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    American Constitution Violations of Foster Children Rights and Benefits Mr. Jackson-Ybarra April 4‚ 2011 Abstract Problems with the foster care seem to be across the board. But what it comes down to is what rights are being violated and what benefits are these children being left without. Problems with the foster care seem to be across the board. Here are a few examples to make the point. In Louisiana‚ 21% of abuse cases come from children in foster homes. Also in Louisiana‚ after extensive

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    environment or let your child go to a foster care? A foster care is a home for kids who do not have a decent home to live in. That is why we have the case of Pony boy Curtis‚ which will be sent to a foster care. The reason that Pony boy will go to foster care is to have a better education‚ healthier life‚ and a safer life. One reason that Pony boy will go to foster care is to a healthier life. A healthier life is eating good every day‚ If he is taken to a foster care he s going to be given three

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    Is foster care the best system to be using for the children involved? Since 1995 the amount of abuse and neglect related to foster care homes has tripled (Curtis 8). The fact that the abuse rate is so high means that this system should be improved so the children can feel more comfortable. Foster children have described their experiences as traumatizing and “the worst way to raise a child‚” with description like that it is a wonder that we as a nation would allow them to continue experiencing these

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    The negative effects of the system on foster children prove how the system fails to improve the lives of the kids it pledges to help and how critical it is that the government make an effort to improve foster agencies. No one would argue against how much kids need responsible adults in their lives. Most children‚ especially foster children many of whom have suffered abuse and neglect‚ need someone to keep them responsible and in line until they are old enough to mature and develop their own moral

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    Pocahontas Simon English 1001 Mr. Torrey Williams 21 October 2014 David Foster Wallace writes “This is Water” to express to college seniors that everyone has a choice of the way he or she thinks. In this essay‚ Wallace shows how college seniors have a default setting of the way a person’s mind functions. He then use examples of his credibility or ethos‚ pathos which he expresses an emotional appeal to the audience‚ and logos. Wallace creates an argument by using all three examples to support his

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    Answers to Unit 9 1)There are different uses of foster care placements and amongst them the main ones are as follow: *EMERGENCY-where children need to stay somewhere safe for a few nights‚ *SHORT -TERM-cares look after children for a few weeks /months while plans are being made for children’s future‚ *SHORT BREAKS-for disable children‚with special needs or behavioural difficulties who stay for a while with a family so they parents/carers can have a break‚ *REMAND-for young people remanded

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    claim that the foster care system is failing and yet you do nothing to try and save it. It’s like watching a person drown but doing nothing to rescue them. You are watching these children suffer‚ but have not taken any measures to ease their suffering. Instead‚ all you do is complain. It is fantastic that you have noticed them because they need the attention. However‚ in your attempt to abolish the system‚ you don’t realize that many of these children are far better off in the foster care system than

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    Evanston Alberta‚ Canada. He is a foster parent as well as a teacher. Also‚ he is a masters of education student at the University of Lethbridge. Mr. de Haan and his wife have been foster parents for about a year and half‚ the family consist of six-year-old Arlan‚ 5 yr. old Jesse‚ and 4 yr. old May and 15-month-old foster child name Shawn‚ who has been with the family since he was two weeks old. He states that he doesn’t have much experience when it comes to foster care. Psychological Assessment:

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    Background of The Circle Program This research proposal will revolve around the Circle Program. This program is based on a therapeutic foster care model. It provides foster carers and their children support through a specialist team and trains foster carers to understand how trauma effects foster children (MacKillop Family Services n.d.). This type of foster care model supports youth work practice through having similar principles to the YACVic Code of Ethical Practice. Two principles of the YACVic

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    Children in recovery that have been removed from their homes due to unsafe conditions end up in Out of Home Care (OOHC). The two most significant styles of OOHC are Non-related Foster Care and Kinship Foster Care. 1 in 4 foster care children are placed in kinship programs‚ whereas 48% of children go into non-related foster care. A kinship program helps to connect children with a family member whether by blood‚ marriage‚ or adoption. A benefit for a child that goes into a kinship program is that it

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