Holly Schlaack

Biography

Holly Schlaack has devoted her career to advocating for foster children. She is a former children’s services caseworker and Guardian ad Litem charged with representing the best interests of abused and neglected infants and toddlers in court. She created and managed an award-winning program, Building Blocks, while supervising and mentoring Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs), and co-founded the Southwest Chapter of the Ohio Association for Infant Mental Health. She is a highly-regarded speaker who trains nationally on topics related to protecting and supporting very young children.

Holly is the author of Invisible Kids: Marcus Fiesel’s Legacy and the founder of Invisible Kids Project, a non-profit dedicated to prioritizing the rights of kids in the child welfare system and engaging community to create positive change. As a voice of compassion, experience and common sense, Holly is routinely sought out by political and other leaders to advise on issues related to systemic and legislative change.

Holly and her husband, Ed, live in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are the proud parents of Hanna, Grace and Ben.

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Books

Buddy: View from the Pumpkin Seat
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 66,520. Language: English. Published: February 14, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Educational
Abandoned in the back seat after a car chase, nine-month-old Buddy started a journey through a foster care system that could cause as much harm as help. Buddy: View from the Pumpkin Seat is an all-too-real fictional story that puts you smack into Buddy's reality. More than seeing it, you feel it. More than understanding it, you experience it — and will never see the world the same way again.

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