Case of Cassie Biological Components Cassie is a 14-year-old‚ Hispanic‚ female‚ who is currently under the foster care system due to her recent behavior displaying suicidal ideation. Based on Cassie’s background information it’s quite clear that her disorganized and lack of attachment from her mother‚ has deeply impacted her perception of sense of self and how she perceives the world around her simply because there is so much neural growth and organization during sensitive periods‚ and how early
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to Smith (2001)‚ there are many negative effects of witnessing war besides the already serious effect of being exposed to violence. Children lose important access to basic resources such as good food‚ clean water‚ shelter‚ school‚ and basic health care. Losses of these resources can seriously impede not only physical growth‚ but cognitive and emotional growth as well. Additionally‚ as is the case with many of
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assignment proved quite challenging for me. I do not have a family-of- origin‚ due to being in the foster care system. I did not have dependable adults in my life‚ so most of what I learned was through the mistakes of others. Each time I started to build a connection‚ it would eventually stop. This is because of my stay in the foster care system. About every two years‚ I moved to a new foster home because the foster parents wanted smaller children. So my connection with that set ended‚ and I would have to
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Foster Care Worker A foster care worker is a very risky‚ yet rewarding field of work. Before becoming a foster care worker one should determine many factors about what they are taking on. The process in which a child has to go through before being placed in foster care is very traumatizing. Some are taking away from their parents or guardians due to physical abuse‚ being neglected‚ sexual abuse or even due to their parents passing away. By the time the child is placed in their new foster care
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1.08 Review Questions 1. What are the differences between being a biological parent‚ an adoptive parent‚ and a foster parent? The differences between biological‚ adoptive‚ and foster parents are very simple. A biological parent shares DNA with their child‚ while adoptive and foster parents choose to take a child in and care for them. Just because adoptive and foster parents didn’t personally bring them into the world does not make them any less of a parent. 2. What financial needs are parents
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University of Phoenix Material Case Scenarios Read the following scenarios. Answer‚ in a 50- to 100-word response‚ each of the following questions: Scenario 1 Sophia has been removed from her family and placed into foster care for the second time in the last 2 years due to her mother’s ongoing substance abuse. Sophia has missed many days of school and often comes to school dirty and wearing clothes from the day before. Sophia’s mother does not think she has a problem and blames the system for
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vary from one community to another. Some child welfare programs fund health care for children‚ help prepare young children for school‚ or provide day care for children whose parents both have jobs. Others seek to prevent adolescent pregnancy‚ violence‚ drug use‚ or other problems. Many child welfare agencies provide services specifically for children who have been abused or neglected‚ or who have not received adequate care. Such agencies may administer child protection programs‚ which protect children
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supporting them. I find I’m good at talking through problems and solving what the issue is. I would like to help individuals and family issue to pull communities together to bring a healthier lifestyle for everyone in need‚ promote social justice‚ and foster human global well-being. I feel that Social Service Work would be the right step because I love group work and finding solutions for difficult states in each individual’s lives I want to make a difference in this work. My purpose in life is
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wild children from around the world but one special case struck my attention. The case of Madonna is one of the vaguest ones. All of the names and locations in this article have been altered to insure the confidentiality of the girl‚ her care givers‚ and her foster families. The story of Madonna began to unfold when social services found her wondering through a field near a rural town. When taken by social services they believed she was between the age of seven or eight‚ although her true age can
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Abstract There are thousands of children currently in the foster care system that fall into the category of “Special Needs” waiting for a family to love and support them. The term special needs instantly brings to mind the thought of a child with a disability‚ in adoption terms the term encompasses a larger meaning. The term special needs pertaining to adoption means a child that is difficult to place by the state adoption unit or adoption agencies. The majority of these children have no health
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