As foster parents of 70 children over 12 years, we are sharing our personal experiences of the conditions and circumstances of why the children came into our care. Unless you’ve been a foster parent, I don’t believe anyone can really understand what the children and foster parents go through! My husband and myself along with our two children, endured the joys and heartaches of being foster parents. Our social system is broken and the children in care are suffering for it. Parents are neglecting and physically, mentally and sexually abusing their children, with little to no consequence’s! We experienced children coming into our home in the middle of the night, covered in their mother’s blood, after witnessing their father stabbing her repeatedly. Our greatest challenge as foster parents was saying goodbye. If they were going home to a loving family we were happy for them. but many times that wasn’t the case. Often they were bounced from foster home to foster home, year after year. That’s where the system failed them. We’re still friends with many of our foster children, who are adults now. Their asking themselves, “Why me?”
This practical guide provides college and university faculty with resources for supervising and advising graduate assistants, guiding doctoral students through the dissertation process, and preparing the next generation of scholars. Exploring common situations that faculty and their graduate students encounter, this book provides the theoretical foundation and best practices for faculty to improve their advising and supervising practices. Coverage Includes: Working with part-time, online, doctoral, and masters students Supervising assistantships, fellowships, internships, practicums, and residencies Chairing dissertations and theses Preparing students for conferences and presentations
Ranked among the top ten states for both disasters and dry climate, Colorado has a long history of extreme weather. On May 19, 1864, residents of the fledgling gold rush town of Denver awoke to a wall of water slamming into the city with enough force to flatten buildings and rip clothing from its victims. The infamous Big Thompson Canyon flood of 1976 killed 144 residents, tourists and campers. Per the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Coloradoans experienced twenty-two floods with contemporary monetary losses of $2 million or more since the flood of 1864. And as the population continues to grow, the loss of lives, property, crops and livestock may increase. Local author Darla Sue Dollman, who witnessed and survived many of the contemporary disasters, examines the state's most catastrophic flash floods from 1864 to 2013.
As foster parents of 70 children over 12 years, we are sharing our personal experiences of the conditions and circumstances of why the children came into our care. Unless you’ve been a foster parent, I don’t believe anyone can really understand what the children and foster parents go through! My husband and myself along with our two children, endured the joys and heartaches of being foster parents. Our social system is broken and the children in care are suffering for it. Parents are neglecting and physically, mentally and sexually abusing their children, with little to no consequence’s! We experienced children coming into our home in the middle of the night, covered in their mother’s blood, after witnessing their father stabbing her repeatedly. Our greatest challenge as foster parents was saying goodbye. If they were going home to a loving family we were happy for them. but many times that wasn’t the case. Often they were bounced from foster home to foster home, year after year. That’s where the system failed them. We’re still friends with many of our foster children, who are adults now. Their asking themselves, “Why me?”
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