by intisar | Jul 8, 2020 | Adoption, Articles, Child Welfare, Foster Care
She wasn’t expecting to, but Julia Charles, Ph.D. began to cry when she and her fiancé Nicole Linen, Psy.D. dropped off more than 100 new, rolling suitcases stuffed with necessities, fun desirables, and hand-written notes for our agency’s youth in foster care. Charles...
by sstinson | Jun 8, 2020 | Articles, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Parenting, Social Work, therapy
By Shay Stinson | Edited by Intisar Seraaj Playing is Therapy Tell your kids to “grab the kickball and the sand buckets because we’re going outside to work it out!” This is a form of therapy: play therapy. Play therapy is not a new concept. For...
by sstinson | May 27, 2020 | Adoption, Aging Forward, Articles, Foster Care, Parenting, Social Work
There are many valuable lessons we can pull from the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. One important lesson is that change is inevitable. The process of change can be very abrupt, but it can also be subtle. With reflection, we see many things that have changed throughout our...
by intisar | May 19, 2020 | Social Work, therapy
By Intisar Seraaj Let’s be frank! Social workers, case managers, and family support workers are caregivers. They’re constantly checking on the welfare of their clients, especially at Seraaj Family Homes, Inc. where these staff members must be available 24/7 to tend to...
by sstinson | May 12, 2020 | Child Welfare, Foster Care, Q&A, remote work, therapy
By Shay Stinson Edited by Intisar Seraaj Marcus Chambliss, 25, says due to growing up “in the middle of the internet boom,” he grew up using technology. He remembers logging into the internet for the first time at 7 years old, he says. So, using technology a case...
by sstinson | Apr 29, 2020 | Child Welfare, Foster Care, Special Needs, therapy
Non-traditional therapy is a term used to describe methods of mental health therapy that have limited evidence-based research. Some examples include animal-assisted therapy (AAT), creative arts therapy (CAT), and horticulture therapy. Although there may be a lack of...
