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Untitled Document Informative articles by foster care and adoption professionals:

Yes, I want to order Fostering FAMILIES Today --- Issue 1

COVER STORIES
Unconditional Commitment
By Pat O'Brien, Director, "You Gotta Believe!"

Taking Stock of What Foster Care Has Taught Us
By Joy Duva and Lee Mullane

18 and Out? Changing the Mindset for At-risk Youth
By Don N. Davis, Ohio Foster Parent to teenage boys

A Home to Come Home To
By Rose Zeltser, LCSW

COLUMNS
Medical Matters
Lisa Albers, M.D., Children's Hospital Adoption Program,
Harvard Medical School

Ask Ashley Anything!
Ashley Rhodes-Courter, teen adopted from foster care at age 12

Washington Watch
Maureen Hogan, National Adoption Foundation

From Where I Sit - Inside the NFPA
Randy Ruth, President of the National Foster Parent Association

Reviewing the Research
Peter Gibbs, Ph.D.

UMASS Center for Adoption Research
"Coming Through the Wry"

Artist Ratna Pappert
A cartoon commentary on her life in foster care

BOOKIN' It!
By Debbie Smith, MSW, ACSW

"Agency Speak" - Post-placement Services
By Debbie Riley, C.A.S.E. Maryland

Advocating for Kids with Special Needs
By Barbara Tremitier, Ph.D.
One Another Adoption Program

FEATURE STORIES
Separating Siblings: Compounding a Child's Loss
By Yolie Bodie

PARTNER MOMS: Bridging the Cultural Context
By Cherry Sokoloski

Raising Ricardo, Regardless
Anonymous

IMHO…. Embracing "Those People"
By Dianne Hillman

Hands On, Hearts Open: Mentoring for Growth
By Debbie Riley, Executive Director
C.A.S.E, Silver Spring, MD

Who You Are Makes a Difference
An Internet Underground Tale of Caring

One Church, One Child Succeeding in Baltimore!
By Mildred Gee, Special Programs Manager MD DHR

Notes on Attachment
By Arthur Becker-Weidman, Ph.D.
The Center for Family Development

Address for Capitol Hill
By Ashley Rhodes-Courter

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