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Author : Andrea Khoury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Achieving Permanency for Adolescents in Foster Care written by Andrea Khoury and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Benjamin Kerman
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231146884
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Achieving Permanence for Older Children and Youth in Foster Care written by Benjamin Kerman and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-18 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a novel integration of child welfare data, policy analysis, and evidence-informed youth permanency practice, the essays in this volume show how to achieve and sustain family permanence for older children and youth in foster care. Researchers examine what is known about permanency outcomes for youth in foster care, how the existing knowledge base can be applied to improve these outcomes, and the directions that future research should take to strengthen youth permanence practice and policy. Part 1 examines child welfare data concerning reunification, adoption, and relative custody and guardianship and the implications for practice and policy. Part 2 addresses law, regulation, court reform, and resource allocation as vital components in achieving and sustaining family permanence. Contributors examine the impact of policy change created by court reform and propose new federal and state policy directions. Part 3 outlines a range of practices designed to achieve family permanence for youth in foster care: preserving families through community-based services, reunification, adoption, and custody and guardianship arrangements with relatives. As growing numbers of youth continue to "age out" of foster care without permanent families, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have increasingly focused on developing evidence-informed policies, practices, services and supports to improve outcomes for youth. Edited by leading professionals in the field, this text recommends the most relevant and effective methods for improving family permanency outcomes for older youth in foster care.
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Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (212 download)
Download or read book Achieving Permanency in Public Agency Adoptions written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exploratory study examined child, family, and environmental factors in order to identify possible patterns or interactions that related to or were predictive of the achievement of adoptive permanency for children in long term foster care. When the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA) was legislated, permanency outcome became one of its tripartite goals. Concerns about children lingering in foster care without a permanent and secure parental relationship, the long-term effects that traumatic experiences and unstable environmental contexts have on children's development, and the need to comply with ASFA mandates have directed attention to the need to better understand how permanency via adoption can be achieved. A long term foster care sample (N = 727) from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, a longitudinal study, was used to examine the achievement of permanency via adoption for children who were not reunified with their biological families. Even though special needs adoptions now constitute the majority of adoptions completed via the public-agency foster care system, this study did not find children's overall health issues to be significantly related to achieving the goal of adoption. Rather, a combination of child, family and environmental factors influenced the achievement of adoption. While some single factors had greater influence than others, no one factor was found to have such a great influence that it could be focused on as a means of accomplishing adoptive permanency. Three variables, child age, family income, and neighborhood environment, were consistently associated with the achievement of adoptive permanency. Of these, child age had significant relationships and interactions with more variables than any other single factor. In addition, only child age, and specifically older child age, meets the categorical criteria of a special needs adoption. Results of this study suggest training and education for those involved with child welfare or adoption work should incorporate a bio-ecological model that addresses environmental factors as well as individual and family characteristics. Implications for program and policy development that would better promote adoptive permanency include screening and intervention for the presence of trauma in young foster care children, addressing child functioning as an effect of multiple ecological and environmental variables, understanding the need for and striving to attain stability of place and persons in a child's life, and expanding assessments of potential adoptive parents to include their community environments as well as their home environments. Following and building on this exploratory study, future research should examine the ability of families to maintain adoptive permanency once it has been achieved and assess the role environmental variables might have in preventing adoptive disengagement.
Author : Benjamin Kerman
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 023151932X
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Achieving Permanence for Older Children and Youth in Foster Care written by Benjamin Kerman and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a novel integration of child welfare data, policy analysis, and evidence-informed youth permanency practice, the essays in this volume show how to achieve and sustain family permanence for older children and youth in foster care. Researchers examine what is known about permanency outcomes for youth in foster care, how the existing knowledge base can be applied to improve these outcomes, and the directions that future research should take to strengthen youth permanence practice and policy. Part 1 examines child welfare data concerning reunification, adoption, and relative custody and guardianship and the implications for practice and policy. Part 2 addresses law, regulation, court reform, and resource allocation as vital components in achieving and sustaining family permanence. Contributors examine the impact of policy change created by court reform and propose new federal and state policy directions. Part 3 outlines a range of practices designed to achieve family permanence for youth in foster care: preserving families through community-based services, reunification, adoption, and custody and guardianship arrangements with relatives. As growing numbers of youth continue to "age out" of foster care without permanent families, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have increasingly focused on developing evidence-informed policies, practices, services and supports to improve outcomes for youth. Edited by leading professionals in the field, this text recommends the most relevant and effective methods for improving family permanency outcomes for older youth in foster care.
Author : Gerald P. Mallon
Publisher : CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Toolbox No. 3 written by Gerald P. Mallon and published by CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America). This book was released on 2005 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This toolbox reviews the current research on youth permanency issues and provides a framework for understanding the context of youth permanency.
