What is concurrent planning and expedited permanency planning?
Concurrent planning is the policy of having two case plans put in place at the same time regarding children who are placed in foster care. The first plan is usually to reunify the family, and a case plan is devised (ostensibly) to accomplish that goal. The second plan is to prepare the child for an alternative permanency plan, such as adoption, permanent foster care or guardianship. It is important to note that during the pendency of the case, the child is subjected to both plans. This often means that while the department will continue to allow the child to see his parents and make the parents jump through all their hoops, the professionals are using therapy and other services (read: brainwashing and conditioning) to weaken the childs bonds and affections for his real parents and strengthen the childs bonds and affections for his proposed artificial parents. It is, in effect and practice, the Stockholm Syndrome (remember Patty Hearst?) put into action. Through the application of concu
