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Eleven ORIENTATIONS
EVERY WEEK
Sunday at 4pm in Jamaica Queens
Monday at 6pm in Yonkers, Westchester
Monday at 6pm in Bayshore, Long Island
Tuesday at 6pm in Bronx
Wednes. at 6pm in Coney Island, Bklyn
Thursday at 6pm in Middle Island, L.I.
Thursday at 6pm in Harlem, Manhattan
Thursday at 6pm on Staten Island
Saturday at 10am in East NY, Brooklyn
Saturday at 10am in Hempstead, L.I.
Saturday at 3pm in Greenwich Village
Call for location & direction to all classes
at 718-372-3003, or find directions to all locations by clicking on
"Directions to Us" - above.
The only time above orientations are not offered is on
holidays and holiday weekends.
Listen To A YBG Orientation Radio Broadcast
below:
http://am1240wgbb.hipcast.com/deluge/2f34ee7a-08fd-bd9a-75a6-30d82ee3c984.mp3 |
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MEET OUR WAITING CHILDREN.
Log on to either New York City's or New York
State's website to get a flavor of the children who need permanent
homes by clicking below:
www.nyc.gov/adopt
Click on "Meet Our
Kids"
Click on "Search Our Database."
www.ocfs.state.ny.us/adopt
Log on to the Wendy's Wonderful Kids website, a signature program
of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, to learn more about
this unique nationwide recruitment strategy to find homes for
America's and Canada's longest waiting children.
www.WendysWonderfulKids.org
Watch video clips of children featured on Wednesday's Child this
week and previous weeks too:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/station/shows/wnbc/wednesdays-child/
SUPPORT GROUP:
All 5 Boros +:
BROOKLYN: Last Friday of Every
Month from 7-9pm, Holy Redeemer Church in East New York,
MANHATTAN:
Third Tuesday of the Month from 7-9pm,
University Settlement, 273 Bowery.
QUEENS:
Third Monday of the Month from 7-9pm at
the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 246-55 87th Avenue, Bellerose,
N.Y. 11426
STATEN ISLAND:
First Wednesday of the Month, 7-9pm, Bubbles
Playhouse, 2102 Clove Road.
BRONX: Second
Thursday of the Month, 7-9pm, at Abbott House, 3010 Jerome Avenue,
Bronx.
LONG ISLAND: First Monday of the
Month, 7-9pm, YGB office at 150A L.I. Ave, Holtsville, NY.
Families looking for a great way to
deal with children with severe behaviors we recommend
BEYOND CONSEQUENCES, LOGIC, AND CONTROL by Bryan Post, Ph.D. &
Heather T. Forbes, LCSW To read an article by Ms.
Forbes about the book's central premise click here:
www.beyondconsequences.com/freearticle.pdf
Read this fabulous article written
by Julie Alvarado in Fostering Families Today March/April
2010 issues where she says
"Children who have suffered even
the most severe trauma and children who present event the most
challenging behaviors are not beyond the hope of healing.
Children who have suffered at the hands of angry, controlling,
manipulative and uncaring adults will more effectively heal in
treatment and with parents who are the opposite --- unconditionally
loving and caring, non-confrontational, not controlling or
manipulative, who are gentle and not angry.
"Decreasing Disrupted Placements and Failed Adoptions Through
Emotional Regulatory Healing"
http://bit.ly/regulatoryhealing
You can order also order Bryan Post's newest book
THE GREAT BEHAVIOR BREAKDOWN that identifies 27 of the
most challenging behaviors that parents face and provides
step-by-step guidance to help transform family conflict.
