Foster parent, Shanikqua Glenn, stated that the reason she requested this Review is because she would like to express her “point of view” of the incident. Ms. Glenn indicated that she is concerned about Azzore; she is receiving phone calls from his school and he is “crying for me.” Ms. Glenn expressed that Azzore has various marks on him which were inflicted by his sister, Tymani. Ms. Glenn indicated that she is concerned about Tymani and Azzore being in a foster home and the treatment Azzore is subjected to by Tymani. Ms. Glenn voiced that Tymani was not allowed to physically abuse Azzore while both children were placed in her home. Ms. Glenn expressed that the reason she is only requesting Azzore’s return is because he is the “main …show more content…
Ms. Glenn said she was concerned about Tymani hitting her face or head on the tub or the sink. Ms. Glenn voiced that she did not observed Tymani with an injury after she fell in the bathroom. Ms. Glenn voiced that Tymani was more concerned with trying to preventing Azzore from reporting what occurred in the bathroom. Ms. Glenn added that Azzore attempting to assist Tymani with repositioning the shower rod after the incident occurred. Ms. Glenn stated that she was upset after observing what Tymani did to the shower rod. Ms. Glenn expressed that Tymani was consistently engaging in activities which could have resulted in her sustaining an injury. Ms. Glenn said she instructed Tymani to put her hands out and she hit her with a belt. Ms. Glenn indicated that she hit Tymani approximately four times with the belt. Ms. Glenn conveyed that she was unaware that Tymani sustained an injury to her forearm because she recalled only hitting her on her hands. Ms. Glenn articulated that Tymani did not inform her that she sustained an injury after being hit with the belt. Ms. Glenn indicated that she only became aware of the injury Tymani sustained after OSI made a visit to her home. Ms. Glenn stated that her typical discipline technique for Tymani was to send her to her room if she misbehaved or restrict her accessibility to various items. Ms. Glenn expressed that corporal punishment is not a usual form of discipline within
Alex said she was pushed off the counter in which she was climbing onto. When the teacher asked who had pushed Alex she hesitantly said, “Daddy.” When Alex was asked why she was climbing onto the counter she responded with “I looking for food.” Alex later disclosed that she had not eaten breakfast or dinner at home in two days. After investigation of the 51A, it was later found supported. The third 51A was filed by a Brockton police officer who responded to a domestic dispute call from a neighboring apartment. When the police officer had arrived to the apartment there were drugs, needles, and alcohol all in reach of Alex. Tiffani and Dakota had also appeared to be under the influence of alcohol and methamphetamine’s. An emergency removal from deemed appropriate. After Alex’s removal both her biological mother and father wished to terminate their parental rights (Alex, age 4). Thus making the goal of reunification to adoption. Alex’s foster parents Savhanna and Matt would like to adopt Alex into their family.
In the memoir Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter, Ashley did an outstanding job at showing me the challenges of foster care that I was not aware of. Throughout the whole memoir, Ashley has difficult things thrown at her that a girl her age shouldn’t and wouldn’t have known how to handle on her own. Ashley was taken away from her mother at only 3 years old, spending almost 10 years inside Florida’s foster care and was shuffled between 14 different homes, some quite abusive, before she was adopted at age 12 from a Children’s Home.
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.
The main idea of this book is to show everyone what child abuse and what living in different foster homes is like because most of the time people don’t usually talk about this topic due to sensitivity and this book helped everyone realize in a subtle way. I learned that this story isn’t just imagined, but it does indeed happen in real life. Children do live in households where the mother or father or whoever treats them unfair and that is what opened up my eyes.
Although Twyla and Roberta both struggled with mother issues, they develop different reactions yet similar solutions to their troubles. During her stay at the youth shelter,
During Alejandro’s first years, he has had a turbulent life. When he was born, the medical staff had noted that he had methamphetamine in his bloodstream; Ms. C. had used the substance within four days before his birth. Alejandro had also been witness to domestic violence–watching as his father pinned down his mother and bit her cheek, drawing blood. During his second year of life, DCFS had placed Alejandro in a total of four different Los Angeles County foster homes.
Foster children struggle immensely within healthcare and the foster care system. They are not receiving the correct support to help them when they go out into the real world.Within foster care, children and teens can either go into a foster home or a group home. Group homes can prevent permanent and authentic connections, while in foster homes, adolescents experience abuse and they are aware that there is no long term stability. For fifteen years, Betsy Krebs has worked with teens in the foster care
More than two-hundred and fifty thousand children enter the foster care system each year, making it extremely difficult to find the right caregiver for each child. There are so may effects on the child that last their entire lifetime, making it difficult for them to trust others. Not being able to trust their peers, they often find it hard to make friends and long-term relationships last. Fortunately, there are many results that can improve everyone’s position in placing the child. Foster care agencies repeatedly create destructive situations due to the selected caregiver, as well as the plethora of glitches that are created. Due to the unacceptable and inappropriate selection of foster parents, the child frequently experiences difficulties and disadvantages later on. Most children are placed into foster care because of mistreatment and experience the same treatment in their foster homes. Unfortunately, a lot of times the foster parent will take their anger out on their foster child, making a wide array of short-term and long-term complications for the child.
