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Power Through Choices Curriculum

Power Through Choices Curriculum

Power Through Choices: My Life, My Choices (5th Edition)2023Power Through Choices: My Life, My Choices (5th Edition) is a 10-session, evidence-based prevention curriculum specifically designed for adolescents ages 13–18 in systems of care. Power Through Choices was...

Young Parents Stories – Lucero & Carmen

Young Parents Stories – Lucero & Carmen

  A story from the Young Parents StoriesLucero (she/her) and Carmen (she/her) have been there for each other since they were born. Having been in juvenile justice and the foster care system, the twin sisters have non-traditional pathways toward economic security...

Young Parents Stories – Bella

Young Parents Stories – Bella

  A story from the Young Parents StoriesBella (she/they) is a 22-year-old trans mother who gives their all to their family. Their story to find a safe, stable housing for their partner and two children depicts how the broken housing system forces young families...

Young Parents Stories

Young Parents Stories

A storytelling project aimed at portraying the realities of young parents while navigating the foster care system.Why It Matters Stories are transformative and have the power to bring about change. Stories provide a practical and sustainable structure for sharing...

Adoption Competency in a Post-Roe v. Wade Reality

Adoption Competency in a Post-Roe v. Wade Reality

ReSHAPINGAdoption Competency in a Post-Roe v. Wade Reality Journal of Social Work Education, July 2022 Elisa E. Madden, Monica Faulkner, Donna M. Aguiniga Suggested Citation Madden, E., Faulkner, M. & Aguiniga, D.M. (2022) Adoption Competency in a Post–Roe v. Wade...

Activate Collective

Activate Collective

Bridging the gap between research and practiceWhat It Is From 2020 to 2022, Healthy Teen Network partnered with Child Trends and Chapin Hall to develop and disseminate research-based practice resources for professionals who work with youth. The Activate project was...

The functioning patterns of adolescent mothers leaving foster care

The functioning patterns of adolescent mothers leaving foster care

ReSHAPINGThe functioning patterns of adolescent mothers leaving foster care: Results from a cluster analysis Child and Family Social Work, 2020 Svetlana Shpiegel, Elizabeth M. Aparicio, Bryn King, Dana Prince, Jason Lynch, Claudette L. Grinnell‐Davis Suggested...

Power Through Choices: Training-of-Facilitators

Power Through Choices: Training-of-Facilitators

Power Through Choices Training-of-FacilitatorsAvailable Online & In-PersonReady to implement the only proven effective curriculum designed for and with youth involved in systems of care? We'll train your facilitators to implement the evidence-based program, Power...

Power Through Choices Training-of-Trainers

Power Through Choices Training-of-Trainers

Power Through ChoicesTraining-of-Trainers Available In-Person (Online, Coming Soon!)Do you have a team of trainers experienced at building the capacity of adult professionals? A Training-of-Trainers, or a TOT, prepares experienced trainers to conduct a...

What Works? Sex Ed for Youth in Systems of Care

What Works? Sex Ed for Youth in Systems of Care

What Works? Sexual Health Education for Youth Involved in Systems of CarePresentation Available Online & In-PersonWhat does it take to provide high-quality sexual health education to youth involved in systems of care? In this interactive workshop, participants...

ReSHAPING

ReSHAPING

A partnership to bring you the latest research in one place.Where We Started ReSHAPING began as an informal research alliance that met to discuss opportunities for joint manuscripts, presentations, trainings and potential projects.  With funding from the Annie E....

“Even if you think you can trust them, don’t trust them”

“Even if you think you can trust them, don’t trust them”

ReSHAPING"Even if you think you can trust them, don’t trust them”: The lived experience of sexual health among sexual minority girls in foster care Children and Youth Services Review, June 2020 John P. Salerno, Olivia Kachingwe, Jessica N. Fish, Eshana Parekh, Melanie...

“The internet is not private”

“The internet is not private”

ReSHAPING"The internet is not private:” The role of social media in sexual health among youth in foster care Journal of Adolescence, July 2020 Olivia Kachingwe, John Salerno, Bradley Boekeloo, Jessica Fish, Melanie Geddings-Hayes, Faduma Adena, Elizabeth M. Aparicio...

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