by sstinson | Mar 27, 2020 | Aging Forward, Child Welfare, Parenting, Social Work
Goodwill Easterseals of the Gulf Coast (GESGC) has been a resource for community support since 1934 when it was founded by Edgar Allen. As a non-profit, charitable organization, GESGC is funded mostly through Goodwill store sales and private donations. Eighty-nine...
by sstinson | Mar 17, 2020 | Adoption, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Parenting
Documenting childhood memories By Shay Stinson How many of us have that classic, ceramic plate with our hand print on it that we made for one of our parents in preschool? It was probably an item they kept for...
by sstinson | Mar 10, 2020 | Adoption, Aging Forward, Child Welfare, Foster Care, News, remote work, Social Work, Technology News, Uncategorized
By Shay Stinson In celebration of National Social Work Month, I reached out to one of Seraaj Family Homes, Inc.’s former and most influential social workers and present mentors, Tracy Pressley, LICSW. Pressley has reached back into the social work community and...
by sstinson | Jan 28, 2020 | Child Welfare, Foster Care, Parenting, Social Work
By Shay Stinson Photo by Jordan Whitt on Unsplash.Grief is a life experience that just about everyone will grapple with at some point. We all experience grief differently. There are five identified stages of grief that a person experiences during a time of...
by intisar | Jan 21, 2020 | remote work, Social Work
By LeBarbara Stinson Edited by Intisar Seraaj * This piece is a compilation of thoughts written by Stinson in 2017 and 2019. She is a remote case manager for the Mobile, Alabama region of Seraaj Family Homes, Inc. (SFH). Technology has helped to do more in less time,...
by sstinson | Jan 6, 2020 | Adoption, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Parenting
Sometimes creating connections and maintaining bonds with people in your biological family can be difficult, but it can be especially difficult for children in foster care. In addition to the traumas that led them to be in the child welfare system, after entering...
