Posts in Topic: Resiliency
You Are Not Alone: A Look Inside Youth Mental Health

6-part KET series that features people on the front lines of mental health and emphasizes the importance of healthy, supportive relationships in helping youth overcome mental health challenges. https://www.ket.org/health/youth-mental-health/you-are-not-alone-series-overview/ (CEU credit: 0.5 to 3 hours)

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Stories from Youth at 2010 National CASA Conference

At our 2010 National CASA Conference, we invited volunteers, staff, supporters and others to share their CASA/GAL stories in a story booth. In this week's podcast, we present the first edited interview: a conversation between a youth who recently emancipated from the foster care system and a youth currently in state care. http://podcast.casaforchildren.org/stories_from_youth (CEU credit: 0.25 hours)

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Resources for Families Facing Deportation and Separation

This toolkit provides detained and deported immigrant and undocumented mothers and fathers with crucial information they need to protect and maintain parental rights and make well-informed, critical decisions regarding the care and welfare of their children. https://www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-resources/resources-for-families-facing-deportation-separation/ (CEU credit varies)

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Helping Youth Succeed: A Former Foster Youth's Story

This is part one of a two-part series. In this half you will hear Michael describe his experiences with the foster care system and Rhode Island CASA and share how he was able to overcome the odds. In part two you will hear from the two men who helped Michael get where he is today. http://podcast.casaforchildren.org/helping_youth_succeed_a_former_foster_youth_s_story (CEU Credit: 0.25 hours)

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Learn About the Turpin Case in California, Where 13 Siblings Were Imprisioned For Decades

Read a 2018 Article from the New York Times, published shortly after authorities discovered the situation at the Turpin household: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/health/california-13-kids-siblings.html (Estimated CEU credit: 0.25)

Watch the 2021 episode of 20/20 about how one of the siblings escaped and reported what had been going on: https://abc.com/shows/2020/episode-guide/2021-11/19-2020-escape-from-a-house-of-horror-a-diane-sawyer-special-event (CEU credit: 1.0)

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