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Posters

• I Will Flourish
• I Will Thrive

Adoptive Families

• They're Never Too Old – Brochure for Adoptive Parents
  http://www.sc.edu/ccfs/Publications/AdoptionFosterCare/SuccessfulAdolAdopt/Adop...
• Youth Are Never Too Old to Be Adopted - NACAC
  http://www.nacac.org/adoptalk/nevertooold.html
• Adopting and Parenting the Older Child
  http://www.comeunity.com/adoption/trish-interview.html
• A Workbook for Parents Adopting Older Children
  http://www.depaulfamilyservices.org/adoption_booklet/images/DePaul_Booklet%20Full.pdf
• Unconditional Commitment: The Only Love That Matters To Teens (by Pat O'Brien)
  http://www.yougottabelieve.org/articles/unconditional.htm
• Adopted Teens Share and Advise – Portland Press Herald Article
  http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/local/070513adoptedteens.html
• You Gotta Believe!
  http://www.yougottabelieve.org/
• ABC NEWS
  http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/FosterCare/story?id=2032739&page=1
• MSNBC News Interviews You Gotta Believe's Pat O'Brien, Chester Jackson & Eboney Wright regarding Foster Care and Older Teen Adoption
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28_W1NVOsSU

Teens

• You're Never Too Old – Brochure for Teens
  http://www.sc.edu/ccfs/research/Teen%20Brochure.pdf
• You're Never Too Old – Teens Speak Out on Adoption - Brochure
  http://www.sc.edu/ccfs/Publications/AdoptionFosterCare/SuccessfulAdolAdopt/Adoption_Yout...
• You Gotta Believe!
  http://www.yougottabelieve.org/
• Breaking Barriers to Teen Adoption
  Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7ML2Z2kbyU
• Teens Need Families Too Article
  http://www.answers4families.org/family/foster-adoptive/adoption-information-resources/teens-...
• Adopted Teen Tells His Story of Finding a Family
  http://www.camelotcommunitycare.org/files/Tampa%20Teen%20Finds%20Adopted%20Family.pdf
• Adopt Us Kids Article
  http://www.adoptuskids.org/resourceCenter/parentSupport/adopteeStories/cristen.aspx
• Elevate – Poems, Videos, Stories, by youth for youth about adoption and foster care
  http://www.elevate2inspire.com/
• When I Get Home PSA - Teens in Foster Care
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZk8q07iTHU

Social Workers

• National Resource Center for Youth Development – Permanency for Adolescents
  - Article for Adoptive Families and Social Workers
  http://www.nrcys.ou.edu/yd/eupdate/pdfs/yd_update_2004_sum.pdf
• Indiana – "Indiana's Youth Connections Program" (Under "Resources from the States")
  http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/info_services/family-search.html
• Foster Greatness
  http://fostergreatness.ca/
• Field-Initiated Research on Successful Adolescent Adoptions Executive Summary January 2004
  http://www.sc.edu/ccfs/Publications/AdoptionFosterCare/SuccessfulAdolAdopt/ExecSumFullc...
• Teens Can Help Find Families (NACAC)
  http://www.nacac.org/adoptalk/teenscanhelp.html
• A Family for Every Child: Strategies to Achieve Permanence for Older Foster Children and Youth (NACAC)
  http://www.nacac.org/adoptalk/family_every_child.pdf
• You Gotta Believe!
  http://www.yougottabelieve.org/
• Breaking Barriers to Teen Adoption
  Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAxMWRqqwxI
  Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7ML2Z2kbyU
  Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_iTNXX8WLQ
• Don't Write Me Off
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq2RFyU2BR0&feature=related