Dr. Washington Quoted in the Press
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More than 140,000 US children lost a parent or caregiver to Covid, study finds | The Guardian
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Inside CT’s push to increase ‘kinship care’ placements for children | CT Mirror
Podcasts
Invited Symposium III: Driving Social Change: Developing, Navigating, & Promoting
At a symposium featuring Tyreasa Washington, Natalie Jones, Karen Tabb Dina, and Jennifer Bellamy, panelists will discuss how social work researchers can create impactful, accessible scholarship that influences policy, practice, and the public while balancing academic demands.
How to Engage Kinship Caregivers
This episode with Dr. Washington explores the benefits and challenges of kinship caregiving, including how children raised by relatives fare, barriers to engaging caregivers, the impact of institutional trauma and cultural differences, and the types of support, training, and self-care strategies needed to better serve and sustain kinship families.
Featured Recognitions
Member Spotlight, National Association of Social Workers – North Carolina, recognizing leadership and contributions to child welfare and kinship care.
Featured Kinship Care Expert, Carolina Peacemaker, highlighting research on African American families and kinship care.
Alumni Spotlight, North Carolina A&T State University Alumni Association, recognizing national leadership in kinship care within communities of color.
“I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Washington on the Creating a Family: Talk About Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Care podcast, the top-rated podcast in this field. Her expertise on the benefits of kinship families and the stresses these families face was extremely valuable to our audience.”
Dawn Davenport
Founder, Executive Director | Creating a Family