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Training Resources

Recommended Reading

Reading List: Books

A Child Called ‘It’ by Dave Pelzer

Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

It’s OK to Tell by Lauren Book

Dare to Lead by Brené Brown

Rising Strong by Brené Brown

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey

Now I Am Known by Peter Mutabazi

Broken: Transforming Child Protective Services by Jessica Price

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce Perry, M.D., Ph.D.

Turning Stones by Marc Parent

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.

Reading List: Academic Articles & Handbooks

Youth Who Run Away from Out-of-Home Care by Mark Courtney, et. al.

Birth Parents with Trauma Histories and the Child Welfare System by The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

On Your Own, But Not Alone: A Handbook to Empower Florida Youth Leaving Foster Care by The Bar-Youth Empowerment Project of the American Bar Association

Understanding Brain Development in Young Children by Sean Brotherson