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Stability, Permanency, and Adoption

The Stability, Permanency, and Adoption (SPA) Blog was developed by CASCW as a way to inform child welfare professionals and others about practice, research, and policy issues regarding permanency and adoption of children and youth.

March 2015

Need for child welfare reform in Ontario, Canada

By |2016-12-01T19:32:57-06:00March 13th, 2015|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: |

Today's guest blogger is Kelly Healey. Ontario’s Most Vulnerable Children Kept In the Shadows  was featured in the Toronto Star on December 12, 2014. It was co-written by Sandro Contenta, Laurie Monsebraaten and Jim Rankin.  The article asserts that “Ontario’s child welfare system lacks accountability and transparency” (p.1) and is in need of significant systematic [...]

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White evangelicals consider racial relations through transracial adoption

By |2016-12-01T19:32:57-06:00March 11th, 2015|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , |

Today's guest blogger is Christi Anderson. Recent racial incidents and tensions like Travyon Martin, Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO and Eric Garner in New York City, have caused white evangelicals who have adopted transracially to experience these events in a much more personal way than ever before.  In an article published in the Washington Post [...]

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2015 Student blogs about permanency and adoption

By |2016-12-01T19:32:57-06:00March 9th, 2015|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: |

It’s that time of year again. Spring semester at the School of Social Work means guest blog posts from students enrolled in the SW5905 Permanency in Child Welfare course. Each week starting next week and continuing through to the end of May, we will be publishing blog posts written by students learning about permanency and adoption. [...]

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November 2014

Perspectives on adoptive siblings from the non-adopted siblings

By |2016-12-01T19:32:59-06:00November 26th, 2014|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|

I came across a provocatively titled blog article, “I hate adoption” that is an important read, and I encourage you to get past the title. This essay provides another side of adoption that we don’t hear much about – the voices of the adoptive siblings. While some readers may not agree with the author’s conclusions [...]

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How does your state provide post-adoption support?

By |2016-12-01T19:32:59-06:00November 24th, 2014|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|

Promoting adoption is not enough for a child; ultimately we want stability for children in their permanency placements. Children may experience adoption disruptions, displacements and dissolutions. Often times these occur because adoptive parents are struggling to find accessible and affordable post-adoption services. It is estimated that between 10% to 25% of pre-adoption placements are disrupted [...]

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Permanency resources in Spanish

By |2016-12-01T19:32:59-06:00November 21st, 2014|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|

Did you know that the both AdoptUSKids and the Child Welfare Information Gateway have resources in Spanish? Click here for the free, downloadable adoption resources in Spanish from the Child Welfare Information Gateway.   A number of resources are also available on the AdoptUSKids site, Ayuda para las familias de crianza y adoptivas.

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Dear Wonderful You: Letters to Adopted and Fostered Youth

By |2016-12-01T19:32:59-06:00November 19th, 2014|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|

Much of the media during National Adoption Month is focused on talking to adoptive parents or prospective adoptive parents and professionals working to place children in permanent homes. But just as important is the views and perspectives of the adopted or foster youth themselves. A new book released this month, Dear Wonderful You: Letters to [...]

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Focus on sibling connections – National Adoption Month

By |2016-12-01T19:32:59-06:00November 17th, 2014|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|

The 2014 National Adoption Month campaign is focused on the importance of sibling connections. Approximately 75% of children and youth in foster care are separated by one or more sibling and these relationships are often lost once children are placed in permanent homes. Here are some resources for working with sibling groups in permanency and [...]

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