About Wise Care Consulting

As a compassionate Licensed Clinical Social Worker with extensive clinical specialization in Maternal and Child Health, I understand how difficult it can be to navigate the complexities that arise when caring for high needs infants and children.

At Wise Care Consulting, my mission is to help parents who are challenged with feeling unprepared with caring for their children’s unique and complex needs, fostering secure attachments, and nurturing family cohesion.

We offer consulting and coaching services tailored for adoptive and foster care situations. Our services are designed to give parents more clarity around safety and health matters related to substance-exposed newborns, childhood trauma, and interracial and transcultural adoptions so that parents feel more confident and empowered in proceeding with their adopting and fostering decisions. 

My expertise lies in helping parents gain better knowledge about the impact of prenatal substance exposure on infants and children and the potential developmental and academic challenges that may arise as a result, while simultaneously reducing anxiety & worry levels significantly. Parents also benefit from resources, programs and services that help support positive parenting outcomes.

ABOUT CAMILLIA WHitehead

My journey towards being able to provide such meaningful assistance began many years ago when I was working at a residential treatment center for children & teens with significant childhood trauma. Later, I worked as an Adoption Therapist, providing support to families who were facing difficulties related to communication, family cohesion, and navigating interracial and transracial dynamics. In more recent years, I supported many families on L&D, NICU, and Pediatrics who were caring for infants and children with various special health needs as well as grief and loss due to perinatal and neonatal losses. I eventually became Director of Clinical Services at a mental health counselling organization dedicated to foster, adoption and kinship families. I also have a personal understanding of how grief & loss impacts one emotionally after having experienced a miscarriage myself. I love being able to support other parents going through similar traumas too! 

My qualifications include both a Bachelor's and Master’s Degree majoring in Social Work. Over several years, my passions have broadened beyond clinical social work. Today, I actively advocate social justice causes plus act as a local chapter lead for Decoding Dyslexia, a parent led grassroots organization supporting the academic success of students with Dyslexia and other learning challenges through advocacy, education, parental guidance and support.

When I’m not engaged in professional work, I am proudly raising my twin teens and supporting my parents. I hope to utilize the Wise Care Consulting platform to deliver effective solutions: enable clients to increase confidence levels related to parenting, improve communication between birth families & better support vulnerable infants, children and their families.

I am here to help you make the best choices for your family, and I look forward to being part of your journey.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

Sincerely,

Camillia Whitehead

Founder of the Wise Care Consulting, LLC

  • This is more common than you think. It’s not just children who may have difficulty bonding, but parents, other family members and siblings in the home may too. Remember you are introducing a whole new person into your home who comes with their own feelings, thoughts, dreams, struggles, personality, and more. It won’t always be a perfect fit, but you can create a special bond by removing the expectations of what you want the relationship to look like and learning who your child is and what their love language is. Also, another important consideration is exploring any previous trauma history you may have that could be impacting your ability to bond.

  • I always love this question. First and foremost, you must do a self-assessment of your own biases and prejudices. We all have them. This is also an important conversation to have with your partner, and other family members. Secondly, be intentional about addressing any beliefs, thoughts, or practices that will prevent your child from feeling nurtured or honored in your home. And lastly, embrace the reality that you will now be an interracial or multicultural family. This means that there may be racial or cultural challenges your child encounters that will require your support and advocacy.

  • Your child is at higher risk of experiencing developmental challenges such as speech/language delays, cognitive functioning, academic and behavioral concerns. It does not mean your child will definitely experience one or the other. Many children go on to become amazing, thriving adults. Each child’s development will be different. What’s most important is that you understand what prenatal substance exposure is, how it affects your child and how to manage it in order to provide the support you and your child will need.

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