1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Survival Skills – Thank Goodness our Youth have them!; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: The Program Connecting Foster Kids with Relatives – “James”; 3) Coming Together to Create the Child Welfare System We All Want; 4) 5 Things You Need to Survive as a Foster Parent; 5) Preparing and Supporting Foster Parents Who Adopt; 6) Disrupting School-Justice Pathways for Youth with Behavioral Health Needs; 7) Understanding Trauma-Informed Care: What Does It Look Like?
Permanency in the News
Permanency in the News – Week of 9/17/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Uniqueness of Every Permanency Journey; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: James’ Story; 3) Teaching Traumatized Kids; 4) A Ray of Hope – Older Adults are Stepping Up for Teenagers in Need; 5) What’s Hindering Most Youth in Foster Care from Studying After High School?; 6) In-Spite Of Hard Moments, This Is So Beautiful!; 7) Potential Impact of Research on Adolescent Development on Juvenile Judge Decision‐making
Permanency in the News – Week of 9/10/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Permanency for Our Children and Families, Ourselves, and Our Communities; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: From Broken to Unbreakable; 3) Instant Family – Major Motion Picture about Adoption; 4) Why Involving Entire Families in Child Protection Cases Can Improve the Lives of Endangered Children; 5) Adopted Daughter Meets Dad Who Didn’t Even Know She Existed for First Time; 6) Transforming Juvenile Probation – A Vision for Getting it Right; 7) How to Empower Children by Building Their Resiliency Muscle
Permanency in the News – Week of 9/3/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Why Permanency Work is so Hard and so Important; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Cory’s Journey to Finding His Forever Family; 3) ARC Reflections: Helping Kids in Foster Care Build Healthy Attachments; 4) Siblings Separated by Foster Care Get a Week Together at Summer Camp; 5) Rituals And Ceremonies To Increase Permanency; 6) New York Alternative Facility Emphasizes Rehabilitation for Raise the Age Candidates; 7) Thinking Across Generations: Unique Contributions of Maternal Early Life and Prenatal Stress to Infant Physiology
Permanency in the News – Week of 8/27/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Dealing with Adversity Over and Over Again; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: What It’s Like to Have a Mother by Lorraine; 3) What Gives Me Hope for Child Welfare; 4) How Child Abuse Primes the Brain for Future Mental Illness; 5) Pierce County: Trailblazer for Probation Transformation; 6) Happy Papas; 7) Unconditional Love Building a Stronger Sense of Self-Worth for Children and Youth in Foster Care-Guest Blog by Michelle Madrid-Branch