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Using Former Foster Youth Voices To Enhance Postsecondary Educational Attainment
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Book Synopsis Using Former Foster Youth Voices to Enhance Postsecondary Educational Attainment by :
Download or read book Using Former Foster Youth Voices to Enhance Postsecondary Educational Attainment written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decade, a body of literature has emerged on the topic of foster youth educational attainment, mostly quantitative in nature. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to provide an opportunity for eight former foster youth to give "voice" to how they are preparing for and experiencing the transition into higher education. This study explored, firsthand, the facilitating and inhibiting factors that affected their transitions. By conducting this study I hoped to gain insight into the personal, social and academic factors affecting former foster youth as they pursue postsecondary education. Through three in-depth interviews, the study explored the following key questions: (a) How will former foster youth describe the success factors and challenges associated with their transition from high school/GED to two or four year college?; and (b) What advice do former foster youth have for educators and child welfare staff who aim to support them in their transition from high school to college? The study also provides policy and program recommendations to child welfare services administrators and staff, legislators, current and former foster youth, and educators.
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 Investigating the Predictors of Postsecondary Education Success and Post-college Life Circumstances of Foster Care Alumni by : Amy Michele Salazar
Download or read book Investigating the Predictors of Postsecondary Education Success and Post-college Life Circumstances of Foster Care Alumni written by Amy Michele Salazar and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a group, youth who have spent time in foster care are far behind the general population in postsecondary educational attainment. Nevertheless, most do hold aspirations for higher education. For those who make it to college, foster care alumni face a variety of obstacles related to successful postsecondary completion. However, it is unclear whether the factors that affect postsecondary success in this population are similar to those identified for other college students or more unique to the distinctive experience of being in foster care. Furthermore, while there is general consensus that higher education is beneficial to foster care alumni in overcoming adversity, no study has examined how foster care alumni who graduate from college actually fare in their adult lives compared with the general population of college graduates, or with those in the general population who did not graduate college. The study aims first to identify the predictors of postsecondary retention and success using survey data from a cross-sectional sample of foster care alumni who received Casey Family Scholarship Program or Orphan Foundation of America Foster Care to Success postsecondary scholarships. Second, the study compares adult outcomes of foster care alumni graduates with general population graduates and general population non-graduates to explore the role higher education plays in these youths' lives. Results are interpreted in relation to Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory, theories of educational persistence and motivation, trauma theory, and theories related to other difficulties of being in foster care. Analyses include bivariate examinations of postsecondary factors and their relation to college disengagement; discrete-time survival analysis of general college retention factors and factors more unique to the foster care population in predicting college graduation; and multivariate comparisons (ANOVA's, ANCOVA's, and chi-squares) of foster youth graduates and non-foster youth graduates and non-graduates in relation to their post-college life circumstances. In bivariate comparisons of general population factors related to retention, five of the nine factors (academic-related skills, institutional commitment, social support, social involvement, and institutional financial support) had at least one indicator with a significant or trend-level relationship with college disengagement. In bivariate comparisons of foster care-specific factors related to retention, four out of the seven factors (maltreatment/ trauma/PTSD, other mental health problems, independent living stability, tangible support) had at least one item with a significant or trend-level relationship with college disengagement. Comparing the two separate factor models, the general population factor group modeled the data slightly better in predicting college graduation than the foster care-specific factor model. No model improvement was found when foster care-specific factors were added into the general population factor model. Both general population and foster care alumni graduates fared more positively than general population non-graduates for three post-college factors: individual income, financial satisfaction, and happiness. Only the general population graduates were found to be faring better than general population non-graduates on a variety of other factors. Foster youth graduates fared less positively than general population graduates on a variety of post-college outcomes. Results have implications for policy and practice regarding the most effective means of supporting postsecondary aspirations of youth with foster care experience.
