The March 25 Chicago Tribune featured a front-page article by
Bonnie Miller Rubin entitled, “Lives rebuilt, a page at a time,” about
LSSI’s work to promote Lifebooks as a way to help foster children make sense of their lives.
The article features Clarissa, a former LSSI foster child, and her guardian,
Barb McKay, who worked together on a Lifebook for Clarissa. The 17-year-old had moved
12 times in the past five years, and through her Lifebook work, reconnected with
her brother who lives in another state. Lifebooks – a tool for preserving personal
histories for foster children – can help children build a bridge to the past,
make sense of the chaos they’ve experienced, and help them develop healthy lives
as they move into the future.
The article mentioned that LSSI is working to get a Lifebook in the
hands of all 2,000 of its foster children and is promoting the use
of Lifebooks nationally through a training DVD, which it co-produced
with the Center on Adoption Studies at Illinois State University.
The article is available online at the Chicago Tribune.
For additional information on LSSI’s Lifebook project,
visit www.AdoptionIllinois.org,
and “Putting the Pieces Together,” an article about Lifebooks in the
current issue of Eye on LSSI
