Spotlight on Long-Term Foster Care

CBX spotlights two Permanency Innovations Initiative grantees in Kansas and California that are working with youth in long-term foster care. Other articles highlight statistics, characteristics, and outcomes of older youth in foster care, as well as promising interventions.

• Trauma-Informed Practice in the Training Environment
  Multiplying Connections created "Walking the Walk: Modeling Trauma Informed Practice in the Training Environment," a two-page resource guide to help train staff who work with children...
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• Using Video to Engage Youth
  A unique project incorporates video to help youth tell their story to caseworkers in monthly visits. Bob Lewis's "Seeing the Voices of Children and Youth" project is a curriculum for...
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• Conferences
  Upcoming national conferences on child welfare and adoption through March 2012 include: January 2012 * SSWR 16th Annual Conference Research That Makes A Difference: Advancing Practice...
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