of life; but how much more rewarding it is when we seek out the opportunities …