Social Workers in Schools: It’s Time to Revamp the System! with Laura Adams

Inclusive Education Project (IEP) Podcast

Summer can be hectic for families, and we hope you have a plan to manage your parental sanity and have time to make great memories with your kids! As always, we will be here with podcast episodes full of helpful information and insights. We have a great conversation today about social workers on school campuses that have access to your child. Join us!

Laura Adams is the mother of four daughters, two of which are adopted from China. She is the founder of FACTS4SafeFamilies, an organization whose mission is to transform the future for adoptive and foster children. FACTS is an acronym standing for “Foster and Adoptive Children Teaching Supports.” Laura built her organization based on her personal family experience in dealing with school social workers and the flawed system.

Show Highlights:

• Why foster and adoptive parents need to be “detectives” to figure out what their children need as they grow and heal from past traumas
• How Laura went through a disturbing situation with her child’s social work team in which DCFS was involved
• Why Laura was determined to prevent her experience from happening to other families in the future—and FACTS4SafeFamilies was begun
• What school social workers do and how their roles differ from other social workers
• Why school social workers are overseen differently from state to state
• Why there is a stigma attached to a child seeing a social worker in school–and why you might not know your child sees a social worker!
• Why we must determine as a country what mental health care should look like in a school setting
• How FACTS4SafeFamilies is developing new training resources for social workers and teachers
• What parents can do to learn more and help improve the current system of social workers in schools

Links/Resources:

Connect with Laura and FACTS for Safe Families: Website and Email

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