1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Coming to an Understanding of the Mother-Child Connection; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Couple Finalizes Adoption in Lake County’s (FL) First-Ever Zoom Ceremony; 3) A Mother’s Tribute from a Former Foster Child; 4) Fostering Hope Podcast with Rita Soronen; 5) A Social Prescription: Why Human Connection Is Crucial to Our Health; 6) Dear Adoption, This is My Mother’s Day Poem; 7) Can Early Childhood Environmental Factors Help Predict Child Maltreatment?
Permanency in the News
Dr. Greg Manning’s – Permanency in the News – Week of 5/4/20
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Missing the Human Connection ~ Stay at Home Social Isolation; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Change the Life of a Child. To Brighten Your Day; 3) Proclamation on National Foster Care Month, 2020; 4) National Foster Care Month 2020; 5) A Place to Call Home – The Making of Instant Family – Allison Maxon & Sean Anders from Instant Family; 6) Older Foster Youth Can Feel Unprepared to Navigate Mental Health Care, Study Finds; 7) Expert Warns ‘Child Abuse Pandemic’ is Next
Dr. Greg Manning’s – Permanency in the News – Week of 4/27/20
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Leaning into the Tough Conversations and Challenging Relationships; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Child Welfare Worker Adopts Teen She Has Been Helping to Find a Family; 3) April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month; 4) BROKEN PLACES (Documentary); 5) A Call for Practical Changes to Protect Children in Foster Care; 6) Trauma for Youth Is Everywhere … But We Can Heal It in Newark; 7) Decision Fatigue: Neurosequential Network Stress & Trauma Series 2020 (Video);
Dr. Greg Manning’s – Permanency in the News – Week of 4/13/20
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Are We Making a Difference?; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Such A Big Relief: Amid Pandemic, Parents Finalize Adoption Virtually via Zoom; 3) Children in Foster Care Among Those at Risk Amid Pandemic; 4) Canadian Public Advisory: Supporting Transition Aged Youth during COVID-19; 5) Coronavirus Precautions for Foster Youth: NPR; 6) COVID-19 and Child Welfare Cases; 7) How Can We Better Engage Fathers in Prevention?
Dr. Greg Manning’s – Permanency in the News – Week of 4/6/20
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Blending Trauma and Public Health Informed Interventions; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: For a Longtime Host of Wednesday’s Child, a Personal Tie to Adoption; 3)Making an Emergency Plan with Youth in Congregate Care in California: A Toolkit for Dependency Attorneys, Youth Providers, and Advocates; 4) Foster Kids Who Can’t Visit Parents are Struggling Under Coronavirus Isolation, Advocates Say; 5) Coronavirus Leaves Foster Children with Nowhere to Go; 6) Federal Child Welfare – Guidance on COVID-19 Response; 7) Sheltering in Place: ACEs-Informed Tips for Self-Care During a Pandemic;