Adoption is the social and emotional process in which children, who will not be raised by their birth parents, become full and permanent legal members of another family. Also while maintaining genetic connections to their birth family. Open adoption is when birthmothers or birthparents have adoptive families have an interaction with one another including the adopted child. The interaction of the adoptive child with the birth family includes writing letters, sending e-mails, telephone calls, and especially visits with one another. The introduction of openness into the process of adoption offers new opportunities for children in need of a parent or parents or especially just wishing to expand on the family. Closed adoption also known as “Confidential Adoption” are files of the birth parents are sealed and never will be revealed unless approval of both parties (FindLaw). There is no interaction of birthmothers and the adoptive family.…
The article Why Adoptees Need To Find Their Biological Parents by Stephen Betchen is about finding closure between an adoptee and their biological parents. At the age of forty Betchen's adopted parents had already passed away and after waiting so long, he wanted to find his biological parents. Because he did not receive any medical records, he has a fear of dropping dead at any moment, which is why he wanted to see his biological parents to get them. Betchen having a daughter, finds it difficult to claim her as his own. Betchen writes about how adopted people sometimes feel like they don't belong. He also writes about how adoptees have the idea that they should be financially stable just in case they get put up for adoption again. Betchen does…
Adoption is the legal process, which permanently transfers all the legal rights and responsibilities of being a parent from the child’s birth parents to the adoptive parents.…
Too many people have too much distance between what is public and what is private. Total honesty is an incredible thing. When children are small they are often taught that withholding the truth is another form of…
It is very important to keep information about families and children confidential for many reasons; it is vital for safety and secure. Also, confidentiality is important for the protection of the children as well as protection of you yourself.…
Adoption records should be open to give adoptees the ability to know where they come from. Various state laws create many paths or roadblocks to determining biological parental information. Knowledge is more important than privacy.…
When dealing with children and young people there are always times were a child may need to disclose information to us which they want kept confidential. In this instant it is very important that we are seen to be able to give a certain level of trust to the child, it is also important that we let the child know that although they can trust us with this piece of information that if we believe by withholding it we may be putting the child’s welfare at risk therefore we may need to tell the correct person.…
Keeping confidentiality helps to maintain a professional relationship with parents and children because they will know if they have to tell you something important you will keep this…
While there have been numerous reforms made to the child welfare system in Tennessee in regards to providing care for the children, one area that desperately needs to be defined is the provision of care while these vulnerable children are in the custody of the Department of Children’s Services. Currently there is no policy that addresses the responsibility for making sure that these children are provided healthy and timely meals while being held in the local office or while during transport from the office to court, facilities or placements. The caseworkers who have the responsibility for these children are taxed with providing these meals out of their own pocket and then seeking reimbursement which could lead to ethical issues. The children…
When I first started college I was set on working in adoption and foster care. The whole reason I wanted to be a social worker was because of the book A Child Called It. If you have not read the book, it is about a boy named David whose mother abused him in the most unimaginable ways. When the social worker came and removed him from the home I knew that someday I wanted to be able to rescue a kid like David from his home and help him to find a better life. This is why I like the idea of adoption and foster care.…
Imagine not understanding what you are doing, not even fully knowing who is coming to get you, and where you are going is a mystery in itself. These are all thoughts and questions that might run through a childs mind who is being adopted by a family that lives in a different country. This is an international adoption, and it can be controversial in the U.S along with other countries for different reasons. International adoption has gone throughout history adjusting as it has to, but it's not the only thing that has changed both what the parents go through and the children adapting have evolved as time goes on too. No matter how much is done to make this process easier there are always challenges that remain to face everyone affiliated with the process.…
In order for an adoption to take place, a person available to be adopted must be placed in the home of a person or persons eligible to adopt. All states have laws that specify which persons are eligible as adopting parents, and which persons can be adopted. In addition many states have laws that designate which persons or entities have the authority to make adoptive placements. Here we will look at the laws both state and federal that protect the rights of children and families during the adoption process. Also being covered are the ethical guidelines that surround the human services practitioner throughout the entire process and even after the child has been adopted. We will be discussing best practices…
When an individual thinks of ethics they may think of universal rules and morals that everyone follows to ensure the safety of persons and social justice for those who violate these said rules. However, they would be wrong in believing such ethical standards are held at such high standards internationally compared to our Western ideals. Even ethical standards in the United States tend to vary across states. While thinking in an ethical mind set I 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 into the United States in 2007 (“China adoption statistics,” 2007). Therefore, we are relying on Chinese ethical standards for the care of these children until they are settled in the United States with their family.…
Honour the confidentiality of information relating to the child and their family, unless its disclosure is required by law or is in the best interest of the child because the child and their family information should not be given out by strangers that you have never seen because it could be someone that is going to hurt the child.…
It is important to reassure children, young people, and adults that any information about them is kept confidential and only used when necessary; by reassuring the adults give them confidence to know they can talk with you and build trust. Breaking trust could lead to reluctance in sharing important information with us. In most cases we cannot share the information about a child or their family unless you have asked for permission or a consent form from their parents. There are information that needs to be shared like food allergies or other allergies, medical needs. All staff dealing with the child needs to know about this. And of course any declaration of abuse, or suspicious would need to be shared with management and those responsible for the child protection in your settings and outside agencies like social services, police etc……