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In this episode of DCS Talks, foster parent trainer Toney Horton sits down with former foster youth, and co-founder of Jonathan's Path, Taylor Hart DuRard, to discuss the child welfare system through the eyes of the youth. This episode mentions our interview with Taylor's mom, Carrie DuRard, which can be found in our DCS Talks archive, Episode 51, "DCS Talks: Teen Placement and Advocacy" here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dcstalks/episodes/DCS-Talks-about-Teen-Placement-and-Advocacy-e1v3c6e

In this episode of DCS Talks, we have Susan Kovac with us to discuss the
Indian Child Welfare Act. Ms. Kovac has serves as General Counsel Emeritus at Department
of Children’s Services where she served as the lead attorney for the Knox
County Region as well as serving as an Associate Professor at the UT Knoxville
School of Law for over 13 years. Ms. Kovac has many special interests around
law and child welfare one of which is about the Indian Child Welfare Act or
ICWA. ICWA provides
guidance to States regarding the handling of child abuse and neglect and
adoption cases involving Native children and sets minimum standards for the handling
of these cases. This is November 2023 which is National Native or
Indigenous American Heritage month

In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness month, DCS Talks about the Caring Dads program.

Join DCS Foster Parent trainer Toney Horton as he interviews current foster parents on their experiences with daycare and childcare facilities. Through this discussion topics such as prioritizing children's individual needs, daycare disruptions due to trauma behavior, and staff improvement through being trauma informed.

DCS Talks with Laurie Ellington CEO & Founder, Ancient Science, Inc. Inner Alchemy and The Path to Human Flourishing about the importance of self care as a caregiver.

In this episode of DCS Talks, DCS podcaster, Sirena Wilson will
discuss a basic concept in the Human Sciences, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
Many of us who have placed a focus in human sciences by studying, social work,
psychology, sociology, or health were introduced to Maslow’s concepts early on
in our education, the ideas that are outlined are fundamental to understanding
the basic needs of people. If you have a vocational path in these areas, you
too are familiar with Maslow’s but if you are not we think a basic introduction
would be very helpful in understanding the work we do in child welfare and we’d
like to share that with you in this podcast.