Permanency Tip of the Week: Survival Mode for Our Youth – Why Does it Happen? The thoughts, emotions, and behaviors exhibited by our Youth in out of home care may appear at times to us and others as confusing, bizarre and excessive until we apply the proper lens through which to view them. Too often, […]
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Permanency in the News – Week of 11/26/18
Permanency Tip of the Week: Responding to: “You Are Not My Real Family” Whether we are serving families who provide Permanency to our Youth or we are a family providing that Permanency, some form of this statement will likely be delivered by our Youth at some point along the journey. Particularly for our Permanency families, […]
Permanency in the News – Week of 11/12/18
1) Responding to: “You Care for Me Because Your Being Paid”; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Our Child is Perfect, Even When He Isn’t; 3) November is National Adoption Awareness Month; 4) Can People Be Saved From A Terrible Childhood?; 5) Using Data to Improve the Well-being of Infants, Toddlers and their Families; 6) Should Childhood Trauma Be Treated As A Public Health Crisis?; 7) Trump Declares National Adoption Month, says ‘Every Child is Wanted’
Permanency in the News – Week of 11/5/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Responding to: “Everyone Else Has Given Up on Me, Will You Do the Same?”; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Finding Home: A Foster Youth Story; 3) Interview with Allison Maxon ~ Instant Family Movie (Trailer); 4) November Is National Adoption Month – In Their Own Words: Lifting Up Youth Voices; 5) Shining A Light on Good Practice – New South Wales (NSW); 6) Amelia Franck Meyer on the ‘Human Truth’ of Keeping Kids with Their Families; 7) Diversion Can Help Us Reduce Youth Violence by Aligning Caseloads with Risk Factors
Permanency in the News – Week of 10/29/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Responding to: “I Give Up on Having a Family”; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: One Year On: Adopted Girl, Reunited with Birth Parents on a Hangzhou Bridge, Returns to China to Teach English, Learn About Herself; 3) How One Woman Wants to Help Foster Care Youth, and it Involves Cake; 4) Supporting Older Youth in Foster Care; 5) 10 Self-Care Strategies During Trying Times; 6) Once in Recovery, Now Role Models; 7) Adverse Childhood Experiences & Dr. Bruce Perry