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Discusses post-permanency services for adoptive and guardianship families in Oklahoma and Michigan.  It highlights the states’ approaches, funding strategies and lessons learned. This article demonstrates how robust post-permanency services can be achieved through data analysis, legislative collaboration, and incentive funding strategies.    

Provides both national and state perspectives on the growth and use of Parent Peer Support Providers (PSSPs) across systems on the critical importance of establishing standards of training and support for implementation to ensure a qualified workforce. The information and strategies to be highlighted are based on the experience and work of national and statewide family organizations. Presenters will address topics including establishing standards in training, developing methods for engaging organizations in training, and providing ongoing support and professional development for those that have been trained. The unique challenges faced by supervisors of PPSPs will be described along with strategies [...]

Explains how youth advisory boards give young people impacted by child welfare a voice, build their professional skills and help agencies improve services. This article outlines strategies for broad, diverse, and ongoing recruitment, emphasizing clear job descriptions, youth-friendly applications and inclusive outreach. It also highlights successful boards like Louisiana Elite Advocacy Force (LEAF), FosterClub, and the federal Administration for Children and Families Youth Engagement Team, showing how they empower youth and influence policy.

Provides an overview of key issues facing adoptive families and the value of post-adoption support.

Provides a brief overview of the TBRI® principles of empowering, connecting, and correcting.

Explores TBRI® and its use in post-permanency programs, the benefits of TBRI®, and key considerations for states, tribal nations and territories considering implementing or expanding this approach. Introduction to the Resource Watch the video below for an overview of the resource or click on the button to access the article directly.    

Learn more about Dr. David Cross, his life experiences, and the beginnings of TBRI®.

How do I know that I can trust the world and the people in it? Is anyone really committed to my wellbeing? Do I have the tools to calm down if I need to? In this conversation, we explore how our own history our own attachment impact our sense of “Felt Safety” and our ability to live our lives freely.

We do not come into the world with tools for self-regulation. Self-regulation skills emerge from a healthy attachment cycle when physical and emotional needs are met. When a healthy attachment hasn’t occurred, we need to create opportunities to help our children and youth learn self-regulation skills. In this video, we explore what teaching self-regulation skills might look like with children and youth of varying ages.

When we are caring for or working with children and youth who have experience trauma, we often worry most about the big behaviors. In this conversation, we use examples as we discuss how big behaviors are an indication that there are big needs that haven’t been met yet. We all need people that will still “see us” and help us through our “mess”. The key to addressing these challenges is to see the needs behind the behaviors and meet those needs.