The 9th Triennial International Child & Youth Care
Conference:
May 26-29, 2009
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
Global Warning: Their Lives -- Our Presence
Conference Sponsors:
¤Nova Southeastern University¤
¤The Association for Child & Youth Care
Practice, Inc.¤
¤The Council of Canadian Child & Youth
Care Associations¤
Global Warning: There is a similar trajectory
between global warning and global warming and unless something
realistically is done to reverse trends, the consequences could be
disastrous. There is a real global warning that if we do not do for
at-risk children, youth and families what they need, the world will
continue to hemorrhage and lose valuable, promising, lives and with
that the future is bleak.
Global Warning: Their Lives-Our Presence is a laser focus from
the perspective of:
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The professionals and service providers
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The people being served
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The philanthropists and organizations that support the work being done.
The alignment of the stars, the organizations, philanthropists,
the staff and the clients is imperative in order to produce stellar
outcomes. Do we really know what is happening to children and youth
in care? Think about what you know about at-risk young people,
people in foster care, in residential care in independent living,
children aging out of the system. Think about children who have
nothing and do not even know that they can want something, children
whose courage is being denied. Think about children who become
relationship-reluctant. Think about children who are estranged from
their kith and kin; their intimate environment and even alienated
from who they really are, children for whom denial and the delusion
of indulgence is the best safe space and hope for survival. We can
make a difference through our communal presence in time and space.