ARC Reflections Facilitator Guide to Session Seven Respond, Don't React This ARC Reflections Training Curriculum walks a facilitator — slide by slide — through each session’s content. Session seven helps facilitators show caregivers how to find and grow their ability to stay calm in the midst of trying circumstances. Caregivers learn to understand where behaviors come from and engage in strategies that work. Read More
ARC Reflections Facilitator Guide for Session Eight Who Are You? All About Identity This ARC Reflections Training Curriculum walks a facilitator — slide by slide — through each session’s content. Session eight helps facilitators show caregivers ways to support positive identity in children and teens in their homes. Caregivers contribute profoundly to this sense of self, even for children and teens in brief placements. Read More
ARC Reflections Facilitator Guide for Session Nine Endings and Beginnings This ARC Reflections Training Curriculum walks a facilitator — slide by slide — through each session’s content. Session nine emphasizes that not all endings are the same, transitions can be challenging for children and teens in foster care and foster parents can support a positive transition in a number of ways. Read More
ARC Reflections Survey and Feedback Materials ARC Reflections is a series of facilitator guides dedicated to developing foster parents and caregivers understanding of traumatic stress. These survey and feedback materials help evaluate whether participants are gaining knowledge and skills as a result of the training and gather information on how to make improvements in training facilitation and logistics. Read More
ARC Reflections Tells Olivia's Story ARC Reflections trains foster parents/caregivers on trauma, emotional regulation and parenting. Olivia's story brings the 9-session training to life. Read More
Implementing ARC Reflections for Foster Parents A Guide for Child Welfare Agencies ARC Reflections trains foster parents/caregivers on trauma, emotional regulation & parenting. This guide helps agencies implement the curriculum. Read More
ARC Reflections Case Manager Guide for Sessions One Through Nine The case manager guide helps agency staff support foster parents as they learn ARC concepts in discussions, action and evaluation. Read More
Helping Children and Parents Succeed Together An Update on the Dunbar Learning Complex In 2010, with support from the Casey Foundation and others, the Dunbar Learning Complex opened in southwest Atlanta. Its goal? Help parents and their children succeed together. This report offers an early look at the Dunbar Learning Complex’s work to date. Read More
Timely Justice: Improving JDAI Results Through Case Processing Reforms A Guide to Juvenile Detention Reform #12 This JDAI practice guide offers practical steps that all juvenile justice systems can take to implement case processing reforms as a means for safely and equitably reducing the use of juvenile detention. Read More
Operationalizing Equity Putting the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Racial and Ethnic Equity and Inclusion Framework Into Action Grantmaking organizations across the country are making race and ethnic equity a priority. In this report, the Annie E. Casey Foundation shares its own journey in implementing equity throughout its operations. Read More
