Vol. 3, No. 2• Spring 1999

Foster Parents and North Carolina's Focus on Permanence

	What does North Carolina's focus on permanence mean for foster parents?
	Taking it to the top: SAY SO members go to Washington
	Working with birth parents: Interview with Brenda Crider
	The impact of grief
	The role of the guardian ad litem
	The guardian ad litem perspective
	Therapist for children with disabilities learning new ways to deliver services
	Getting to the heart of it
	A young child's point of view on foster care and adoption
	What a child might say
	Kids' pages
	Permanence for teens: The ultimate challenge
	What teens in foster care want social workers to know
	Awards night: Making education count
	Fostering care: The North Carolina Foster Parent Association fall training conference
	"I am my mother's child"
	Foster parents ask DSS
	Waiting for the phone to ring
	The North Carolina Foster Parent Association
	Encourage foster teens to join SAY SO!
	Excerpt from SAY SO's letter to North Carolina's Governor Hunt
	My Garden
	Hear the cries
	It's worth every moment
	Tips for working with birth parents

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