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Book Synopsis Creating Stronger Educational Outcomes for Foster Youth by : Adina Garcia Bush
Download or read book Creating Stronger Educational Outcomes for Foster Youth written by Adina Garcia Bush and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study looked at social workers' abilities, within the Antelope Valley, to provide services that will enhance academic achievement amongst foster youth. The primary research question for this study aimed to answer: What are the self-reported capabilities of the Social Workers in the Antelope Valley to provide support that could improve academic achievement amongst foster youth? This study used an anonymous online survey that examined the social workers' abilities to provide services that will enhance academic achievement amongst foster youth by examining their knowledge, skills and self-efficacy when working with foster youth and their education services. Data from approximately 68 social workers currently working at the Lancaster and Palmdale DCFS offices helped establish a baseline of where social workers currently are in providing educational services to foster youth and helped identify areas of improvement. The results indicated that social workers are implanting best practices (identified by research) "sometimes". While social workers feel confident while working with foster youth and their educational needs, they over all, still feel they can benefit from more training and understanding of the education system. Implications of the research suggest that social workers would benefit from further training to help social worker gain a better understanding of the education system in order to effectively encourage foster youth educational achievement and transition to post-secondary education.
Book Synopsis Improving Educational Outcomes for Youth in Care by : Elisabeth Yu
Download or read book Improving Educational Outcomes for Youth in Care written by Elisabeth Yu and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Shared Accountability to Improve Educational Outcomes of Foster Youth: Examining the Conditions that Influence Evidence-Based Decision Making by : Brian Lee Huff
Download or read book Shared Accountability to Improve Educational Outcomes of Foster Youth: Examining the Conditions that Influence Evidence-Based Decision Making written by Brian Lee Huff and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foster youth in the K-12 setting consistently perform below most student subgroups due to high rates of school transfer and psychological problems from abuse or neglect. They were largely invisible to K-12 practitioners until 2013, when California became the first state to legislate the tracking of foster student performance. Although educators are accustomed to evidence-based decision-making practices as required under federal law, foster youth present a unique set of challenges - high mobility rates impact information sharing, and foster youth require a broad set of stakeholders to inform decision-making, including social workers, psychologists and educational rights holders. This dissertation research explored the first-year implementation of foster youth accountability legislation in the 80 school districts within Los Angeles County. Using a sequential mixed-methods descriptive approach, this study sought answers to four research questions: (a) How do K-12 districts support the educational success of foster youth?; (b) What evidence do K-12 district leaders use to guide decision-making for foster youth?; (c) How do K-12 district leaders value this evidence?; and (d) What are the organizational conditions that influence data-informed decision-making regarding foster youth in K-12 districts? A content analysis of Local Control Accountability Plans from all 80 school districts within Los Angeles County revealed low implementation of strategies to address the needs of foster youth. Moreover, actions and metrics articulated in the plans did not fully align with the needs of foster youth identified in the literature. A subsequent survey of 49 foster youth liaisons from across the county, along with 10 follow-up structured interviews, provided practitioner insight into the challenges of implementing foster youth policy. Recommendations for policy-makers and practitioners include: (a) centralizing foster youth data for easier access by decision-makers; (b) aligning actions and metrics of accountability plans to research-based needs of foster youth; (c) building capacity among K-12 practitioners through training; (d) establishing regional professional networks for district staff serving foster youth; (e) increasing participation of foster youth experts in decision-making; (f) streamlining information sharing through a foster youth learning plan template; and (g) establishing mandated structures for the coordination of services.
Download or read book Resiliency written by Bonnie Benard and published by WestEd. This book was released on 2004 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A few years ago, resiliency theory was relatively new to the fields of prevention and education. Today, it is at the heart of hundreds of school and community programs that recognize in all young people the capacity to lead healthy, successful lives. The key, as Benard reports in this synthesis of a decade and more of resiliency research, is the role that families, schools, and communities play in supporting, and not undermining, this biological drive for normal human development. Of special interest is the evidence that resiliency prevails in most cases by far -- even in extreme situations, such as those caused by poverty, troubled families, and violent neighborhoods. An understanding of this developmental wisdom and the supporting research, Benard argues, must be integrated into adults' vision for the youth they work with and communicated to young people themselves. Benard's analysis of how best to incorporate research findings to support young people is both realistic and inspirational. It is an easy-to-read discussion of what the research has found along with descriptions of what application of the research looks like in our most successful efforts to support young people.
Book Synopsis A Road Map for Learning by : Casey Family Programs
Download or read book A Road Map for Learning written by Casey Family Programs and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Road Map for Learning is a guide for everyone working towards successful educational outcomes for youth in foster care or out-of-home care. The book provides a modular framework for achieving collaboration across the federal, state, and local legal, educational, and child welfare systems. Emphasizing the needs of K-12 students, it contains resources for parents, caregivers, teachers, and child welfare professionals. A Road Map for Learning shows how to integrate the predictors of academic success into an educational plan and encourages letting youth in out-of-home care be the primary voice in their own decision-making ..."--Publisher website.
