Family Final Project Topic: Is foster care effective? Definition: Foster care is defined as care for delinquents or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home. Children in our foster care system receive long lasting effects of abuse and neglect but in some cases the foster care system has been proven to minimize the negative results of inappropriate use of child care. Mission: To educate society and families on the long lasting effects of foster care‚ both positive and negative
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Many people are misinformed when it comes to foster care and its issues and successes. To be able to understand foster care one must be able to understand the process. It begins with the child’s biological parents. A child can be withdrawn for abuse or neglect‚ or the child can have a minor misdemeanor(s) against them and can be placed in foster care rather than juvenile detention. A call by the Child Welfare Services is then made to the foster families in the counties and surrounding counties. Then
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J. they are 5 and 1 years old. I haven’t seen my brothers for 13 weeks. I’ve been too three different foster homes of the last 13 weeks. Each time one or both foster parents end up crying everyday or getting really frustrated. I can sometimes overhear them say I’m too bossy and too rude or never listen. My worker named Miranda has decided that I should be moved up a level‚ into “treatment” foster care. I guess its where bad
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Albert Einstein said‚ “Learning is not a product of schooling but the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” 2. Penn Foster is one route that helps motivated independent learners acquire the knowledge and certification they need. 3. Students’ lives may change due to the decision to further their education. 4. I plan to use the following method balance work‚ family‚ and Penn Foster. II. Step 1: Figure Out What Really Matters in Life 1. Spending introspective time thinking about my
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Social workers have played a vital role in foster care since foster care for children was created. Ensuring that every child has the opportunity to live in a happy and safe environment is the foundation of what foster care stands for. According to Bruskas (2008)‚ the term foster care refers to all out-of-home placements for children that have been removed from the home of their parents. These children may be placed in the certified foster home of a non-relative‚ within the home of relatives‚ or
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To whom is may concern: I am writing in response to your recent job posting for entry level Firefighter‚ for the City of Providence. I have recently graduated from Penn Foster with a Diploma in Fire Science Administration‚ and feel that with my knowledge and education makes me an excellent candidate for the position. As stated in the job posting‚ this position is responsible for: emergency medical care‚ fire suppression duties and any other needs of the public. As a teenager I was interested in
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Blood‚ starvation and depression: would you want to experience these if you were a foster child? Imagine being slapped by your caretaker and getting dragged across a hardwood floor getting splinters just for making a small mistake as a kid. During his horrific foster care experience‚ Jennings was put through quite a few abusive institutions and homes‚ such as living with a poor family named the Carpenters. Instead of looking for an experience raising a child‚ the Carpenters were just looking to
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Provide a brief description of the individual. Ellen Foster is a ten-year-old‚ Caucasian‚ female who experiences a series of traumatic events during her childhood. These traumatic events include her witnessing domestic violence in the home‚ her mother’s suicide and subsequent physical‚ sexual and psychological abuse by her alcoholic father‚ her maternal grandmother and other relatives (aunts and cousins on the mother’s side). Ellen shuttled from home to home‚ staying for a short time at the home
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I had always hated reading. For a long time it was an activity I could evade with ease. In fact‚ my creativity was not even challenged until I was well into elementary school. In kindergarten and first “I don’t want to”‚ was deemed a valid excuse. Naturally second and third graders have absolutely no bladder control‚ and thus responding to “Alex‚ how about you read?” with “I gotta pee” had a 100% success rate. By fourth grade I had learned that I could win a free trip to the nurses office by shoving
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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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