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by Michelle Cole, Oregonlive.com, 6/17/09, SALEM -- Children in state foster care -- even kids younger than 4 -- are being prescribed powerful antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs. State lawmakers want...

Psychotropic medications

Yesterday us All-Stars had our first transition panel with real people. As in real people I mean it was no longer presenting to the fellow All-Stars. I was so scarred...

Entering foster care

June 14, 2009 Over the past year I have had many transformations happen to me. I had a foundation of sand & the storm of my life came to weather...

Hey FosterClub friends, I just thought I'd check in. The all-stars have the day off today after participating in a fun sand-castle building competition yesterday. After we got home from...

Hello again!! I hope you are all enjoying reading our blogs and getting to know us. We are so excited to meet you all and share experiences to hopefully inspire...

Entering foster care

Seaside Signal, June 11, 2009, Seaside, OR -- Seaside Heights Elementary School students Caden Carr, Emma Dutcher, and Lucy Bodner collected 849 books recently for FosterClub to distribute to children...

Education

Well training today was great I had alot of fun learning about the presentations that we do at Fosterclub. I cant wait to share them with all of you. Inspirational...

By Bethany Fuller, Mooresville Tribune, June 9, 2009, Mooresville, NC -- The moment the 4-year-old boy stepped through her screened porch, Anj Shutt instantly, almost instinctually, felt connected with him...

Family relationships

Consider these items as you develop your transition plan: During the transition to adulthood, surprises about the costs of health and self care often take young people by suyrprise. Plan...

Transition (aging out)

Sometimes I just feel like crying. Every now and then, I want to shout to the top of my lungs and not care if my neighbors call the police or...