Latchkey Children Case Study

Jordan is adjusting to her first foster care placement. The youth expresses not having a problem following the house and DSS rules. Jordan is struggling with the possible length in time in foster care. She hopes to leave DSS custody before the end of August 2015. Jordan withholds her feelings and does not demonstrate healthy coping skills. The youth allowed to have supervised phone calls with DSS approve family members.

The average child is born into a loving family in the United States, but the other six percent are not so lucky. Some children in today’s world are unfortunate enough to be born into unfit families. Many of these children are thrown into foster care and taken away from these “families”. A serious debate in today’s society is whether or not foster care is a safe for children, or a trap.

The case managers' role is diverse. It consists of screening, assessing, planning, implementing, following up, and evaluating the situation of the foster child assigned. They are essential in the child's case plan by acting as a liaison that connects the foster parent and the state. Besides bridging the gap, they also make sure to facilitate the appropriate resources.

Because foster kids have often come from situations where there was little stability, a regular schedule for sibling visits and creating things they can rely on is paramount to creating a suitable environment for their growth. If you are a foster parent who is committed to making sure siblings get to see one another, even when they can't be placed in the same home, then creating a schedule of upcoming visits is a smart move.

I spoke with Trina today, she sated that does not understand why her Foster Parent application is taking so long to get approved, she said about 9 months. She said that she wants to be her grandchild KING, MIASIA foster parent.

To help children advance physical and intellectual competence as a childcare provider you should always find ways to incorporate fun aspects into learning. This can be established through the use of technology. Technology as we all may know is something that we use daily. It makes finding out information simple, easy and accessible for little kids with the help of a parent. Websites such as Star fall and ABCYA are two sites that offer children a fun and easy to access source of learning that they can do at home or on the go. Through the use of technology we can help our children excel and develop cognitively as well as use computers and other gadgets in an engaging way.

There are multiple issues that transitional age youth (TAY) experience. Some examples include homelessness, gender identity confusion, depression and substance abuse. A former client that I worked with was a 22-year-old TAY male who had one of the issues mentioned above. The client will be identified as Marc, a former foster care youth.

The reporting party (RP) stated foster child Daniel disclosed while in respite foster care Nicholas Nordyke tasted him pointing to his genitals. Daniel stated he licked Nicholas' penis and bottom. The RP stated Daniel was in respite from April 28 through May 2, 2016. Daniel has not returned to the Nordyke's Certified Foster Home. According to the RP Daniel's foster mother is protective and will not allow him to return to the Nordyke foster family home. The Nordyke's are foster parent and operates a license day care in their

There is a dramatic increase in the amount of “aged out foster youth” within the state of Delaware. Programs have been developed with this in mind; one that stands above the rest is the Elizabeth Murphy School. Though the Elizabeth Murphy school has developed a program for the youth who have aged out of foster care changes needs to be made to their program regarding the lack follow up care of aged out foster care youth after completing their Independent Living program. The Elizabeth Murphy’s mission statement follows as “It is my desire that this institution shall be a fostering home where children, who would otherwise be neglected, may have a happy childhood; and where they may have the fullest opportunity to develop toward useful and efficient

Andrew, a 17-year-old Black-Hispanic male, had been referred for a psychosocial assessment after he was placed in foster care, due to his mother’s inability to provide a stable living situation for Andrew and his brother Alex, and to address the children’s mental health needs. The ADCHS is working on providing a safe and nurturing living environment where there is appropriate and consistent support and supervision for Andrew. The ADCHS has implemented foster case management services and mental health services to address his emotional health and aid in processing his feelings and emotions currently impacting his current level of functioning. Prior to being placed in foster care, Andrew was accused of sexual misconduct by his brother. He denies

The Pratt family has started an approved Foster Home where they recently accepted Marjia into their household. Marjia’s mother, Ali, is serving time in prison for selling drugs and physically abusing her only daughter. After CPS has taken Marjia out of the unsafe household of her mothers, Marjia continues to have night tremors and fears that her mother will find a way to regain custody. Since Marjia has moved into the Pratt household, she has developed high anxiety and depression The Pratt family is a Christian African-American home and begins taking Marjia to organized church events. The foster parents, John and Lisa, thought religion would be a curable outlet for Marjia to relieve her anxiety and depression. However, Marjia has grown up in

Many children are placed into foster care because their situation at home is not satisfactory according to The Department of Family Services. A lot of the situations deal with emotional, physical, and verbal abuse. A young girl named Tiffany was placed into foster care at the age of 8. The lack of a father role model in her life had life changing effects on Tiffany. As an already confused child, she was adopted by a foster home for females. It was run by females only. As a foster child at the time, when Tiffany would go out into public with either her “big sister” or foster parent, she would begin to understand that she wasn’t like most children because all the regular children had their mother and father. She began to develop insecurities

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

One precious little girl, charming responses, and thirty well spent minutes adds up to a successful Piaget project. The time spent on interviewing a child for cognitive development was insightful, and gave me a first hand look at how a child’s mind matures with age.

As early as kids join school, negligence is a very repetitive mistake made my parents. The topic of Latchkey Children, which are the children who return to empty houses after school and whom are left alone until parents arrive from work, is very delicate because it raises the risks of danger to the child. Not only is the child not equipped with the means to survive on his own, but also the risks of education as there is no reinforcer or anything to make sure the child applies himself to his schoolwork. As the Latchkey Child is left unattended they could spend extensive hours watching tv and not getting enough help with their homework, which would later motivate them to not do the homework at all. Luckily, there are solutions to these problems.