Bergen CASA Bulletin – Winter 2023: Lucy’s Letter
Dear Friends of Bergen County CASA, I am thrilled to share the remarkable progress we've made this year in continuing to ensure (since the onset of the pandemic in 2020) that EVERY eligible foster child has a dedicated Advocate! So far this year our Advocates have...
Lucy’s Letter: Advocate Holiday Newsletter 2023
Dear Advocates, I'm thrilled to share the remarkable progress we've made this year in ensuring that EVERY eligible foster child has a dedicated Advocate! Despite the challenges in child welfare, your adaptability and commitment have been truly remarkable. As DCP&P...
New CASA Video for Parents
This video presentation helps the viewer to better understand and evaluate relationships as it pertains to domestic abuse and violence. As we continue to raise needed awareness of domestic violence in our communities, Joelle Piercy from Safe + Sound Somerset, walked...
Annals of Law: When foster parents don’t want to give back the baby
In many states, adoption lawyers are pushing a new legal strategy that forces biological parents to compete for custody of their children. By Eli Hager, October 16, 2023 New Yorker article Alicia Johansen spent her childhood moving with her drug-addicted mom from one...
Responding to Digital Bias
NJ Division on Civil Rights Adapted and reprinted with permission from Right to Be, https://righttobe.org/guides/bystander-intervention-training.The findings and strategies that follow are from the Brookings Institution study, “Bystander Intervention on Social Media”...
Responding to “Everyday” Bias
NJ Division on Civil Rights Adapted and reprinted with permission from Right to Be, https://righttobe.org/guides/bystander-intervention-training.THINK FIRST QUESTIONS: The first step in bystander intervention in response to implicit or “everyday” bias is to take a...
Responding to Explicit Bias
NJ Division on Civil Rights Adapted and reprinted with permission from Right to Be, https://righttobe.org/guides/bystander-intervention-training.1. INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL BIAS INTERVENTION: In “The Prejudice Habit-Breaking Intervention”...
Talk Therapies Take On a Vital Role in Treating Schizophrenia
Cognitive-behavioral therapy helps to treat symptoms of schizophrenia for which drugs are ineffective By Matthew M. Kurtz on March 1, 2023 Scientific American March 2023 Issue Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that, at its worst, ravages the totality of...
N.J.’s child welfare system stopped investigating child-on-child sexual abuse cases
N.J.’s child welfare system stopped investigating child-on-child sexual abuse cases, watchdog says • Updated: Feb. 10, 2023, 2:16 a.m. • Published: Feb. 09, 2023, 9:52 a.m. By Susan K. Livio | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com The state’s child welfare agency declined to...
Black Students Are Still Experiencing Pandemic Trauma
Black Students Are Still Experiencing Pandemic Trauma Black parents were the most likely to report their K-12-aged children’s mental well-being has not improved from the negative toll the pandemic took. Dr. Terence Fitzgerald discusses why this is and potential...
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