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Child welfare professionals fail to acknowledge attachment issues in broken adoptions
1. … child welfare professionals
underestimate or fail to acknowledge
the attachment, bonding,
identification, and trauma issues these
children experience…
The Revolving Doors of Family Court:
Confronting Broken Adoptions
Capital University Law Review
… the [Attorney for the Child] must
have the discretion like other attorneys
to show, review and discuss the
forensic report with a client…
Are Children Silent Witnesses In
Custody Fights?
The New York Law Journal
… Using mediation and negotiation is
central in order to preserve and
encourage relationships while focusing
on the needs and the best interest of
the children…
National Association of Counsel for
Children
e-Guardian
… today’s internationally adopted
child, who more frequently is older
and has medical and other special
needs, deserves adequate support
services, as do all children…
The New York Times
]
… agencies should receive bonuses for
all successful outcomes, including
return to a parent, to balance the
perception that adoption is the best
outcome for children in foster care …
Adoption Bonuses and Broken
Adoptions
American Bar Association
ARTICLES
EXPERIENCE
o Children’s Law Center New York
Co-Borough Director
o The Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Practice
Assistant Attorney-in-Charge
o The Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Practice
Staff Attorney
o New York City Child Protective Advisory Committee to the
Administrative Judge of the New York City Family Courts &
Subcommittee on Adoptions and Termination of Parental Rights
PRESENTATIONS
o Child representation: a plea for the use of synergistic and
interdisciplinary approach for attorneys; Leiden, the Netherlands
o Can We All Just Get Along: Including the Child’s Voice in
Custody and Visitation Cases; US
o Systemic Improvement: Getting the community, the court and
child welfare to visit the data - A study on how collaboration
and trial advocacy can impact policy outcomes and
accountability; US
o Are You Still My Family? Adoption Policies and Practices
Surrounding Siblings; US
o Empathic Exhaustion: Understanding and Addressing
Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma; US
o Towards a New Approach to Protecting Children in Situations of
Vulnerability; Santiago,
AREAS
o Custody and Visitation
o Adoption and Foster Care
o Guardianship
o Child Protective
o Cultural Competency
o Public Policy
o Child Support
o Delinquency
o Social Issues
o Psychological Development
o Conflict Resolution
o Mentorship
DAWN J. POST, Esq.
[ e: DPost@clcny.org // t: 718-‐522-‐3333 ext.146 ]
![… child welfare professionals
underestimate or fail to acknowledge
the attachment, bonding,
identification, and trauma issues these
children experience…
The Revolving Doors of Family Court:
Confronting Broken Adoptions
Capital University Law Review
… the [Attorney for the Child] must
have the discretion like other attorneys
to show, review and discuss the
forensic report with a client…
Are Children Silent Witnesses In
Custody Fights?
The New York Law Journal
… Using mediation and negotiation is
central in order to preserve and
encourage relationships while focusing
on the needs and the best interest of
the children…
National Association of Counsel for
Children
e-Guardian
… today’s internationally adopted
child, who more frequently is older
and has medical and other special
needs, deserves adequate support
services, as do all children…
The New York Times
]
… agencies should receive bonuses for
all successful outcomes, including
return to a parent, to balance the
perception that adoption is the best
outcome for children in foster care …
Adoption Bonuses and Broken
Adoptions
American Bar Association
ARTICLES
EXPERIENCE
o Children’s Law Center New York
Co-Borough Director
o The Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Practice
Assistant Attorney-in-Charge
o The Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Practice
Staff Attorney
o New York City Child Protective Advisory Committee to the
Administrative Judge of the New York City Family Courts &
Subcommittee on Adoptions and Termination of Parental Rights
PRESENTATIONS
o Child representation: a plea for the use of synergistic and
interdisciplinary approach for attorneys; Leiden, the Netherlands
o Can We All Just Get Along: Including the Child’s Voice in
Custody and Visitation Cases; US
o Systemic Improvement: Getting the community, the court and
child welfare to visit the data - A study on how collaboration
and trial advocacy can impact policy outcomes and
accountability; US
o Are You Still My Family? Adoption Policies and Practices
Surrounding Siblings; US
o Empathic Exhaustion: Understanding and Addressing
Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma; US
o Towards a New Approach to Protecting Children in Situations of
Vulnerability; Santiago,
AREAS
o Custody and Visitation
o Adoption and Foster Care
o Guardianship
o Child Protective
o Cultural Competency
o Public Policy
o Child Support
o Delinquency
o Social Issues
o Psychological Development
o Conflict Resolution
o Mentorship
DAWN J. POST, Esq.
[ e: DPost@clcny.org // t: 718-‐522-‐3333 ext.146 ]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/24f0ee7b-f1bd-469f-8f97-106c90ab1ae7-150808145639-lva1-app6891/85/dawn-post-press-kit-2-1-1-320.jpg)
