It is the child who creates the adult, and no adult exists that was not created by the child they once were!" Maria Montessori

Advice: Cultural identity: the views of families from black and minority ethnic communities fmly.me/ty4s1V

From the Archives of @brainpicker retired: Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me fb.me/1oscuU1CE #mentalhealthmonth

baaf.org.uk/ourwork/bmepro… Baaf Black Asian and Mixed Heritage Issues project.

Wondering if anyone's done the Fostering Changes course & wld you recommend it? Thinking of training to deliver Adoption Changes course.

Just voted for Jenny Garrett OBE for inspiring women. You Go Jenny!!! Check her out & vote: wp.me/p2iv90-dg

Art meets neuoscience huff.to/Kc7LP1

Why the Jamaican Olympic team could be the best-dressed athletes at the games (PHOTOS) huff.to/KwVUel

In honor of Caribbean-American heritage month, art from the islands is taking over New York in June. huff.to/LmXH25

Essential to know you have secure, emotional resources not just good intentions, in order to foster a traumatised child #famichat

The fact that a child has been separated from parents & family will have huge emotional impact. Can't always predict hidden needs #famichat

If you know you can truly put child at the centre, grow with & support them, pass them over to family, deal with anxiety & loss... #famichat

It's like off-road parenting! Training helps, matching is good, it's the hardest job in the world, potential to transform lives #famichat

I have learnt that freedom from your past, from any of the chains that bind you, is through the telling of your... fb.me/2LDETxYPs

Totally amazing young people. Let's give them a chance! Broken: A video by young people in care shar.es/QCqPM via ShareThis

Profound insight into the moving, complex lives of young carers.The Junction Foundation: youtu.be/jZaN7CVd_Ms via YouTube sfmspeakout

ReMoved: youtu.be/lOeQUwdAjE0 via YouTube. Watch this. Together we can break the cycle for children in care...one child at a time.

The roots of resilience are to be found in the sense of being understood by the mind and heart of a loving and attuned other. - Diana Fosha

No matter where any Looked After Child lives, they should have the option of aftercare support to 21. Do you AGREE? If YES Please RT #ECLCM

Watch this, heartbreaking & hopeful, a cry in the chaos to be seen & heard, to simply be who they choose to be. upworthy.com/9-things-to-kn…