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
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Permanency in the News – Week of 12/3/18
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, […]
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 10/22/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Responding to: “I Don’t Need Permanency, I Can Do This Alone”; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: An Adoption Story – The Countz Family; 3) How One Call Became A Calling; 4) Children in Foster Care More Likely to Have Physical, Mental Health Problems; 5) Why We Need to Practice a Little Self-Compassion; 6) Racial Equity in Child Welfare; 7) The Opioid Bill, Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice
Permanency in the News – Week of 10/15/18
1) Permanency Tip of the Week: Independence vs Inter-Dependence – What Should be the Goal?; 2) Permanency Success Story of the Week: Maci Finds Permanency Through DTFA and WWK; 3) Sharon Rozia – Adoptions Lessons Learned; 4) Who Cares: A National Count of Foster Homes and Families; 5) Early Foster Care Intervention Lessens Risk for Psychopathology in Children; 6) A Family Systems Approach to Treating Intergenerational Trauma; 7) Foster Care Alumni of America – Scholarship – 2018