Author : Betsy Krebs
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813540153
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Beyond The Foster Care System written by Betsy Krebs and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year tens of thousands of teenagers are released from the foster care system in the United States without high school degrees, homes, or strong family relationships. Two to four years after discharge, half of these young people still do not have either a high school diploma or equivalency degree, and fewer than ten percent enter college. Nearly a third end up on public assistance within fifteen months, and eventually more than a third will be arrested or convicted of a crime. In this richly detailed and often surprising exploration of the foster care system, Betsy Krebs and Paul Pitcoff argue that the existing foster care system sets teens up to fail by inadequately preparing them for adult life. They contend that the primary goal of foster care for teenagers should be preparation for a fully productive adult life, and that current policies and practice are misguided. The authors draw on their fifteen years of experience working with teens and the foster care system to introduce new ways to empower teens to be responsible for themselves and to identify and develop their potential. They also explore what sorts of resources-legal, financial, and human-will need to come from inside and outside the system to ensure that more teens reach successful independence. Ultimately, Krebs and Pitcoff argue that change must include the participation of caring communities of volunteers who want to see disadvantaged youth succeed, as well as the use of creative approaches such as the Socratic Method to help teens to take control of their lives. Bringing together a series of inspiring, real-life accounts, Beyond the Foster Care System introduces readers to a number of dynamic young people who have participated in the Youth Advocacy Center's programs. Their stories demonstrate that alternatives to the standard way of providing foster care are not only imaginable, but possible. With the practical improvements Krebs and Pitcoff outline, teens can learn the skills of effective self-advocacy, become better prepared for the transition to independence, and avoid becoming the statistics that foster care has so often produced in the past.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309490111
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)
Download or read book The Promise of Adolescence written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolescenceâ€"beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€"is a critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop. These changes in brain structure, function, and connectivity mark adolescence as a period of opportunity to discover new vistas, to form relationships with peers and adults, and to explore one's developing identity. It is also a period of resilience that can ameliorate childhood setbacks and set the stage for a thriving trajectory over the life course. Because adolescents comprise nearly one-fourth of the entire U.S. population, the nation needs policies and practices that will better leverage these developmental opportunities to harness the promise of adolescenceâ€"rather than focusing myopically on containing its risks. This report examines the neurobiological and socio-behavioral science of adolescent development and outlines how this knowledge can be applied, both to promote adolescent well-being, resilience, and development, and to rectify structural barriers and inequalities in opportunity, enabling all adolescents to flourish.
Author : Mitchell Rosenwald
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231519354
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Advocating for Children in Foster and Kinship Care written by Mitchell Rosenwald and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-11 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to provide strategies for effective advocacy and placement within the foster care and kinship care systems. It also takes a rare look at the dynamics of the foster and kinship relationship, not just among children and the agency workers and service providers who intervene on their behalf, but also between children and those who take in and care for them as permanency develops. Drawing on their experience interacting with and writing about the institution of foster care, Mitchell Rosenwald and Beth N. Riley have composed a unique text that helps practitioners, foster parents, and relative caregivers realize successful transitions for youth, especially considering the traumas these children may suffer both before and after placement. Advocating for a child's best interests must begin early and remain consistent throughout assignment and adjustment. For practitioners, Rosenwald and Riley emphasize the best techniques for assessing a family's capabilities and for guiding families through the challenges of foster care. Part one details the steps potential foster parents and kinship caregivers must take, with the assistance of practitioners, to prepare themselves for placement. Part two describes tactics for successful advocacy within the court system, social service agencies, schools, and the medical and mental health establishments. Part three describes how to lobby for change at the agency and legislative levels, as well as within a given community. The authors illustrate recommendations through real-life scenarios and devote an entire chapter to brokering positive partnerships among practitioners, families, and other teams working to protect and transition children.
Author : Carol D. Ryff
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226732510
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (325 download)
Download or read book The Parental Experience in Midlife written by Carol D. Ryff and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most adults experience parenthood. But the longest period of the parental experience—when children grow into adolescence and young adulthood and parents themselves are not yet elderly—is the least understood. In this groundbreaking volume, distinguished scholars from anthropology, demography, economics, psychology, social work, and sociology explore the uncharted years of midlife parenthood. The authors employ a rich array of theory and methods to address how the parental experience affects the health, well-being, and development of individuals. Collectively, they look at the time when parents watch offspring grow into adulthood and begin to establish adult-to-adult relationships with their children. With a strong emphasis on the diversity of midlife parenting, including sociodemographic variations and specific parent or child characteristics such as single parenting or raising a child with a disability, this volume presents for the first time the complex factors that influence the quality of the midlife parenting experience.
