Presentation Type
Lightning Talk
Date
2025-11-20
Description
The Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence, a primary integrated care program for children who have experienced the child welfare system, regularly provides trainings on topics related to understanding and navigating the effects of trauma on children and families. Utilizing our collection on the Children Health Scholarly Collection, the experts at the Rees-Jones Center share recorded trainings and resources, using the platform in a unique way to make information easily accessible to those working with and caring for children and youth who have experienced trauma (e.g. caregivers, child welfare professionals, health care professionals). The Rees-Jones Center repository offers information on child development, behavior management, trauma-informed care, and more; many resources are available in Spanish and some offer free Social Work or Nursing Continued Educations Units (CEUs). The caregivers who have visited the site have stated that they find the variety of materials “user-friendly” and “readily available, valuable information for when they have time to focus”, while caseworkers and partners who have used the platform have stated appreciation for having “important resources consolidated to one place”, making it “easier [for them] to find quality and trustworthy information to use and share with families”. For those interested, the repository includes information about the Rees-Jones Center’s research and policy publications, highlighting the advocacy work of the team. Our repository also features other recommended sites for families to get further information and training from trusted organizations such as the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), Sesame Street Workshop, and HealthyChildren.org.
Keywords
MIRL Symposium, 2025 MIRL Symposium, lightning talk
Rights and Permissions
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Repository Citation
Six-Means, Amy and Conner, Erinne, "Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence Collection: Resources for providers,
caregivers, child welfare professionals and others" (2025). Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium. 24.
https://scholarlycommons.henryford.com/mirl/2025/program/24
Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence Collection: Resources for providers, caregivers, child welfare professionals and others
The Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence, a primary integrated care program for children who have experienced the child welfare system, regularly provides trainings on topics related to understanding and navigating the effects of trauma on children and families. Utilizing our collection on the Children Health Scholarly Collection, the experts at the Rees-Jones Center share recorded trainings and resources, using the platform in a unique way to make information easily accessible to those working with and caring for children and youth who have experienced trauma (e.g. caregivers, child welfare professionals, health care professionals). The Rees-Jones Center repository offers information on child development, behavior management, trauma-informed care, and more; many resources are available in Spanish and some offer free Social Work or Nursing Continued Educations Units (CEUs). The caregivers who have visited the site have stated that they find the variety of materials “user-friendly” and “readily available, valuable information for when they have time to focus”, while caseworkers and partners who have used the platform have stated appreciation for having “important resources consolidated to one place”, making it “easier [for them] to find quality and trustworthy information to use and share with families”. For those interested, the repository includes information about the Rees-Jones Center’s research and policy publications, highlighting the advocacy work of the team. Our repository also features other recommended sites for families to get further information and training from trusted organizations such as the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), Sesame Street Workshop, and HealthyChildren.org.