Foster Care What is foster care and why would kids be placed in it? Foster Care is where minors are placed in a temporary home with a foster parent or parents. The placement is run through the government or a social service agency. “Most kids go into foster care or go to a foster family because his or her mom or dad has a problem with drugs or alcohol.” (“Foster Care”).“Other children are removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect and placed in Foster Care.” (“The Future of Children”). People
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or become foster parents and how to handle those challenges. In our reading this week‚ I discovered some reason why parents want to adopt or become foster parents. One of such reasons is that of infertility‚ this is one of the major reasons because it affects both men and women. Male for example may have problem with sperm production or the woman may have problem with fertility as the case may be‚ the couple can decide to go for adoption or to become a foster parent. I found that foster and adopted
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Foster Care Youth and School Performance The issue under review is the academic under-performance of foster care youth and the possible interventions that are available to improve school performance of foster care youth. Foster care youth are not only at risk of academic failure- they are in fact performing far behind their normative peers (Zetlin & Weinberg‚ 2003). Foster care youth are faced with many risk factors and a lack of protective factors that lead to their lower school performance
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The relationship between a social worker and the children they represent in the foster care system evolves many different emotional connections. Social workers provide counseling and direction to people in crisis. Their clients may vary from the young and older unemployed to young children who are in need of foster homes right on down to the elderly people who have no one to care for them to provide for them or even someone to love them. They try to better the clients by helping them obtain government
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often the most stable person in their lives is their caseworker. “Traumatic experiences and an increased susceptibility for further wounds from unstable environments created in foster care continue to increase the vulnerability of this already fragile population” (Jones Harden‚ 2004‚ p.30). Caring for children and youth in foster or substitute care can be truly complicated and demanding. When a child is in custody the state is to assume full responsibility for a child‘s well-being and permanency. Children
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My first reaction to having to read True Education by Ellen G. White was “oh great‚ I have to read another Ellen White book.” Throughout my life I was preached at about how Ellen White said such and such‚ meaning if I do not follow what she says I am rebel and unrighteous person. With this being said‚ I am glad that I was able to put my negative thoughts aside and dig deep into the topics‚ because after reading the book I have gained some new ideas and perspectives on how to go about educating in
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“More than half a million children are in foster care in the United States today—roughly double the number who were in foster care in the mid-1980s‚ according to the Child Welfare League of America (Nakyanzi).” Kids being placed into foster care are kids who have been abused and neglected by their own loved ones‚ and instead of helping the kids mend the broken family‚ they pull them apart by sending the kids to foster home after foster home. Foster care was meant to help and protect kids from abuse
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Foster Care System: Children without families SOC 331: Social Justice and Ethics Bernie Colon November 14‚ 2011 Raising children is one of the most important responsibilities in any society. Today‚ working parents have many options‚ but what about those children who have neither a mother nor father? What about those children who come from broken and abusive homes? In such cases there are often few choices. Parentless children may be placed in orphanages or in foster homes. Ideally‚ foster care
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their child in foster care is only a temporary solution in order to stabilize the family and protect the child. Legally‚ once the child is in state custody‚ the parents no longer have control of what is going to happen to their child. Although the parents maintain their rights‚ the state now provide and maintain the welfare of that child while the parent(s) complete the goals given to them to regain custody (Koocher‚ 1990). The child also has rights while they are placed in foster care. They have
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decisions selecting careers and jobs‚ timing children‚ allocating roles and responsibilities that will provide the opportunity for balance. The real task of balance takes place on a weekly and daily basis‚ even from hour to hour. While going to Penn Foster College online to get my Veterinary Technology degree‚ I also have a family to take care of everyday. I always put my family first upon other things‚ and try to be a good mother to my two children and a good partner to my loving boyfriend. I am a
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