Tagged With "Safe Babies Court Pilot"

January 28, 2014 My Dear Colleague Jeff Bergstrom: The interaction you had with the couple in the restaurant in June 2013 was fascinating, scary and probably an honest summary of some of the mis-information and the biased thinking that dominates segments of this country. I have been told that it is difficult to reason someone out of something that they have not been reasoned into. This may be one of those conversations. But I wonder where the ideas about children in foster care came from? It...

Elaine: I know that Benchmarks PFE (Partnering for Excellence) has a pilot program going. They are working with researchers from Duke to help measure and assess. They are doing a few things I think are pretty cool: Making sure therapists and clinicians are trauma-informed and ACEs aware. Making sure Child Welfare and Family Services is trauma-informed and ACEs aware. Making sure medical insurers they work with are as well. But they are also doing some innovative things such as working with...