With Siblings exists to support the birth children in foster and adoptive families by equipping parents and professionals through training and resources.
With Siblings was started by Daniela Coats, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Texas. Daniela is passionate about serving the entire foster family, including birth children.
Daniela is a self-identified "birth kid." Her parents fostered when she was a child, and eventually adopted her youngest sibling. Having grown up in a home that fostered and adopted, Daniela was a temporary sibling to many children. Now, Daniela and her husband have six children - four through adoption and two by birth.
While Daniela has a variety of experience in social work contexts, she has spent most of her career working in foster care and adoption. Daniela is currently a therapist at Be Still Counseling and Consulting in Texas. She has developed trainings and resources for parents and professionals, and has contributed to professional writings on the subject.