This book is a memoir so it is all about Ashley’s life in the foster care program. Each chapter talks about the hardships she went through at all the different foster homes. Ashley was taken into foster care when she was only three years old. She was in 14 different homes in a total of nine years. She had a brother, Luke that was also in the foster care program with her. They were separated multiple times, but always ended up at the same foster home together. It was not until Ashley was adopted that they were separated for good. Ashley’s mom was in prison multiple times, she was also a drug addict. She had visitation rights, but her visitations were always supervised. At these visitations she always promised Ashley that she was going to turn her life around, and get both her and Luke back. It never happened; as a result, Ashley had a lot of trust issues and a hard time believing people actually cared for her. Ashley was adopted and had a tough first couple of years adjusting to having a family. It wasn’t until about the end of the book where she finally got used to having a real family.
Were you surprised by the quality of care and affection given to Lia by her foster parents? How did Lia’s foster parents feel about Foua and Nao Kao? Was foster care ultimately to Lia’s benefit or detriment?
He physically assaulted the foster mother. Law enforcement became involved again, and put Trezkerian on the bus for school. When he made it to the school, the principal would not allow him in the school. Judge Broom was notified, and the social worker met with Trezkerian at Judge Broom’s location. Judge Broom released him back to his worker. It was reported the foster parent had packed up all of his belongings, and wanted the worker to get his things. The worker took Trezkerian back to the home to get his belongings. Per reporter, when Trezkerian saw his belongings being removed from the home, he became angry, and upset. It is believed he is now placed in another unknown foster home. Per reporter, Trezkerian is in distress, because of the situation with him going into home after home. Per reporter, Trezkerian has been admitted to psychiatric inpatient treatment 3 times within the past 4 weeks. He has an unknown diagnosis, and he takes unknown medication. The concern for the reporter is why has he not had any behavioral health treatment today. Per reporter, Trezkerian’s worker is the one responsible for him receiving
Ms. Glenn acknowledged that she used corporal punishment to discipline Tymani after she broke the shower rod in the bathroom. Ms. Glenn admitted to using a belt to hit Tymani approximately four times on the hand. Tymani sustained an injury to her forearm which appeared to be an impression left after she was hit by the belt. The New York State Foster Parent Manual clearly states “The New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) Regulatory Standard on Discipline, 18 NYCRR 441.9, states: Corporal punishment is prohibited...Any abuse or maltreatment
This example of a family’s interesting dynamics that come about can be seen in a show called, “The Fosters.” In this show, the Foster family lives in San Diego where Stef Foster and Lena Adams (in later seasons being Lena Adams-Foster) parent five children, four of them being foster children and one coming from a previous marriage. The children’s names are Brandon (17yrs old), who is the oldest, Mariana (16) and Jesus (16), who are twins that were adopted after Stef and Lena got together, and Callie (17) and Jude (13) who are siblings that both got adopted. Stef is the birth mother of Brandon, coming from a previous relationship with another charater named Mike.
Audrey (age 10) has lived with her foster mother (Ms. Gomez) and four other non-kin foster children for one year. Due to neglect, she was removed from her mother’s care when she was eight years old. Audrey has weekly contact with her biological mother, but no contact with her biological father or siblings. She says that she feels welcomed and comfortable in Ms. Gomez’ home, but expects to live with her biological mother and siblings in the future. Audrey believes things would be different when she returns to live with her biological mother because her father will not be there to be mean to her and her mother. She also said, “I will never complain again about my daddy or anyone else, and then I won’t have to worry about the social
Ben being adopted because some concern, in how much it impacts his feeling about himself. Ben reported feeling bad, however had no idea why. Ben’s negative statement overheard by his parents will need be investigated as well. Working with the Bowen therapy it important to note the multicultural factors that appear in the Marble family (Brown, 1999). Both Jake and Kelly appear to work long hours, spending limited amount of time with each other and the children. It appears they have reverse some stereotypical gender roles. On the other hand Jake seems more passive and Kelly appears the primary disciplinarian and caregiver. This examiner will assist in striking a balance between both encouraging nurturance from both parents (Brown, 1999).