Resources

Adolescents

Articles

• Helping Pregnant and Parenting Teens Find Housing
• Seeking Shelter in Tough Times: Securing Housing for Youth who Age Out of Foster Care
• Supporting Youth Who Are Aging Out of Foster Care
• Advocacy for Young or Expectant Parents in Foster Care
• Kinship Care May Lead to Increased Behavioral Well-Being
• Six Steps to Address Rising STIs in Teen Girls
• An Advocate’s Guide to the Use of Psychotropic Medications in Children and Adolescents
• Reclaiming Futures: Freeing Youth from Drugs and Crime
• Positive Youth Development: The Key to Keeping Youth Out of the Juvenile Justice System

Books & Publications

• Creating Healthy Opportunities: Conversations with Adolescent Health Experts
• Health for Teens in Care
  
• Achieving Permanency for Adolescents in Foster Care: A Guide for Legal Professionals

Webinars

• The Health of Children in Foster Care: Making Improvements Through Medicaid and the Law

Infants & Toddlers

Practice & Policy Briefs

• Advocating for Very Young Children in Dependency Proceedings: The Hallmarks of Effective, Ethical Representation
• Visitation with Infants and Toddlers in Foster Care: What Judges and Attorneys Need to Know
• Healing the Youngest Children: Model Court-Community Partnerships
  

Books

• Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Futures: A Judge's Guide

Presentations

• Making Virtual Family Contact Meaningful for Parents and Children 

Polyvictimization & Trauma

ABA Policy

• ABA Policy on Trauma-Informed Advocacy for Children and Youth
  

Articles

• Understanding Trauma and its Impact on Child Clients
• Establishing a Trauma-Informed Lawyer-Client Relationship
• Communicating with Youth Who Have Experienced Trauma
• Supporting the Mental Health of Trauma-Exposed Children in the Child Welfare System
• Using Screening and Assessment Evidence of Trauma in Child Welfare Cases
• Medical Effects of Trauma: A Guide for Lawyers
• Understanding Secondary Trauma: A Guide for Lawyers Working with Child Victims

Publications

• Trauma Exposure Response: A Resource for Child Welfare Attorneys
• Trauma: What Child Welfare Attorneys Should Know
• Implementing Trauma-Informed Practices in Child Welfare
  
• Polyvictimization and Trauma in Children: Implications for Legal Advocates
  
• Identifying Polyvictimization and Trauma Among Court-Involved Children and Youth: A Checklist and Resource Guide for Attorneys and Other Court-Appointed Advocates

Substance Use

Parental Substance Use

• Key Legal Issues in Civil Child Protection Cases Involving Prenatal Substance Exposure
  
• Child Welfare Court Cases Involving Prenatal Substance Use: A Primer for Professionals Serving Mothers and Families 
  
• Reasonable and Active Efforts, and Substance Use Disorders: A Toolkit for Professionals Working with Families in or at Risk of Entering the Child Welfare System
• Seven Common Ingredients for Family Treatment Courts
• The Treatment Perspective in Permanency Decisions for Substance Abusing Parents
  
• Addressing Substance Abuse in the Child Welfare System: A Summary of Practice and Policy Issues
  
• Screening Young Children in Dependency Drug Court
• Online Tutorial: Understanding Substance Use Disorders, Treatment, and Family Recovery: A Guide for Legal Professionals (A primer on alcohol and drug addiction, substance abuse treatment and recovery, the impact on children and families, child welfare timetables and their impact on parenting, and cross-system communication and collaboration).
  

Psychotropic Medication

• Psychotropic Medication and Children in Foster Care: Tips for Advocates and Judges
• An Advocate’s Guide to the Use of Psychotropic Medications in Children and Adolescents