1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Abnormal Behavior ~ Normal Reaction to an Abnormal Reality; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: LOVE HAS NO BOUNDARIES; 3) How Opioids and Meth Have Forced Minnesota Counties to Rethink Foster Care; 4) Webinar – Youth Voices: Why Family Matters; 5) Boys Town Inspires Teen to Share Her Voice and Become Foster Care Advocate; 6) Open Adoption in Diverse Families: Complex Relationships in the Digital Age; 7) To Ease Reentry, Help the Hosts Who Offer Couch Hopping
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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
Permanency in the News – Week of 2/11/19
Permanency Tip of the Week: Reframing Mental Illness Diagnosis through a Trauma and Permanency Informed Lens According to the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM 5 (2013), “The diagnostic criteria identify symptoms, behaviors, cognitive functions, personality traits, physical signs, syndrome combinations, and durations that require clinical expertise to differentiate from normal life variation and transient responses to […]
Permanency in the News – Week of 1/21/19
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Permanency/Adoption Readiness – Last Minute Doubts/Crises; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: These Wonderful Kids Just Want to Know You Love Them; 3) An Invitation to Remake Child Welfare; 4) North Dakota Plans for Rapid Response When Foster Youth are Charged with Crimes; 5) Their Children Thrive — Just Not with Them. What Happens to Birth Mothers After the Adoption?; 6) SEE ME: Portraits of Foster Youth Documenting the Higher Ed Grind; 7) Child Abuse Linked to Risk of Suicide in Later Life
Permanency in the News – Week of 5/28/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: The Goal of Finding Joy – In Our Youth Finding Permanency; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: From 15 Foster Homes to One Adoptive Family; 3) Infographic Demystifying Foster Care; 4) Talking About Adoption: A Birth Mother’s Perspective; 5) CA Assembly Signals Support for Emergency Hotline for Foster Kids; 6) Know Your Story, Tell Your Story: Build Relationships and Resilience and Begin Healing; 7) Doctors are Burning Out and Trite ‘Wellness’ Measures Aren’t Helping