National Adoption Month places emphasis on engaging youth November 10, 2022 by AdoptUSKids · Published November 10, 2022 The theme focuses on engaging older youth in their permanency planning. After all, youth are the experts of their own lives.
10 tips for helping teens explore adoption January 30, 2020 by AdoptUSKids · Published January 30, 2020 · Last modified March 9, 2020 Looking for ways to help the teens and older youth you work with find permanency? Read on!
National Adoption Month: engaging with youth WEBINAR by AdoptUSKids · Published October 16, 2019 · Last modified September 15, 2020 Young adults and professionals discuss the importance of involving youth in permanency planning and share resources that can support your efforts to achieve adoption for older youth.
Incorporating youth perspectives in permanency planning WEBINAR by AdoptUSKids · Published July 22, 2018 · Last modified August 28, 2020 Advice from professionals, youth, and young adults about including youth perspectives in permanency efforts.
Going beyond recruitment for older youth GUIDE OR REPORT by AdoptUSKids · Published July 16, 2017 · Last modified July 22, 2019 Tools to help build your system’s capacity to respond to prospective parents and prepare older youth for adoption.
Talking with older youth about adoption TIP SHEET by AdoptUSKids · Published September 19, 2016 · Last modified August 26, 2022 This tip sheet provides a framework for how to talk with older youth about permanency and offers tips and suggestions on ways to make these conversations more effective and meaningful.