In 2006, Casey Family Programs identified seven life domains as a way to organize and address the needs of students with experience in foster care.

At Western Michigan University, the Center for Fostering Success adapted the Casey framework so that education is the central focus of support offered to students, with stablility in other life domains integrally tied to the understanding of what alumni of foster care need to thrive and succeed in college (Unrau, 2012). 

This FSM Toolkit focuses on the Cultural and Personal Identity Domain and offers an array of resources and information gathered throughout our month-long focus of this domain. Click on the links below and attachments to the right to explore the resources we've collected in this domain!

Links

• FSM Community Collaboratives: Identity Panel Discussion
• FSM Identity Webinar featuring Jessie Fullenkamp, Ruth Ellis Center
• FSM Network Podcast Series: The Identity Domain with Brandon Y.
• The Ruth Ellis Center
• Family Acceptance Project
• Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community, by Laura Erickson-Schroth
• Gay and Lesbian Identity Development: An Overview for Social Workers
• Ansell-Casey Life Skills Assesment: LGBTQ Assessment Tool
• 2018 FSM Community Collaborative Panel Discussion Recording
• 2018 FSM Student Strength Stories Podcast: The Identity Domain
• Resilience Resource Toolkit
• Your Self Series: Self Development Program