Book Synopsis An Examination of Post-secondary Education Access, Retnetion, and Success of Foster Care Youth by : Angelique Day
Download or read book An Examination of Post-secondary Education Access, Retnetion, and Success of Foster Care Youth written by Angelique Day and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changes in the U.S. economy have made the attainment of a higher education credential more important than ever to ensure self-sufficiency. Therefore, it is critical that the child welfare, K-12, and higher education systems encourage and support the postsecondary educational aspirations of court wards. When the state makes the decision to remove a child from his/her biological home, it bears the responsibility to provide the educational guidance as well as assistance otherwise provided by families during the transition from high school to college. This dissertation explores the educational outcomes of older youth in care by first looking at the perception of high school aged foster youth in identifying the barriers and pathways they face in graduating from high school and accessing college and then will investigate persistence in post-secondary education for a sample of foster care alumni who are enrolled at a four-year college. The first study investigates the barriers and pathways high school and college-aged foster care youth face in completeing high school and in transitioning from high school to college using action research strategies, which are based on an empowerment theoretical framework. The second study follows a cohort of students who were able to successfully enroll in a four-year university and tracks persistence in their post-secondary education program using two logistic regression models. The final study takes a look at the same cohort of university enrolled students, but tracks time varying indicators including persistence to graduation and academic achievement of the students throughout their post-secondary journey through the use of discrete time hazard models. Paper two aims to address whether having a placement history in the foster care system predicts dropping out, controlling for gender and race. Paper three examines the issue of college persistence by using an event history analysis to model relative risk of graduation from college over time. Study three also includes an additional time varying covariate, academic performance (GPA), and examines whether academic achievement predicts time to graduation. Although each paper is independent, they are connected by the common theme of college access and persistence of young people who have aged out of the foster care system. The benefit to the author of the three-paper method is that the task of submitting the findings of the study for publication is eased as the dissertation contains three stand-alone articles. A drawback for the reader of the three-paper method is that there is redundancy in reading the same sections in each paper. The reader is encouraged to keep in mind that some information may be redundant when read as a whole document.
Book Synopsis Reality and Resiliency by : Heather L. Fox
Download or read book Reality and Resiliency written by Heather L. Fox and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year an estimated four in every one-hundred children in the United States are victims of child maltreatment. The vast majority of these children endure the challenges associated with being uprooted from their homes and separated from their parents and/or guardians. Among these are the challenges of succeeding in school once they enter, and exit, foster care, and overcoming myriad educational obstacles from a place of instability and uncertainty. This article is meant to present the realities of education, especially postsecondary education, given the challenges faced by foster youth. This article begins with an overview of the foster care system and then turns to obstacles related to accessing and completing postsecondary education faced by former foster youth (FFY). This article advocates for a strengths-based, resilience-focused approach to improving postsecondary outcomes for FFY.
Download or read book Patchworking Our Futures written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research demonstrates the disproportionate challenges faced by foster youth as they emancipate from foster care. However, postsecondary outcomes of college students who are foster youth remain a concern, and research examining the experiences of foster youth who graduate from college is scant. The extant body of literature on foster youth is primarily problem-focused and suggests that an examination of the experiences of college graduate foster youth is needed to inform and evaluate the effectiveness of policy and practice aimed at increasing their college success. A constructivist, grounded theory methodology took an appreciative inquiry approach to engage the voice of foster youth college graduates in research on their postsecondary educational success to illuminate their experiences. The research generated four emergent themes: (a) education for survival, (b) authentic care, (c) holistic support, and (d) foster youth identity, and from these themes a model of foster youth college success was developed. This research demonstrated that foster youth experienced their degree attainment dichotomously: seeing “college success” as both their only option for a future that defies the odds, while also expressing a sense of awe or disbelief of their achievement. Relationships with adults who demonstrated authentic care for them, together with programs and support services designed to meet their unique needs, were viewed as integral to their achievement of educational goals. Finally, the participants expressed that accepting their foster youth identity was critical to their success, and to finding community and belonging..
Book Synopsis Strengthening Policies for Foster Youth Postsecondary Attainment. Special Report by : Molly Sarubbi
Download or read book Strengthening Policies for Foster Youth Postsecondary Attainment. Special Report written by Molly Sarubbi and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postsecondary education in the United States has historically been the bedrock of individual social mobility and collective economic growth. Toward that end, policies at the state and federal levels have for decades sought to expand the reach of postsecondary education so as to provide individuals and communities with pathways to prosperity. Although progress has been far slower than is optimal, a greater percentage of individuals residing in the United States have completed or participated in postsecondary education than at any other time in the nation's history. As of 2015, 69 percent of high school graduates had participated in or completed some postsecondary education. Despite the relative success of public policies supporting the expansion of postsecondary participation, inequities remain. These inequities unnecessarily limit the ability of individuals to benefit from postsecondary enrollment and completion and can create additional obstacles for individuals already facing significant barriers to social mobility. Such is the case for youth within the foster care system, a population confronted by a labyrinth of state and federal public policies that can often fall short of their intent to support postsecondary enrollment and completion. This policy report provides an overview of the challenges youth who are in foster care, have been adopted, or have aged out of the foster care system confront when pursuing a postsecondary credential, including those barriers caused--often unintentionally--by public policies. Specifically, the report focuses on the treatment of these youth by state financial aid programs and offers potential remedies that state policy leaders may pursue as part of holistic efforts to support reducing inequities for this population and promoting their collective upward social mobility. Given the autonomy states have in adopting policies and responding to federal initiatives intended to support foster youth, state policymakers can create tangible educational pathways for foster care youth.