http://www.postinstitute.com/in-the-news/150-the-great-behavior-breakdown.html
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Three Part Series on Youtube Entitled:
Breaking Barriers to Teen Adoption
Part 1 -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FAxMWRqqwxI
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7ML2Z2kbyU
Part 3 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_iTNXX8WLQ
Watch this Great Two Part Series "WE INTERRUPT"
Listen to what Minnesota Youth have to say about being recruited
for. This fabulous production was made possible by Minnesota
Department of Human Services (DHS)
Part 1 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StY__eircls
Part 2 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvG0-JvmR-I
How a Youth Coming To Teach Waiting Families Lead to
her Placement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjr_aodzY_g
Don't ever forget why we do what we do. We need
families
to adopt teens in order to prevent their homelessness upon discharge
from the foster care system. Please read
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/nyregion/08foster.html?emc=eta1
BLOG SUPPORT:
Check Out These Parent Adoption Blogs:
www.fletcherclan.blogspot.com
http://www.bartswholenewworld.blogspot.com
ANOTHER GREAT BLOG - Brenda McCreight
Married mom of 14 - 4 are adults with families of their
own. 10 still reside at home. Dr. McCreight is also a
therapist and author.
http://theadoptioncounselor.com/Blog/
AND YET ANOTHER BLOG - Chester Jackson's
http://whathadhappenwas.tumblr.com/
See Terrific article written by Claudia Fletcher
about Developmental stages and adopting older children.
http://www.nacac.org/adoptalk/retracingdevelopmentalstages.html?utm_source=Master+List&utm_campaign=2b418ec646-Jan22Update1_22_2010&utm_medium=email
Great article in January 7th, 2010 edition of Queens
Chronicle
http://www.zwire.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=20400989&BRD=2731&PAG=461&dept_id=574908&rfi=8
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Listen to Pat and Chester on Island Outlook in
case you missed them on the July 4th, 2010 radio broadcast:
http://www.kjoy.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=4778372
You Gotta Believe! offers an excellent radio forum where
we interview many adoptive parents of teens and emerging adults who
moved in as teens and emerging adults and a variety of professionals who
work with families with this unique background. Please click below
to listen to any one of the 106 broadcasts we have
produced since March 2, 2008.
http://bit.ly/YGBpodcast
Follow us on
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/adoptolderkids
Become our Facebook
Fan:
bit.ly/YGBFacebook
For Dates and Times of All
our cable access TV Shows
Click Here:
http://www.yougottabelieve.org/tv.htm
EXTREME ADOPTION:
ADOPTING
YOUTH OVER 18 - Click Below & Watch This:
http://www.listenuptv.com/listenup/shows?show_id=174
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Great New Article:
Children and Youth Services Review:
"An Examination of Theory and Promising
Practice for Achieving Permanency for Teens
Before They Age out of Foster Care"
by Rosemary J. Avery.
Click Here:
http://bit.ly/ygbavery |
Also,
listen to one of the most unique workshops ever about over 18 adoptions:
Its Never Too Late: Adopting Teens Who Are Already 18 When They Move In.
This
workshop features four single moms, Mary Keane, Mary Chancie, Lynn Zelvin, and
Loretta Tayar, and three youth, Jonathan Cruz, Nefertiti Holmes, Richard
Wilkerson (all whom were 20 when they moved in) speak about the importance
of having family no matter what age one is. This workshop
occured at the 2008 NACAC Conf.
This two CD set can be purchased for $17 by clicking here:
www.adoptioncds.com/product_info.php?cPath=40_73&products_id=728
UNCONDITIONAL COMMITMENT ...
THE ONLY LOVE THAT MATTERS
... TO TEENS --- THE VIDEO - $30
Please order this informative and exciting video of 13 adoptive parents
who adopted teens and pre-teens, as well as 9 young adults who were all
adopted as teens, speak to the powerful role that unconditional
commitment played in each and every one of their placements.
Please make check out to You Gotta Believe and mail to 1728
Mermaid Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11224, and give us the address where you
would like for us to mail the DVD to you.
Workshop Description
Workshop Overheads
Teen Homeless
Prevention Project - Final Report - April 2006
Permanent Parents
for Teens Project - Final Report - Jan 2009
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