Episode 30 | Supporting Foster Care, Adoption, Homeless Youth Inclusion in Policy and Practice

About this episode

Dr. Zayda Sorrell Medina discusses how organizations, schools, and government can promote the inclusion of individuals from foster care, adoption, and homeless youth backgrounds through policy and practice.

Send us Fan Mail Here, I discuss how organizations, schools, and government can promote the inclusion of individuals of a foster care, adoption, homeless youth background through policy and practice. To learn more about my research or consultation and guest speaking, visit zaydasorrellmedina.com Support the show About Me Dr. Zayda Sorrell Medina is a professor, social scientist, former foster and homeless youth, foster adoptive parent, author, and advocate. Speaking zsmresearchand...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Zayda Sorrell Medina

Topics covered

• foster care
• adoption
• homeless youth
• policy
• inclusion
• education

Keywords

• foster care
• adoption
• homeless youth
• policy
• inclusion
• education
• advocacy

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Organizations: zaydasorrellmedina.com

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