This course was written and developed by Aileen McInnis, Training Coordinator with the Alaska Center for Resource Families in Anchorage, Alaska, with input from Family Support Specialists Tammy Keech and Brenda Ursel, and technical assistance by Wanda Lindsoe.
From the Child Welfare Information Gateway Website http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/fatality.cfm and taken from Child Maltreatment 2002 ( U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2004).
"Lost Boys: Why Our Son Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them" by James Garbarino, adapted by Robert Haslum, M.D., in Pediatric Child Health, Vol. 10., No 8, October 2005.
"The Psychobiology of Neglect" Michael De Bellis. in Child Maltreatment, Vol. 10, No. 2, May 2005. Sage Publications.
Child Abuse and Neglect in the Young Child Self Study Course for Foster Parents, written by Aileen McInnis, Alaska Center for Resource Families, Revised 2004
Ghosts in the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence Robin Karr-Morse and Meredith S. Wiley. Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997.
State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Office of Children’s Services Publications and Statistics. Including More Child Causlaites of Alaska's Hidden War (November 2002 ) http://hss.state.ak.us/ocs/
Family Feathers Video Program Multigenerational Grief. Produced by the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Head Start Program. Juneau, Alaska. 1998.
Gary Benton is a trainer and parents educator who talks about attachment as an important part of parenting in his video course through the State of Washington called Behavioral Challenges in Foster Care.
The Child Development Institute http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/development/normaldevelopment.shtml
Department of Health and Human Services Center for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/actearly/
The Forty Development Assets, as listed on the Alaskan ICE (Initiative for Community Engagement) Website . http://www.alaskaice.org/material.php?matID=259
The Search Institute is the originator of the idea of the Forty Developmental Assets and their webpage has lots of good articles and information about building resiliency in children. Find them at http://www.search-institute.org/
For a list of resources of interest to foster and adoptive parents in Alaska, please go to Resources for Foster Parents in Alaska .
