Episode 5. Guidance from Youth with Lived Experiences on How to Center Their Well-Being in our Child Welfare Practice.
Join an Interview with Bridget Colacchio, Ph.D. Tune in to learn how to support the healing, growth, and overall well-being of children and youth impacted by trauma. Bridget Colacchio, Ph.D., highlights the voices of youth with lived experiences and their perceptions of well-being by sharing their stories. Stories about their experiences with well-being and the impact of trauma on their lives. Together with the youth, she co-created “The Way to Well-Being Framework.” This framework highlights the importance of safety, trust, and freedom as supportive factors in youth’s well-being. In this episode, you’ll hear the youth’s stories and learn how this framework can help to guide our child welfare practices to better support children, youth, and families’ well-being.
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Featured in Episode 5, these three art images reflect snippets of youth in care participants' artistic expressions of their well-being. They provide illustration, however, are not the full artwork.
More Information
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- Steadfast benevolence: A new framework for understanding important adult-youth relationships for adolescents in care
- The Way to Well-Being Through Safety, Trust and Freedom: A Youth-Driven Framework for Older Youth in Child Welfare
Join William Schneider, Ph.D., in conversation about the role of economic mobility and financial assistance in preventing child neglect. He shares how research and federal policy in child welfare and poverty programs have evolved. Hear about growing evidence on the role of economic and concrete supports for alleviating conditions that heighten the risk of child neglect with the families that you serve.
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Join Abigail Williams-Butler, Ph.D., to learn how to build upon the strengths and resilience of Black mothers in child welfare.
In this episode, we hear from Justin Harty, Ph.D., on effective approaches to supporting young fathers in care in co-parenting and their transition to adulthood.