Book Synopsis From Foster Care to College by : Royel M. Johnson
Download or read book From Foster Care to College written by Royel M. Johnson and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2024-10 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do youth placed in foster care aspire to and access college? This book chronicles the lives and experiences of 47 college students navigating the challenging terrain of the United States’ foster care system. Through insightful, in-depth interviews, Johnson offers insight into the harsh realities of how our nationÕs education, welfare, and other social systems often intertwine in ways that diminish the potential and opportunities for these young people. Yet amidst the adversities, these stories resonate with themes of hope, resistance, and possibility. Guided by resilience theory and other asset-based concepts, Johnson sheds light on the protective mechanisms that enable postsecondary access and success, even in the face of towering barriers. Beyond exposition, this book is a clarion call to educators, school and university leaders, and child welfare champions to stand tall and act decisively. The goal? To transform the precarious circumstances of young people in foster care, and dismantle the obstacles that thwart their educational pursuits and dreams. Book Features: Employs critical and asset-based theories and concepts that recognize the agencies, desires, and possibilities of youth in foster care.Brings attention to the intersectionality of identities and social structures that shape students’ educational pathways.Identifies system failures across education and child welfare sectors and how they interact with one another.Presents findings from empirical research about risks and protective factors that influence success at critical junctures along the college-going pipeline.Offers recommendations for various stakeholders who seek to improve the educational experiences and outcomes of youth in foster care.
Book Synopsis Climbing a Broken Ladder by : Nathanael J. Okpych
Download or read book Climbing a Broken Ladder written by Nathanael J. Okpych and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although foster youth have college aspirations similar to their peers, fewer than one in ten ultimately complete a two-year or four-year college degree. What are the major factors that influence their chances of succeeding? Climbing a Broken Ladder advances our knowledge of what can be done to improve college outcomes for a student group that has largely remained invisible in higher education. Drawing on data from one of the most extensive studies of young people in foster care, Nathanael J. Okpych examines a wide range of factors that contribute to the chances that foster youth enroll in college, persist in college, and ultimately complete a degree. Okpych also investigates how early trauma affects later college outcomes, as well as the impact of a significant child welfare policy that extends the age limit of foster care. The book concludes with data-driven and concrete recommendations for policy and practice to get more foster youth into and through college.
Book Synopsis Leading Community Based Changes in the Culture of Health in the US by : Claudia S.P. Fernandez
Download or read book Leading Community Based Changes in the Culture of Health in the US written by Claudia S.P. Fernandez and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-09-08 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advancing health equity calls for a new kind of leader and a new approach to leadership development. Clinical Scholars and Culture of Health Leaders are mid-career leadership development programs supporting the emergence of collaborative and systemic approaches, bringing teams of leaders together with others in the community to work toward the common goal of lessening health disparities. In each chapter of this book, the authors share how they tackled seemingly intractable issues, making headway through applying the principles of adaptive leadership in unbounded systems to create not only outcomes but also impacts on health disparities and, in some cases, sustainable and scalable applications. In this volume, you will learn how Clinical Scholars and Culture of Health Leaders programs curated and measured the successful learning and development of these dedicated health-equity advocates.
Book Synopsis Expanding Educational Outcomes for Foster Youth by : Deanna Coreen Clickner
Download or read book Expanding Educational Outcomes for Foster Youth written by Deanna Coreen Clickner and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Road Map for Learning by : Casey Family Programs
Download or read book A Road Map for Learning written by Casey Family Programs and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Road Map for Learning is a guide for everyone working towards successful educational outcomes for youth in foster care or out-of-home care. The book provides a modular framework for achieving collaboration across the federal, state, and local legal, educational, and child welfare systems. Emphasizing the needs of K-12 students, it contains resources for parents, caregivers, teachers, and child welfare professionals. A Road Map for Learning shows how to integrate the predictors of academic success into an educational plan and encourages letting youth in out-of-home care be the primary voice in their own decision-making ..."--Publisher website.
Book Synopsis Former Foster Youth in Postsecondary Education by : Jacob P. Gross
Download or read book Former Foster Youth in Postsecondary Education written by Jacob P. Gross and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the attainment gap between foster youth and their peers. Specifically focusing on post-secondary access and success for foster youth, Gross points out the challenges foster youth face in the primary and secondary school context, such as being less likely to complete high school. These barriers to former foster youth continue once enrolled in post-secondary education, and can manifest as lack of institutional support, financial barriers, and limited to no familial support. The author discusses what policy makers and practitioners need to know to better support the educational attainment of former foster youth.