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 Foster Youth and Post-Secondary Education by : Brenda Morton
Download or read book Foster Youth and Post-Secondary Education written by Brenda Morton and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore the perceptions of former and current foster youth on the barriers, supports, helps and strategies they encountered during their K-12 education, and to learn how these contributed to their ability to enroll in post-secondary education. The study included in-depth interviews of 11 participants, all of whom were current or former foster youth who were enrolled or had plans to enroll in a community college or four-year university. These in-depth interviews were audio recorded and transcribed. The data was first coded by topics and then grouped into themes. The results of this study indicated that previously identified barriers and supports to academic achievement were true for this group of participants, but that these topics or themes represented the effects of a deeper issue; the issue of anger, abuse and disempowerment. This anger, abuse, and disempowerment touched every aspect of their life, resulting in high mobility, IEPs for emotional/behavioral issues, and difficulty transitioning from care to independence. The findings of this study contribute to the conversation on foster youth in several areas. First, the study has implications for teachers and teacher educators on the challenges foster children and youth face, and how to prepare future teachers to meet those challenges. Second, the study encourages teachers to look beyond labels given foster children and youth, such as IEPs for emotional/behavioral issues, to consider the root of the problem and seek solutions. Third, the study has implications for the Department of Human Services, who have been charged with the care and protection of children they remove from the homes of biological parents and guardians. It is their job to ensure that certified foster parents are providing quality care for foster children and youth placed in their home. The study concludes with recommendations for future research on foster youth and academic achievement.
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 Life After Foster Care by : Loring Paul Jones
Download or read book Life After Foster Care written by Loring Paul Jones and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book apprises readers of the present conditions of former and emancipated foster youth, provides evidence-based best practices regarding their experiences, and proposes new policies for ensuring better outcomes for these children upon discharge from foster care. For most American youth, the transition to adulthood is gradual and aided by support from parents and others. In contrast, foster youth are expected to arrive at self-sufficiency abruptly and without the same level of support. Such an expectation may be due in part to what Loring Paul Jones has found in his research: that many of the studies conducted thus far have been fragmented and incomplete, often focusing on a particular state or agency that may follow policies not applicable nationwide. This book connects the dots between these disparate studies to provide child welfare practitioners, policy makers, and students with a broader picture of the state of American youth following discharge from foster care. It examines not only child welfare policies but also related policies in areas such as housing and education that may contribute to the success or failure of foster youth in society. It additionally draws lessons from successful programs to provide readers with the tools needed to develop foster and after-care systems that more closely mirror the support afforded to youth in the general population.
Book Synopsis Our Stories (un)told by : Mauriell H. Amechi
Download or read book Our Stories (un)told written by Mauriell H. Amechi and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children and youth who occupy this nation's foster care system are considered one of the most educationally underserved populations in both K-12 and higher education (GAO, 2016). While previous research (e.g., Courtney et al., 2011) emphasizes their deficits in the education pipeline, we are just beginning to understand the experiences of academically successful foster youth. Given the need to improve educational outcomes for underrepresented populations, this critical qualitative study explored how 12 foster care alumni cultivated postsecondary goals, and leveraged multiple forms of capital to navigate the complexities of the enrollment process at selective institutions. Informed by two asset-based theories, Yosso's (2005) community cultural wealth framework and Harper's (2012) Anti-Deficit Achievement Framework, I explored two central research questions: How were aspirations for postsecondary education cultivated by high-achieving foster care alumni currently enrolled in college? Also, how do foster care alumni employ cultural wealth to enhance their access to selective four-year institutions? This study found that both internal and external influences were catalysts for participants' postsecondary aspirations. Despite enduring significant disadvantages and unforeseen obstacles in the educational system, self-reports from respondents reflected resiliency and optimism for the future. Academically successful foster youth acquired essential support from institutional agents in schools and social services agencies. Respondents shared several examples of how significant others-including social workers, elementary and secondary school teachers, guidance counselors, and extended family members,-served as sources of inspiration, guidance, emotional support, and stability during pivotal moments in the educational system. Notwithstanding their status as first-generation students, they achieved college admission by employing at least five distinct categories of capital, namely, aspirational, social, resistant, familial and navigational. The final chapter includes implications for policy, research, and theory with an emphasis on enhancing enrollment and persistence.
