As a therapist, I accept that there are multiple truths and always two sides to a story. As a person moving house, I am a great procrastinator and constipator of throwing stuff out because I just may need it….one day. While packing (and now procrastinating), I came upon some old cards I had sent home […]
The Christmas season is still strong in our minds, with the wrappings barely undone, the bills mounting up, the worries of making ends meet are starting to build.
Article by Keran Thomas - Birdwing Therapies
Parents are mindful of the school uniforms and books that need to be purchased, the pressures of what the kids say “the other kids have” […]
Sheila (from Sisterhood of the travelling bra), spent Christmas day spread between Cairns, Mareeba, Atherton and Kuranda, Far North Queensland. In all her pink glory (pink’s the new red so the young ones tell me), Sheila peaked the Christmas presents, Christmas tables (we had a Christmas lunch crawl) and got to meet dozens of international tourists in the […]
Osborn and Bromfield state that residential care may be the ideal option for some children in out-of-home care. This supports the conclusions of Bath (1998) and Barber and Gilbertson (2001) who found comparable health and well being outcomes across groups of foster/kinship and residential care.
The “continuum of care” requires a range of placement options to […]
Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day
Care Leavers Australia Network is a support and advocacy group for adults who grew up in homes, orphanages, institutions and/or foster homes.
As a former foster child and active member in Foster Care Alumni of America, I was curious to know how foster care alumni in Australia are using their insights to help young people […]
