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CURRICULA Preparing Youth for Permanent Family Connections
This curriculum by Bob Lewis and Sue
Badeau provides a philosophical understanding of permanency-orientated
practice and practical steps to achieve permanency. Topics include the
definition of permanency; talking to youth about permanent connections,
including returning to their birth families; the challenges for youth in
exploring permanency; defining how permanence is related to tasks of
adolescent development; understanding how youth perceive permanency,
dealing with grief and loss issues for youth; the steps to permanency; how
to talk to and work with birth families, foster parents and mental health
providers to achieve permanence for youth; the concept of shared
parenting; how to assess a youth’s possible permanent connections; and
preparing a youth and other partners for family living. Y.O.U.T.H. Training Project In October of 2000, the Bay Area Academy (BAA) received a three-year federal grant to develop a curriculum and deliver training to enable social workers to better serve the needs of transitioning youth. BAA partnered with the California Youth Connection (CYC) and developed a curriculum entitled Youth Development, Empowerment and Super Strategies for Supporting Transition Aged Youth. This curriculum was revised in 2004, and is once again undergoing revision. Please check the Y.O.U.T.H. Training Project website for curriculum status. |
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