Foster Care Case Study

Task 3: Annotated Bibliography TaShalyn Miller Old Dominion University   Zima, B. T., Bussing, R., Freeman, S., Yang, X., Belin, T. R., & Forness, S. R. (n.d.). Behavior Problems, Academic Skill Delays and School Failure Among School-Aged Children in Foster Care: Their Relationship to Placement Characteristics This article discussed the behavioral issues, scholarly ability deferrals, and school dissatisfactions that children in the foster care system face. The article broadly expounds on the number and rates of child care kids who battle with these issues.

The only problem, that occurred while on the initial visit to the prospective foster carer, was how long the process takes to become a foster carer. It was explained on the visit, that the next step would be skills to foster course. However, the nearest course was fully booked and so the prospective foster carer would have to wait for the next available course. Overall, the process could take up to 1 year, however the prospective foster carer believed she could foster sooner. This was the only difficulty for the prospective foster carer and the social worker, as they cannot speed up the process even though the foster carer has substantial potential.

Ms. Charlene Strickland arrived at BHWS on 2/23/2016; Ms. Strickland is Black American, born in the Bronx and raised in NYC Foster Care System. In the meeting, Ms. Strickland was appropriately dressed for the weather, she appeared her stated age. She was oriented to person, place, time and situation.

Many children prefer to live with their parents, so they always think the foster care system is the bad guy. Living with strangers is bad enough for them but to add on some foster homes are abusive. Foster Care goes all the way back to the Old Testament, which the churches require widows to care for orphaned children (“Care” 1). It would be a miracle that someone would treat the children like their own. Many foster homes are abusive just like the one Ashley had. Year after year, the increase of foster families is due to drugs, abuse, economy, financial, and psychological problems (“Care” 1). In this society, there are many problems that lead children to have the feeling of worthlessness. It is really sad how many children are in families of irresponsible parents. Child abuse occurs when a parent or caretaker physically, emotionally, or sexually mistreats or neglects a child resulting in the physical, emotional, sexual harm, exploitation, or imminent risk (“Care” 1). It is disgusting how people would do this stuff to kids. These people have no heart and should be punished. Not everyone gets punished, but when the time comes, they will get what they deserve. Ashley’s book shows how her difficulties in foster homes were troubling. Many professional readers enjoy reading about her hard times.

Upon arriving to the home Ms. Erazo was sitting in the kitchen with the mother Ms. Correa. CPS introduces herself and provide and update on the case. Upon the arrival of Ms. Spence CPS Saunders provided a summary of the case and the reason Tionne was placed in foster care.

Foster care is a government program that is used to assist children who come from a battered home (i.e. neglect, abuse). Oswald et al. (2010) estimate, roughly 36,700 children sustain abuse and neglect (p. 462). For Dave, foster care saved his life. After being severely abused both physically and mentally, Dave was rescused by social services which lead him to becoming a foster child. Athough most of Dave’s fostering experiences were positive, he did experience neglect within the foster care system. Neglect and abuse is not as uncommon as most think: “As much as

In 2014, more than 22,000 young people aged out of foster care without permanent families, says abcnews.com/fostercare.com. This is only one of the many problems in the foster care system. Not only did they get aged out of the foster care but some didn’t get jobs and/or became homeless. "The child-welfare system failed Logan Marr in every possible way," said Richard Wexler, the executive director of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform. "They failed her by ignoring her cries of abuse and they failed her by letting her die in that foster home." These are just two reasons why I think Ponyboy should stay with his family because they show him a type of protection and care and responsibility the system can’t.

Every year in the United States, hundreds of children and adolescents are taken from their parents and primary caregivers and placed in out-of-home care situations due to issues in their homes and family lives which contribute to unsafe living conditions. These children and adolescents often face many health, behavioral, developmental, and psychological issues.

