Permanency Tip of the Week: Who Needs to Prepare for Permanency? EVERYONE As we approach the Holiday Season / End of the Year, a lot of conversation centers on the basic question: Are you ready? Who needs to get ready in the context of … [Continue reading] about Permanency in the News – Week of 11/21/16
Children’s Aid Society Training – Alabama
I just wrapped up my 2nd pair of training sessions with Children's Aid Society across the state of Alabama. The training was entitled: Navigating the Journey: Supporting Families Through the Realities of Adoption. Awesome experience with an amazing … [Continue reading] about Children’s Aid Society Training – Alabama
Permanency in the News – Week of 11/14/16
Permanency Tip of the Week: Give Out Some At-A-Girls and At-A-Boys to Everyone One of the biggest rewards of facilitating a Youth achieving Permanency is the unbridled joy that you see in their faces, hear in their speech and observe in the way they … [Continue reading] about Permanency in the News – Week of 11/14/16
Permanency in the News – Week of 11/07/16
Permanency Tip of the Week: Relationship First, Placement Second When we reflect on many of the people who claim us in their lives and whom we claim in our lives, I am certain that we first connected with many of them through a relationship and that … [Continue reading] about Permanency in the News – Week of 11/07/16
Permanency in the News – Week of 10/31/16
Permanency Tip of the Week: Deal with the Mental / Physical Illness or Search for Permanency? YES During the course of our work with youth in foster care, sometimes we come across individuals dealing with serious and potentially long-term mental / … [Continue reading] about Permanency in the News – Week of 10/31/16