Book Synopsis Breaking the Cycle Together: Foster Youth in High School and the Impact of Adult Supporters by : Darlene Neal
Download or read book Breaking the Cycle Together: Foster Youth in High School and the Impact of Adult Supporters written by Darlene Neal and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year there are over 400,000 youth living in out-of-home placement across the nation due to alleged child abuse, neglect, the loss of a parent(s), and/or behavior problems. As a result of being removed from their homes and moving between different placements and schools, foster youth can experience high levels of stress and developmental challenges as they struggle to cope with such extreme emotional turbulence. Each year 6% of these foster youth will transition out of care, leaving them with no support in the way of family or program assistance to help with housing, job placement, or options in higher education. Of the 6% of students who age out of the system each year, 5-13% enroll in higher education institutions and only 2% will graduate and obtain a bachelor's or other advanced degree. As it is seemingly uncommon for foster youth to matriculate to postsecondary education, I examined how successful foster youth transitioned out of care and chose to further their education at an academically rigorous institution. Through former foster youth' own accounts of their success during high school which led them to UCLA, as well as the perspectives of the adults who supported them in their educational journey, I examined common threads in what contributed to their positive educational outcomes despite the harsh realities they experienced. Using a sequential multiple methods study, former foster youth who are currently enrolled at UCLA were surveyed and interviewed to provide the context of their successful journey through K-12 and onto higher education. The adults involved in these youth' academic success were also interviewed to gain further insight into the supports needed for foster youth as they prepared and decided to pursue their studies at a university. My findings show that adult supporters provided guidance, emotional support, and stability, which allowed students to move out of their negative past experiences. Adults' willingness to assist youth and be a part of their lives provided students with a transformative academic and social emotional environment, furthering their ability to persist through high school and gain acceptance to a top-tier university.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Foster Youth by : Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo
Download or read book Handbook of Foster Youth written by Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently, there are over 400,000 youth living in foster care in the United States, with over 20,000 aging out of the child welfare system each year. Foster youth are more prone to experience short- and long-term adverse developmental outcomes including diminished academic achievement and career opportunities, poor mental and overall health, financial struggles, homelessness, early sexual intercourse, and substance abuse, many of these outcomes are risk factors for involvement in the juvenile justice system. Despite their challenges, foster youth have numerous strengths and positive assets that carry them through their journeys, helping them to overcome obstacles and build resilience. The Handbook of Foster Youth brings together a prominent group of multidisciplinary experts to provide nuanced insights on the complex dynamics of the foster care system, its impact on youth’s lives, and the roles of institutions and policies in the foster system. It discusses current gaps and future directions as well as recommendations to advance the field. This book provides an opportunity to reflect on the many challenges and strengths of foster youth and the child welfare system, and the combined efforts of caregivers, community volunteers, policy makers, and the professionals and researchers who work with them.
Book Synopsis The Impact of Policy on Education by : Brianna J. Nix
Download or read book The Impact of Policy on Education written by Brianna J. Nix and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study revealed the perceptions of former foster youth and homeless youth as they related to educational policies that impacted the academic success of current foster and homeless youth. Foster youth and homeless youth high school graduation rates are low in comparison to non-homeless or non-foster peers. For example, 89 percent of non-foster youth completed high school, and only 59 percent of foster youth enrolled in 11th grade completed high school by the end of grade twelve (Burley, Mason, Halpern & Mina, 2011). To close the research gap this study looked at the academic success of homeless youth and foster youth as one inclusive population. This study relied on research regarding to educational barriers, low graduation rates, high special education enrollment, grade retention, school behavioral problems, poor academic performance, behavioral health challenges, school mobility, and low post-secondary educational attainment. The purpose of this research study was to better understand the impact of existing institutional policies on the high school academic success of foster and homeless youth.
Book Synopsis Education in Out-of-Home Care by : Patricia McNamara
Download or read book Education in Out-of-Home Care written by Patricia McNamara and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-08 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws together for the first time some of the most important international policy practice and research relating to education in out-of-home care. It addresses the knowledge gap around how good learning experiences can enrich and add enjoyment to the lives of children and young people as they grow and develop. Through its ecological-development lens it focuses sharply on the experience of learning from early childhood to tertiary education. It offers empirical insights and best practices examples of learning and caregiving contexts with children and young people in formal learning settings, at home and in the community. This book is highly relevant for education and training programs in pedagogy, psychology, social work, youth work, residential care, foster care and kinship care along with early childhood, primary, secondary and tertiary education courses.