The foster care system exists in order to enhance the lives of children whose parents were deceased rather than because of abuse today. Our outlook, principles, and ways of being concern for and protecting abused or neglected children and looking after families has shifted greatly throughout history. In this paper I will discuss and inform the readers on the three main components. The first part will discuss the foundation and growth of the foster care system as time pass. Secondly, describe the contemporary state of the system within the United States, including pertinent statistics. Lastly, considering future guidelines intended for the system, including ways in which the system can progress throughout the time.

“Every child in foster care is endowed with the rights inherently belonging to all children” (Dougherty, 2005). Children in foster care have human rights just as all human beings and because of their temporary placement status these rights require special safeguards, resources and care (Dougherty, 2005). There is a great injustice often done to children in foster care through policy practices. Case planning that does not collaborate with age appropriate children is does not promote social justice. Also children in foster care are often on the receiving end when it comes to caseworker failure to follow policy. Children in foster care often times are not informed of placement changes, although they are directly affected. More than often children

The study consisted of 12 parents who foster children ages 2-8 years old. The high levels of conduct problems among children in the foster care system and the added cost to families, society and services, there is a pressing need to support foster parents. Providing foster care to children with increased emotional, behavioral, and medical needs requires not only time, but patience in dealing with the child’s demands. Foster parents often voice they are unprepared to meet demand of children with increased behavioral and emotional needs and adolescents in their care. This situation can result in placement disruption, which further strains foster care resources and has negative impacts on foster children and youth. The incidence of conduct disorder

The foster care system has been a public policy issue for some time. Advocates say there are six problems that hinder foster care in the U.S. The first problem hindering foster care is that too often group homes are the go-to. Because there are rarely enough foster families, there are more than 56,000 children that live in a group setting. Advocates argue that children who are placed in family settings from the beginning have more success than those that were defaulted to group settings. Group homes are also lacking in sufficient support and do not make financial sense since group homes cost seven to ten times more than if the child was placed with a family.

This research study will examine whether or not the foster care age out transition process, including the availability of specific education programs (i.e. banking, home building and economics, college prep) as well as the availability of resources provided to foster children prior to “aging out” of the foster care system, has a direct impact on a perceived “successful” or “non-successful” transition to independent living. This research will gather information from three specific groups of people; current licensed foster parents, foster care social workers and former foster children that have aged-out of the foster care system within the last two years. This study will be utilizing the nonprobability method of purposive sampling as all research participants will be selected on the basis of their participation with the foster care system in three different specific roles. This research will study the perceptions of whether or not there are adequate programs designed and utilized for the purpose of successful transition. This information will be gathered by three separate questionnaires specifically designed to address each role of the foster care study. The information will be utilized for the intent of evaluating the age-out process of foster care for minors transitioning into adults.

Life deals out cards from a deck where no one knows what luck they might get. Those in foster care, for example, receive one difficult hand in life; growing up without the nurture and care of a parent. In fact, Mother Teresa once said, “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty” (Calcutta 774). Even though people might lack necessities, such as food, water, shelter; the feeling of depreciation causes physical and mental pain. Foster care is a system that helps minors find a stable home; however, when they become adults at the age of 18, the government stops aiding them. In 2015, about 20,000 people that reached the age of 18, stopped receiving help from the government; being neglected from biological family, and welfare, make the thousands that age out of foster care more prone to becoming homeless and incarcerated ("Foster Care"). Even though, foster care’s purpose is to improve the life of those without a stable family, there are faults in the system that cause harm. Foster care has negative effects on humans, such as emotional trauma, anti-social conduct, and negative inclinations.

Our essential question dealt with the problems of the budget, and what that budget did to improve the lives of foster children. In an ideal world, a movie world, Jackie and I would have become tiny adults. We would have gotten our official-looking business suits, and gone straight up to the federal office, and somehow found a way to fix the budget, all in under an hour and a half. But, we don’t live in a movie. We live in a world where not everything can be fixed with one-liners and catchy songs, unlike the movies. We can help, but we can’t simply change the entire system as it currently stands. The only thing Jackie and I can do is work to help the children’s lives now, in any way we can. Donating to the local foster children, and searching