In 1975 as the Vietnam War was ending‚ Mai Thi Kim sent her seven- year-old daughter Mai Thi Hiep‚ later known as Heidi from that war-torn country to the United States in "Operation Babylift". This operation saved many Vietnamese children’s life and gave them an opportunity to grow up and out of post-war chaos. This happened to Heidi‚ as she explains in the film “Daughter from Danang”‚ in which 22 years after she was given up for adoption‚ decides to go back to Vietnam and meet her biological
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Dr. Davenport hears all about Antwone’s rough life‚ from his father being killed before he was born and his 17 year old prison inmate mother giving him up for adoption. He got stuck in a foster home where he had to endure emotional and physical violence‚ and his foster ‘auntie’ abused him sexually‚ verbally and abusively. “I felt such sympathy for the real life Antwone Fisher”‚ says John Stone‚ as he speaks for most people. This story hits home for a lot of people‚ and after the fact they realize
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Children are suffering from a hidden epidemic of child abuse and neglect. Every year more than 3 million reports of child abuse are made in the United States involving more than 6 million children (a report can include multiple children). The United States has one of the worst records among industrialized nations – losing on average between four and seven children every day to child abuse and neglect. 1‚ 2 he primary purpose of Foster Care service is to provide a safe temporary placement for
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A Report on Care at Home‚ Care in the Home and Care within the NHS Over the past two decades and more there have been huge changes made to the children’s residential care sector. There have been many reasons for this‚ abuse scandals‚ staffing problems and the effectiveness of group homes being called into question - also the cost effectiveness of these homes. It is far often cheaper to keep these young people at home‚ sometimes this is good
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thought about a group of persons‚ who are important to me‚ children in the foster care system. This particular group of individuals is important to me because I was a summer counselor for children who were diagnosed with ADHA and other co-diagnoses‚ and the majority of the children have been through the foster care system. I decided to compare the ethical standards held in the foster care systems in the United States to the foster care systems in China because nearly one-third of Chinese children were adopted
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Drug Abuse Doesn’t Happen to Just Bad People By Jessica Groves Does doing drugs automatically make you a “bad” person? Of course there are those out there who become bad people as a result of being addicted to certain drugs. Drugs are pretty easy to come by‚ and even easier to become addicted to. Especially in today’s economy‚ many people have a variety of problems‚ from peer pressure to past traumas to mental illness. Many people addicted to drugs are just trying to deal with their personal
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out in a foster home‚ his mother swore to come back for him. But to Jennings dismay‚ he had to get used to being in foster homes for a while. He couldn’t have thought of being there and he couldn’t have thought that love only meant being alone‚ but his 8-year old mind didn’t know that. He didn’t know that he was going to jump from foster home to foster home. He didn’t know he would stay there until he concluded what love was to him on his own. Jennings Michael Burch was in the foster homes because
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Running Head: DRUG COURTS AND THE TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE Drug Courts and The Treatment of Substance Abusing Offenders Traci R. Howard Guilford Technical Community College Drug treatment courts also known as Drug Courts‚ provide treatment services to offenders in the criminal justice system. These particular courts use various models to provide treatment to drug offenders such as strategies to assist offenders with recovery from substance abuse. The process
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twenty-one-year-old woman who currently attends the 6-22 transition program within the school district due to diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. She has identified three goals for herself of: attending college in order to achieve employment in an office environment; engaging in independent living by moving in with a friend upon graduation from high school; working in an office like her father. In evaluating how best to help Tracey to obtain her goals‚ some areas have been identified as strengths
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Foster Care in the United States Sue King Liberty University Abstract The history of foster care in the United States started with orphan trains and the Children’s Aid Society founded by Charles Loring Brace. Recent research describes the child welfare system as an organization that provides service to helpless children in need. This paper will discuss foster care as it is relates to safety‚ permanency‚ and wellbeing of children in need The role of a foster parent and the process of loss
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