Dawn J. Post, Esq.
Professional Writings and Personal EssaysProfessional Writing
Over the course of her career, Dawn published numerous articles from a child-centric perspective on the effective representation of children, race and socio-economic factors that impact decision-making, adoption subsidy misuse, the effects of high conflict custody and visitation cases, the use of chemical and physical restraints, and sex trafficking, to name a few.
Personal Writing
Dawn is currently working on a creative non-fiction project to elevate the voices of foster children and to bring greater attention to the issues that plague the child welfare system and the damage that foster children experience. Her personal essays have been published at Independent Voices, Wry Times, Little Old Lady Comedy, Survivor Lit, and elsewhere.
Featured Publications
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TOPICS
- Broken Adoptions/Adoption Subsidy Misuse
- Post-Adoption Sibling Visitation
- Management/Empathic Exhaustion in the Legal Services Workspace
- High Conflict Custody/Visitation
- Systemic Improvement
- Youth Voice
Links to Selected Publications and Online Writings
Broken Adoptions/Adoption Subsidy Misuse
- Fighting Adoption Subsidy Fraud and Misuse: Fostering Families Today
- The Adoption Subsidy: Good Intentions Unfortunate Realities: City Limits
- Fostering Families and Adoption Today, New York Law School and Children’s Law Center Online Journal
- Getting It All Out On The Table Jan. 2016, Foster Focus Magazine
- New Adoption Deal Should Take On Subsidies Fraud, Chronicle Of Social Change
- What Are Broken Adoptions And Why Should We Care?, National Council For Adoption: Advocate Publication
- Keep In Mind That Adoption Does Not Always Lead To Permanent Home, Boston Globe: Opinion
- Broken Adoptions: Letter To Editor, The New York Times
- Should Restoration Of Parental Rights Be Expanded To Post-Adoption Finalization?, American Bar Association (ABA) Center For Children And The Law
- Permanency To Majority: The Potential Cost Of Older Parent Adoptions, American Bar Association (ABA) Center For Children And The Law
- Do Adoption Bonuses Contribute To Broken Adoptions And Should They Be Re-Invested?, American Bar Association (ABA) Center For Children And The Law
- The Adoption Subsidy: Good Intentions Unfortunate Realities
Other
- A Bureaucratic Blunder: Severance Magazine
- Trump Admin. Must Realize Foster-Care is Not an Option at the Border – City Limits
- Mindfulness of Attorneys for Children When Assessing Parental Capacity, National Association of Counsel for Children Law Manual
- Why Human Traffickers Prey on Foster-Care Kids – City Limits
- Are We Overmedicating Kids in Foster Care? – City Limits
- For Teens In Child Welfare System, “Day In Court” Often Disappoints, Chronicle Of Social Change
- Does Poverty Cause Child Abuse? – City Limits
- Race And Class Color Coverage Of Child Victims – City Limits
- Systemic Improvement: A Study On How Collaboration And Trial Advocacy Can Impact Policy Outcomes and Accountability MIE Journal
Personal Essays
- It Depends Upon the Scarcity of the Supply: Little Old Lady Comedy
- Pray to the Green Light Gods – Wry Times
- R is for Rape – Survivor Lit
- What Would Noni Do (WWND) – Little Old lady Comedy
- How My Mother Became a QAnon Follower – The Independent Voices
- My firefighter fiancé dug people’s remains out the rubble after 9/11 – The Independent Voices
