An Expert Who Has Testified in Foster Care Cases Across Colorado Admits Her Evaluations Are Unscientific
Diane Baird labeled her method for assessing families the “Kempe Protocol” after the renowned University of Colorado institute where she worked for decades. The school has yet to publicly disavow it.
Pediatrician Guidance in Supporting Families of Children Who Are Adopted, Fostered, or in Kinship Care
The child welfare system strives to provide children and adolescents in foster care with a safe, nurturing environment through kinship and nonkinship foster care placement with the goal of either reunification with birth parents or adoption. Pediatricians can support families who care for children and adolescents who are fostered and adopted while attending to children’s medical needs and helping each child attain their developmental potential. Although this report primarily focuses on children in the US child welfare system, private and internationally adopted children often have similar needs.
We surround families in crisis with caring, compassionate community. Safe Families for Children is a movement fueled by compassion to keep children safe and families intact. We temporarily host children and provide a network of support to families in crisis while they get back on their feet.
Florida seized 4-day-old son from mother with disability
MIAMI — Two days after Alysha Princess Cesaire gave birth to her son on Feb. 1, 2018, someone at Hollywood’s Memorial Regional Hospital phoned the state’s child abuse hotline to e…