A Better Way, Inc.

It is beyond sad to see this catastrophe looming closer and closer. Swift action is needed to prevent a devastating implosion of California’s Foster Care safety net.

🐶 Online Training Announcement 🐱 Compassion Through Connection: Understanding Animal Interaction for System-Involved Autistic Youth With Shoshana Phoenixx Thursday, September 5th 9:15am-1:15pm Online | 4 CE Credits | No Fee Login to Register* at https://buff.ly/3X0F3rb *To register, please follow the link above and log in to your A Better Way Training account. If you do not yet have an account, please create one to sign up for this course. 🐴 Empathy is a stimulated emotional state that relies on the ability to perceive, understand, and care about the experiences or perspectives of another. In contrast, compassion is an emotional response to empathy or sympathy, creating a desire to connect. Current research on this topic concerning animals provides an ideal opportunity to use evidence-based practices to cultivate self-knowledge, self-compassion, and self-empathy through relationships with certain animals. 🐵 By using informed perspective-taking, we will explore how non-autistic individuals use their perception skills to support and care for animals. Participants will learn to recognize animals in their personal care or at local zoos as individual beings with unique perspectives, needs, and preferences. This understanding will help address feelings of burden that autistic individuals often experience regarding their own needs. 🦊 Through this course, we aim to help autistic and other neurodivergent youth strengthen their ability to empathize with themselves by understanding wildlife. Cultivating compassion for animals living in zoos or animal shelters can be a powerful internal motivator, promoting self-worth and a sense of competency as youth extend this empathy to others.

Happening now, and all weekend long. Visit www.KendraScott.com and use code GIVEBACK-HCXXF , and 20% of your purchase will be donated to A Better Way! 💎🩷

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🌟✨ Join Us for a Sparkling Weekend of Giving! ✨🌟 We are thrilled to partner with Kendra Scott for a special **Kendra Gives Back** event to benefit A Better Way! This weekend, you have a fantastic opportunity to shop for stunning jewelry while making a meaningful impact on our community. 💎 How to Participate: 1️⃣ **Shop In-Store:** Visit Kendra Scott's Walnut Creek location this Saturday, August 17, from 2 PM to 4 PM. Simply mention "A Better Way" at checkout, and 20% of your purchase will be donated to support our mission of empowering local children and families. 2️⃣ **Shop Online:** Can’t make it in person? No worries! Shop online at www.KendraScott.com all weekend long and use code GIVEBACK-HCXXF at checkout to ensure 20% of your purchase supports A Better Way. Kendra Scott has always been dedicated to making a difference, having donated over $50 million to causes worldwide, and now they’re helping us make a difference right here in our community. ✨ Shop with Purpose, Shine with Heart! ✨ Your support helps us continue our work in providing critical services and resources to those who need it most. Don't miss out on this chance to treat yourself or a loved one while contributing to a great cause. For more details, check out the flyer included with this post, featuring some of the beautiful pieces available. Let’s make this weekend a win for everyone! 💖 #KendraGivesBack #ABetterWay #ShopForACause #CommunitySupport #Empowerment

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🌟 Happy International Youth Day! 🌟 Today, we celebrate the incredible strength, creativity, and potential of our youth. At A Better Way, we're committed to empowering children and families, helping them to build brighter futures together. Let's continue to uplift and invest in our youth—because their dreams are the foundation of a better tomorrow. 💪💙 #InternationalYouthDay #EmpowerYouth #ABetterWay #FosteringFutures

Kendra Scott, a jewelry store located in Walnut Creek (as well as online) is donating 20% of their sales to A Better Way to help empower local children & families. Here’s how you can help: * Visit the Kendra Scott store in Walnut Creek from 2:00-4:00pm on Saturday, August 17th. Mention “A Better Way” when you make your purchase and 20% will be donated to A Better Way. * Visit KendraScott.com and use code GIVEBACK-HCXXF anytime Aug 17-18 and 20% will be donated to A Better Way.

Reposting an inspiring account from the remarkable @simonebiles following her latest triumph at the Olympics, as highlighted on CNN Heroes. "Simone Biles, the most accomplished gymnast in history, has a unique background as a former foster child. Today, she actively supports Friends of the Children, a charitable organization that pairs mentors with at-risk youth, many of whom have experienced the foster care system." #Olympics #InspiringJourneys

😇 Calling all angels 😇 Our incredible Training Department needs 40-70 of these chairs (or something similar) so they can resume in-person classes. They provide hundreds of hours of no-fee continuing education training every year to mental health clinicians, social workers, foster parents and others involved in the field of child welfare. If you or your company can help our Training Department out, please email them at trainings@abetterwayinc.net. 🙏