Let It Be Us: A Foster Care & Adoption Podcast

How Can I Help? Practical Tips for Supporting the Child in Your Care

November 15, 2022 Let It Be Us Season 2 Episode 5
Let It Be Us: A Foster Care & Adoption Podcast
How Can I Help? Practical Tips for Supporting the Child in Your Care
Show Notes

In this special mini-episode, Cathy Newbury, Foster Parent Licensing Coach and seasoned foster parent, talks about how she ensures the children in her care receive all the support they need, while Dr. Heather Risser from our partner Northwestern University Family Care Parenting Lab talks from a therapeutic perspective about how to support the children. As mentioned in this episode, one way to find supports through DCFS is through Spider: https://spider.dcfs.illinois.gov/. To learn more about becoming a foster parent or joining our database of licensed homes find us at www.letitbeus.org