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The Basics of Adoption Practice
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Series: Bulletins for Professionals |
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
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Year Published: 2006 |
8. Involving Youth in Their Placements
Ideally, older children and youth are able to have significant involvement in their own permanency planning. Using a team approach to permanency planning for youth allows them to participate as team members in the planning process. Their involvement can include the following:
- The identification of kin or other important people who may be willing to provide a permanent connection or even a permanent family
- Participation in teen conferences, adoption fairs, and other activities in which youth and prospective families are brought together
- Involvement in youth development opportunities, such as training and recruiting of prospective families
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