by sstinson | Nov 19, 2019 | Aging Forward, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Parenting
Aging Forward Past Foster Care: Making A Progression Plan By Shay Stinson Edited by Intisar Seraaj Welcome back to the continuation of the “Aging...
by sstinson | Nov 6, 2019 | Aging Forward, Foster Care
By Shay Stinson Aging out can be a scary thought for older foster children. This is the moment when the responsibilities of the foster care system have expired for youth of a certain age—21 years of age to be exact. It doesn’t, however, have to be met with negative...
by intisar | Oct 7, 2019 | Articles
By Intisar Seraaj Richard “Rusty” Kays has been involved with the foster care system for most of his life. He says he grew up in foster care since he was 3 days old and aged out of the system when he was 18. But he had a consistent foster family. He’s been paying that...
by intisar | Oct 1, 2019 | Articles
By Intisar Seraaj Charlene Armstead, a resident of Hueytown, Alabama, was introduced to fostering through her best friend Bernadette Rush, a foster parent for Seraaj Family Homes, Inc. (SFH). Armstead says she was exposed to youth in foster care when visiting Rush’s...
by intisar | Sep 12, 2019 | Articles
By Intisar Seraaj Virtual gaming, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and other forms of technologically-simulated circumstances have been proven numerous times to be an effective clinical intervention tool for those with special needs, spanning from...