Author : Dannielle Owens-Reid
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452142424
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)
Download or read book This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids written by Dannielle Owens-Reid and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in an accessible Q&A format, here, finally, is the go-to resource for parents hoping to understand and communicate with their gay child. Through their LGBTQ-oriented site, the authors are uniquely experienced to answer parents' many questions and share insight and guidance on both emotional and practical topics. Filled with real-life experiences from gay kids and parents, this is the book gay kids want their parents to read.
Author : United States
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Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gerald P. Mallon
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231525354
Total Pages : 771 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Child Welfare for the Twenty-first Century written by Gerald P. Mallon and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 771 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), which became law in 1997, elicited a major shift in federal policy and thinking toward child welfare, emphasizing children's safety, permanency, and well-being over preserving biological ties at all costs. The first edition of this volume mapped the field of child welfare after ASFA's passage, detailing the practices, policies, programs, and research affected by the legislation's new attitude toward care. This second edition highlights the continuously changing child welfare climate in the U.S., including content on the Fostering Connections Act of 2008. The authors have updated the text throughout, drawing from real-world case examples and data obtained from the national Child and Family Services Reviews and emerging empirically based practices. They have also added chapters addressing child welfare workforce issues, supervision, and research and evaluation. The volume is divided into four sections—child and adolescent well-being, child and adolescent safety, permanency for children and adolescents, and systemic issues within services, policies, and programs. Recognized scholars, practitioners, and policy makers discuss meaningful engagement with families, particularly Latino families; health care for children and youth, including mental health care; effective practices with LGBT youth and their families; placement stability; foster parent recruitment and retention; and the challenges of working with immigrant children, youth, and families.
Author : Vera Fahlberg
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1849058989
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)
Download or read book A Child's Journey Through Placement written by Vera Fahlberg and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Indianapolis, IN: Perspectives Press, 1991.
Author : Darla L. Henry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781620060926
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (69 download)
Download or read book The 3-5-7 Model written by Darla L. Henry and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of Hope & Healing for Children, Youth and Families WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY: Celia Anthony, Kristie Esquivel, Laura Hutchinson, Lacy Kendrick, Garry Krentz, Angela Look, Tammy Lundgren, Lynn Radcliff Macadangdang, Gregory Manning, Tina Moore, Marta Smith, Carol Steffen, Lorraine Viade, Stephanie Wolfe Contents: Chapter 1: A Beginning I Want to Tell a Story New Hampshire Delaware Pennsylvania California Endings are Beginnings Chapter 2: The Hope for Belongingness: Actualizing a Vision for Permanency using the 3-5-7 Model The 3-5-7 Model Practicing the 3-5-7 Model Life Books and Life Line/Loss Line Thoughts and Observations about the Work The Heart of the Work Notes Suggested Readings Chapter 3: A Personal Story of Clarification, Integration and Actualization by Stephanie Wolfe Chapter 4: A Mult-Agency Team Approach: A Case Study Illustration by Gregory Manning Chapter 5: Applications of the 3-5-7 Model: Pilot Project with W.R.A.P. Providers in Los Angeles County by Lorraine Viade Chapter 6: Stories of Working Through Grief & Building Relationships by Laura Hutchinson Chapter 7: Lifebooks and Adolescents by Lynn Radcliff Macadangdang and Marta Smith Chapter 8: Play Therapy and the 3-5-7 Model by Tina Moore Chapter 9: New Morning Grief Camp and the 3-5-7 Model by Carol Steffeb and Tammy Lundgren Chapter 10: Kern County, California: A Pilot Project to Implement the 3-5-7 Model by Kristie Esquivel and Angela Look Chapter 11: My Personal Mission: A Safe Place for Every Child to Call Home, A Resource Parent's Experience by Garry Krentz Chapter 12: A Common Language of Loss and Grief by Celia Anthony Chapter 13: Finally Getting Adopted by Lacy Kendrick
Author : Emmy E. Werner
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801487385
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Journeys from Childhood to Midlife written by Emmy E. Werner and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the development of resilience and coping systems in the underprivileged children of Kauai.
Author : Rhode Island Kids Count (Organization)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Rhode Island Kids Count Issue Brief written by Rhode Island Kids Count (Organization) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Helen Cahalane
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461486270
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)
Download or read book Contemporary Issues in Child Welfare Practice written by Helen Cahalane and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child welfare is the oldest specialization within social work practice and the only specialty area in which social work is the host profession. This edited volume provides a unique and comprehensive overview of practice issues relevant to contemporary child welfare professionals entering the field as well as those already working in direct service and management positions. This book’s emphasis on systemic, integrated, and evidence-informed practices at the individual, family, and organizational level is in keeping with child welfare’s core mission of child protection, family support, and permanency for youth. This volume also explores the challenges and opportunities present in a contemporary practice environment, which are driven by the attainment of defined outcomes, fiscal limitations, and the need for an informed professionalized child welfare workforce.
