Unit 10- Task 2 Some reasons that children may need to be looked after outside their homes‚ may include; neglect‚ abuse‚ financial difficulties‚ illness or family breakdowns. The cares that can be given to these children include; adoption‚ foster care‚ respite care‚ emergency care‚ shared family care and care within a residential setting. Adoption may be seen as a last resort‚ as it involves the children being taken out of the home permanently‚ and being placed with another family. This often
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Ashley was born in North Carolina. She was born to a seventeen-year-old single mom. According to her‚ two days compete for the worst day in her life: the first is the day she was taken from her mother; the second is the day she arrived at the Moss´ foster home four years later. The day she was taken from her mother‚ she had left South Carolina bound for Florida with her mother‚ her mother´s husband‚ and her younger brother Luke. She was only three years old. Before she was taken from her mother‚ she
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character‚ Zits‚ struggles with the loss of his mother‚ finding his Native American identity‚ and figuring out where he belongs in the world. At the beginning of the novel‚ Zits is a distraught adolescent. He is famous for arson‚ abuses his many foster mothers‚ and runs away a lot. Zits travels through time and sees that violence and evil aren’t the solution to his problems and is then able to turn himself into the police and begin a new life as a more prominent person. The novel is told from
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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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Adoption over IN-VERTO FERTILIZATION “There are roughly four hundred thousand children in the US foster care system. Of those children‚ approximately one hundred thousand are waiting to be adopted” (Developmental Issues for Young Children in Foster Care‚ 2000). Many people feel as if life is meaningless without the gift of becoming a parent. Before they consider adopting a child‚ many couples undergo infertility treatments‚ such as in-vitro fertilization. Some people are successful‚ but numerous
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Homosexuality is becoming more acceptable in today’s society; however‚ when it comes to homosexuals establishing a family‚ issues begin to arise. As of 2015‚ 27 states are opposed to homosexual adoptions due to the fact that the bible states it is a sin and individuals perceiving themselves as homosexuals will go to Hell. There is also the outlook on being raised in a homosexual family will result in the child growing up to be homosexual themselves. Although homosexual marriage is now legal across
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Alliance for Children’s Rights in Los Angeles County‚ nearly half of two-thousand youth‚ who age out of foster care‚ end up homeless or incarcerated. Social welfare policy in this country is in desperate need of repair and reform. This analysis is not only based on the Alliance for Children’s Rights statistics but on my own personal experiences and testimony‚ as a product of the foster care system. Foster parents and group home staff should not only be required to take educational courses for dealing with
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child care in the processes of adoption and foster parenting. The Garden State allows for same-sex adoption; allows single homosexuals to adopt; and allows second parent same-sex adoption (“Same-Sex Adoption Laws‚” n.d.). New Jersey has passed progressive laws and policies that prohibit discrimination charged against gay individuals in the adoption process (Sudol‚ 2010). New Jersey state law also bans discrimination against gay individuals in the foster parent process (2010). New Jersey Statutes Annotated
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Children that are homeless can become this way for a variety of reasons. Youth can be on their own‚ with no permanent residence or even usual place to sleep. They could have also been separated from their own homeless parents and placed in foster care or living with some of their relatives. A child could be part of a family that becomes homeless‚ or even belong to a single parent. The decline in low cost housing‚ which has been declining over the last 20 years‚ could be to blame for the
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