Book Synopsis Educational Outcomes of Foster Youth--updated Benchmarks by : Mason Burley
Download or read book Educational Outcomes of Foster Youth--updated Benchmarks written by Mason Burley and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 by : National Research Council
Download or read book Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults who provide for the care and the education of young children bear a great responsibility for their health, development, and learning. Despite the fact that they share the same objective - to nurture young children and secure their future success - the various practitioners who contribute to the care and the education of children from birth through age 8 are not acknowledged as a workforce unified by the common knowledge and competencies needed to do their jobs well. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 explores the science of child development, particularly looking at implications for the professionals who work with children. This report examines the current capacities and practices of the workforce, the settings in which they work, the policies and infrastructure that set qualifications and provide professional learning, and the government agencies and other funders who support and oversee these systems. This book then makes recommendations to improve the quality of professional practice and the practice environment for care and education professionals. These detailed recommendations create a blueprint for action that builds on a unifying foundation of child development and early learning, shared knowledge and competencies for care and education professionals, and principles for effective professional learning. Young children thrive and learn best when they have secure, positive relationships with adults who are knowledgeable about how to support their development and learning and are responsive to their individual progress. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 offers guidance on system changes to improve the quality of professional practice, specific actions to improve professional learning systems and workforce development, and research to continue to build the knowledge base in ways that will directly advance and inform future actions. The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.
Book Synopsis Educating Youth in Foster Care by : Preston Randall
Download or read book Educating Youth in Foster Care written by Preston Randall and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation explores the education of foster care children through the perspectives of classroom teachers. Numerous studies have found that foster youth experience depressed educational outcomes relative to their peers. A meta-analysis'of such studies reported depressed educational outcomes in terms of standardized test scores, grade averages, retention rates, and suspension and expulsion rates (Scherr, 2007). Foster care is most often associated with maltreatment, which in tum has been linked to depressed educational outcomes (Runyan, 1985) and to insecure attachment (Howe, 1999). Attachment theory, which emphasizes the impact of relationships in early childhood on future relationships, informed this study. Purposeful sampling was used to identifY classroom teachers in a rural Vermont high school that serves a large number of foster youth relative to its size. Participants were selected based on their high degree, of experience with and perceived success in supporting students in foster care.
Download or read book Foster Care Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Relationships and Expectations for Educational Achievement of Foster Youth by : Robert Christian Calvert
Download or read book Relationships and Expectations for Educational Achievement of Foster Youth written by Robert Christian Calvert and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Youth in foster care often perform at lower levels academically than those not in foster care. Prior research on the nature of the relationships that affect former foster youth's educational path has been inconclusive. Though it is widely believed that positive relationships with faculty, staff and peers is beneficial for this group, further inquiry into the former foster youth's experience of relationships within the context of education could help to better facilitate improvements for this vulnerable population. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceived effect of relationships on former foster youth's post-secondary educational expectations. Seven community college students who were in foster care for at least two years and were enrolled in courses for credit at the community college were interviewed. The data was coded thematically and the interview was modified based on the emerging themes expressed in the interviews. From this analysis three themes emerged: (a) influential relationships are based on sense of connection; (b) compulsion to perform academic tasks was later identified as supportive to educational success; (c) relationships with those with academic knowledge were seen as beneficial. The major findings of this study were established through the framework of social learning theory and the existing literature relating to the topic. Three insights emerged from analysis of the interview transcripts: (a) Compulsion benefited former foster youth after enrolling in college when it provided a structure that was seen as achievable, provided the opportunity for connection with other students with similar background and experiences, and facilitated the navigation of bureaucratic systems; (b) influential relationships with former foster youth often began with the concurrence of the former foster youth being in a position of receptivity to the kindness of the partner in the relationship, and the partner in the relationship's recognition of need and willingness to commit above and beyond what would be called for by their position or connection to the former foster youth; (c) due to often difficult experiences, former foster youth had difficulty investing in others and receiving help from others, even those with the best of intentions, and this provided an opportunity for those who interacted with them to provide evidence contrary to their low expectations.
Book Synopsis Fostering Success by : Wilmary Rodríguez Checo
Download or read book Fostering Success written by Wilmary Rodríguez Checo and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1853 the foster care system was created to provide a stable home for the 30,000 homeless and neglected children wandering in NYC. Although the foster care system has a laudable mission-to provide loving homes for neglected and abused children-there are many issues in the system holding foster youth back from succeeding. Several studies have shown that when compared to the general population, foster youth exhibit lower rates of mental well-being, lower rates of educational attainment, and higher rates of unemployment. Despite these problematic findings, little research has been conducted examining the factors that contribute to the overall lack of mental well-being and education and employment outcomes (Courtney et al., 2005). The current study used a survey (N=34) to investigate some of the factors that contribute to the success of past and present NYC foster youth aged 21 and older. Success was assessed in two ways: 1) with scales that measured self-reported mental well-being and life satisfaction, and 2) with self-reported outcomes in educational achievement and employment. The main hypotheses of this study were that the number of placements and amount of time a youth spends in foster care would be negatively correlated with success. The results revealed no significant correlation between the amount of time a youth spends in foster care and success. However, the number of placements that a foster youth experienced showed a significant negative correlation with mental well-being, life satisfaction, and education outcomes, though not employment outcomes. These findings suggest that more time spent in the foster system does not negatively impact success; however, higher numbers of placements does have a negative impact on success, perhaps due to the instability caused by frequent changes of communities, homes, and schools.
