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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Latino Children Lost in the US Foster Care System ANNOTATED OUTLINE INTRODUCTION Understanding diversity‚ cultural sensitivity‚ and culturally appropriate advocacy for the Latino children whom are in foster care and begin removed from their culture and being place with different races. One of the major problems in foster care and adoption today is the lack of cultural competence in services to Latino children. Creating cultural bridges to meet the needs of the large numbers of African
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The focus of the short story “Dancer” by Vickie Sears is the positive progression of the main character‚ Clarissa‚ a foster child who gains a sense of her cultural identity as a Native. In the beginning of the story‚ she is introduced as a child with next to nothing and is portrayed to have psychopathic traits. Towards the end of the story‚ there are positive changes in her character. The main factor that led to Clarissa’s progression was her developing a strong interest in the powwow that led
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higher functioning autism. This left him vulnerable to the world‚ in the sense that he would always need to be cared for by others. Astrid Magnussen‚ from Janet Fitch`s work White Oleander‚ is forced into foster care when her neglectful mother is taken to jail for murder. She bounces from one foster home to another‚ always needing but never finding. An adolescent may be aware of their dependency on others or not‚ however between Christopher’s disability and Astrid losing her only parental figure‚ that
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young man. She found out that he has been abuse by his father and was left in the street at the age of 6 with his sister. His mom and dad are spending their life in prison for murder. He has been in four different foster house with his sister. He ran away from his last house because their foster parent were recently arrested for procession of marijuana. With all this being said he gets perfect grades from school and perfect attendance. On a sunny bright day‚ a young walks up to Ms. Emerson at a course
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providing financial aid or any other support services toward relatives who are acting as guardian for their blood-related children (Wichinsky‚ Thomas‚ DeJohn & Turney‚ 2013). The U.S. government allows reimbursement of foster care payments for relative homes provided that they meet the foster home licensing standards. The government provides financial or support services for kinship placement homes after they qualify for the income means-tested eligibility requirements (Davidson‚ 2008; Hegar & Scannapieco
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Texas later in life. My desire is to work strictly within the foster care system. I want to learn the art of Social Work‚ the “ins and outs” and the “dos and don’ts”. I then want to matriculate to then supervise the Social Workers. The reason I have chosen to work in that manner‚ is because I want to learn how other Social Workers think and act. I have heard many horrendous stories of how group home leaders work and mistreat the foster children. My desire is to then train the Social Workers under
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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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Ethics and Aristotle A married couple‚ both addicted to drugs‚ is unable to care for their infant daughter. She is taken from them by court order and placed in a foster home. The years passed. She comes to regard her foster parents as her real parents. They love her as they would their own daughter. When the child is 9 years old‚ the natural parents‚ rehabilitated from drugs‚ begin court action to regain custody. The case is decided in their favor. The child is returned to them‚ against her
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In 2004‚ over 517‚000 children were put into foster care. Out of this number‚ at least one-fifth of these children were removed from their homes due to some sort of violence and child maltreatment(Babel‚ 2011). To these young children‚ their lives revolve around their parent(s) or the adult-figure in their life. The child depends on them for love and affection‚ but in some cases‚ the love and affection in not returned. Childhood abuse and neglect can happen in various situations for various reasons
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