by sstinson | Feb 3, 2021 | Adoption, Aging Forward, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Health, Social Work, therapy, Trauma, Wellness
Childhood trauma is determined mostly by the residual effects it has on a child’s wellbeing. According to the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, “when a child feels intensely threatened by an event they are involved in or witness, that event is a trauma.” There...
by sstinson | Jan 18, 2021 | Adoption, Aging Forward, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Holidays, Parenting
By: Shay Stinson Edited by: Intisar Seraaj It’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, celebrating the beloved civil rights activist, social justice leader, and minister, so today we stop to consider what acts of service have we done and how we can be more involved in the...
by intisar | Nov 10, 2020 | Child Welfare, Foster Care, Special Needs
By Intisar Seraaj If you’re not really a T.V. or movie-watching type of person, the weather during the Spring and Summer was on your side. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we had to find alternative ways of entertaining ourselves like going on nature walks, outdoor...
by sstinson | Oct 2, 2020 | Adoption, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Parenting, Wellness
By Shay Stinson Our Mission For every child, there is a village that helps to raise them. Seraaj Family Homes, Inc. (SFH) has historically followed this concept and tapped into community resources to create a village that will nurture each child who comes to this...
by sstinson | Sep 15, 2020 | Foster Care, Health, News, Parenting
By Shay Stinson Overtime, nutritional guidelines for children have changed. We once believed three square meals a day was all a child needed for balanced nutrition and that, because children grow so quickly, there was no need to closely monitor their nutrition. Now,...
