1) Permanency Tip of the Week: When Change is the Only Constant in Life; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Scarlet’s Happy Ending Needs to be Shared by Others; 3) The Lifelong Effects of Early Childhood Adversity and Toxic Stress; 4) ADOPTED AT 20: PODCAST EPISODE 6 (ICYMI); 5) Pathways Between Early-Life Adversity and Adolescent Self-Harm: The Mediating Role of Inflammation in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children; 6) The Truth About Suicide and Children in Foster Care; 7) Webinar: Help for Grandfamilies Impacted by Opioids and Other Substance Use
Permanency in the News
Dr. Greg Manning – Permanency in the News – Week of 9/9/19
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Let’s All Practice Some Patience; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: The Brydges Family; 3) The Family First Prevention Services Act Can Fund Needed Services and Supports for Older Youth in Foster Care; 4) Aftercare Services are Key to Positive Community Adjustment; 5) 50 SIMPLE SELF-CARE TIPS; 6) “Back to School” with Ernest Henderson, Jr (Podcast); 7) Webinar – The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth
Dr. Greg Manning’s – Permanency in the News – Week of 9/2/19
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Supporting Youth in the Employment Realm; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Couple in Their Early Twenties Adopted 5 Kids & They’re Not Done Giving Children a Home; 3) What Youth in Foster Care Want is the Same as What Others Want, a Voice; 4) Languishing in Residential Care Made Me Worse. Unconditional Love Helped Get Me Better; 5) Spotsylvania Woman Provides Foster Care to Children with Autism; 6) How Adolescent Brain Science Supports Youth Engagement in Court Hearings and Case Planning; 7) Foster Youth Need More Than Education to Build a Stable Life
Dr. Greg Manning’s – Permanency in the News – Week of 8/19/19
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Permanency Readiness – Why are They Not Ready and Willing?; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Jen’s Adoption Search & Reunion Story; 3) Adopted Children Must Have Closer Ties to Their Birth Families; 4) Family Instability and Children’s Social Development; 5) National Academics: Adolescent Science Should Transform Systems; 6) Lessons from Mister Rogers; 7) Foster Kids: Lies and Truth
Dr. Greg Manning – Permanency in the News – Week of 8/12/19
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Connections, Relationships, Permanency, and THEN Permanent Placement (hopefully) – Part 5 – Permanent Placement; 2) Love Times Six: Meet the Foster Mom Who Adopted a Half-Dozen Sisters; 3) My “Six Pillars” of Trauma-Informed Parenting; 4) Supportive Relationships and Active Skill-Building Strengthen the Foundations of Resilience; 5) I was Born into Foster Care. A Mentor Would Have Made a Big Difference in My Life; 6) California Bill Seeks to Ensure New Rights for LGBTQ Foster Youth; 7) What Adopted Children Deserve: Change a Law that Unnecessarily Keeps Kids From Their Birth Parents and Vice Versa