Psychological Bulletin 98 (2): 310-357. Danzy‚ J.‚ and Jackson‚ S.M. 1997. Family preservation and support services: A missed opportunity for kinship care. Child Welfare 76:31-44. Doucette-Dudman‚ D. and J. R. LaCure. 1996. Raising Our Children ’s Children. Minneapolis: Fairview. Everett‚ J. 1995. Relative foster care: An emerging trend in foster care placements policy and practice. Smith College Studies in Social Work 65:239-254. Everett‚ J. E. 1997. Theoretical‚ policy‚ research and clinical perspectives
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needs or can’t meet the needs for their children they should accept help for the safety of the child. Gelles states “facts regarding risks in foster placement or even adoption are compelling. (Pg. 339)” But is that enough for one to avoid the situations at home? Should a child go through an everyday abusive or neglectful lifestyle‚ get placed in foster care while their parents are getting “helped”‚ then be returned? These are the questions I asked myself as I was reading through this issue. Yes‚
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emphasis on Foster Children Counseling for Wellness Term Paper # 2 ! ! Webster’s dictionary defines wellness as‚ “The condition of good physical and mental health‚ especially when maintained by proper diet and exercise. (Webster’s II 2005) ! Armed with this definition and my love for children who are not recognized for their importance or meaning‚ it is my sincere desire to find a way to make wellness a part of the “must haves” when it comes to taking care of the children in our foster care
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Unit 201 Child and young person development Outcome 3: Understand the potential effects of transitions on children and young people 3.1 Identify the transitions experienced by most children and young people 3.3 Describe with examples how transitions may affect children and young people’s behaviour and development Under each heading‚ explain how each aspect may impact on a child’s behaviour & development‚ giving examples. • Puberty: Puberty is a major transition that all children
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Alternatives to Detention Placing juveniles in a detention facility is not always the best way to go. There are a number of alternatives that can be used instead of putting a juvenile in a facility. When deciding which type of program to place a juvenile in‚ the court officials must take into consideration the safety of the public. Many offenders can be effectively rehabilitated through community-based supervision while there are other serious offenders that may require confinement to protect
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car and said everything was gone be alright. Nobody could not find my mother‚ so I ended up in foster homes. I was mainly on my own with no family member to take care of me. It was somewhat upsetting that I had no one to live with that I knew‚ but I was too young to have a say so in any thing. For three months I was being drug back and forth from foster homes to foster homes. I finally found a stable foster home and while in it I met this girl name Asia. Asia was standing about 5’6 with brown eyes and
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Law Profile Paper Mary J Blige HSM/230 Angela Murray August 13‚ 2012 In the human services field you are constantly working with many different individuals for various reasons. When working with others and their situations they are many laws that have to be abided by to assure that their personal information and safety is protected. One particular act that we have learned about during the last couple weeks was the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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E.K. Foster who was a Los Angeles community leader wanted to vouch for vulnerable children and formed a volunteer group‚ which successfully advocates for legislation to protect children. In 1920‚ Children’s Bureau was a vital partner in starting the community chest‚ which is now known as the United Way. Children’s Bureau began to recruit and train foster parents and established its own training program from social workers. The agency becomes one of the first professional providers of foster care
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Wilder "The Lost Children of Wilder" is a book about how the foster care system failed to give children of color the facilities that would help them lead a somewhat normal and protected life. The story of Shirley Wilder is a sad one once you find out what kind of life she had to live when she was a young girl. Having no mother and rejected by her father she has become a troubled girl. Shirley Wilder was rejected from foster care because she was black. The system failed to place children of color
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up I would like to be a foster parent‚ so that I can help children. I am a foster child because my parents couldn’t take care of me‚ and I am in a foster home.I would like to help children because it isn’t right for kids or teenagers to be treated wrong. Like being smacked or threatened. There are a lot of children taken away from their mothers and fathers and it’s pathetic. And there are many children in foster care and residential care that need someone to take care of them. I wish I was an
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