Keeping kids safe online seems to become more and more difficult as technology continues to change. Between all the new apps that allow texting, chatting, and private messaging, it seems like a never-ending task to try to keep up with the latest trends and technologies. While this technology allows us even more ways to communicate, […]
One of our most basic needs is housing, but finding affordable housing for your family can be challenging. With costs rising and housing being harder to find, it helps to have all the information so that you can navigate this well. For those who are experiencing homelessness, this can be a very frightening time! Even […]
As Kinship caregivers, your opinions are important and necessary in order to understand how we as a state can better serve our kinship families. By sharing your thoughts and views effectively, you can help others understand the unique challenges in caring for relative and non-relative children, including ways we can create more effective services to […]
Food is a necessity and when you become a kinship parent, your food bill doubles, triples, even quadruples literally overnight! With the rising cost of food, it is important to know how to get the most food at the grocery store for the money you have to spend. During this webinar, we will learn methods […]
ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is one of the “most common neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood” (according to the CDC) that is often carried into adulthood, but research is beginning to show that many children with ADHD often struggle with co-occurring mental health conditions such as anxiety or depression. Each of these diagnoses by themselves […]
Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder, or ODD, often struggle with defiant behaviors in which they challenge caregivers, break rules, lose their temper, even becoming frequently angry or annoyed. For these children and families, these daily conflicts can be very stressful-especially when it can be difficult to manage. In this webinar, we’ll look at appropriate intervention […]
Raising children and teens in today’s society can be challenging-raising kinship children to navigate these challenges successfully can be even more challenging. As kinship caregivers we hope to prepare our children for all the difficult choices and situations they may face as they grow up in an ever-changing society and culture; however, navigating these conversations […]
Last year, Kentucky Youth Advocates worked in collaboration with child welfare stakeholders (including relative and fictive caregivers) getting feedback on the common issues they faced when first involved in the system. To learn more about what we heard, see the compiled report here: https://kyyouth.org/lessons-learned-from-navigating-the-system/ Throughout 2024, KYA is sharing this information with current and former child […]
As a part of our growing series on knowing your Community Resources, we want to introduce Community Action Services. Community action is a vital resource serving every county in Kentucky and provides many resources to families throughout the Commonwealth. As stated on the capky website, Community Action agencies “provide life-changing resources to support an array […]
As Kinship caregivers, the most primary concern we have is being able to care for our families. Money becomes central to that concern. In this webinar, we will explore the resources available to kinship families including recent changes to kinship financial supports including Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (KTAP), Relative and Fictive Kin Placement Support Benefit […]
In part I of our Trauma Series, we will be taking a look at trauma from your child’s point of view, including understanding the feelings they have after witnessing negative circumstances and being removed from their parents, to connecting the trauma to the behaviors they have at home and at school. We’ll also learn how […]
In part II of our Trauma series, we’ll learn practical techniques that will teach how to effectively parent children with trauma. We’ll look at positive discipline measures that focus on helping the children learn how to respond to situations while avoiding more common parenting pitfalls. We’ll also gain a new understanding of “triggers” that children […]
