Parent Aid Reflection

One way Maurice William’s faces problems in the foster homes is to have a meeting with every foster parent under their program every three months. In this meeting, all issues are discussed in great length and an appropriate procedure to deal with each specific problem are agreed upon and implemented so that the problems do not come up

been encouraged to develop programs in order to assist these foster children in a smooth aging

Each year 542,000 children nationwide live temporarily with foster parents, while their own parents struggle to overcome an addiction to alcohol, drugs, illness, financial hardship or other difficulties (Mennen, Brensilver, & Trickett, 2010.) The maltreatment they experienced at home, the shock of being separated from their birth parents, and the uncertainty they face as they enter the foster care system leave many children feeling abandoned or lost. Children have many needs, but while in foster care these needs are not always met. A supportive family environment is created for those children whose parents are not able to take the

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.

One of the greatest challenges for child welfare workers for years has been how to serve the unique needs of the older youth in foster care and of those who have “aged out” of foster care. The term “aging out” refers to youth that are forced to exit foster care at the age of 18 because they have reached age- defined adulthood (NASW Press, 2015). The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 attempts to meet those needs by providing states with the option to support youth who are transitioning from foster care to adulthood. The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 is a child welfare bill that was designed to achieve greater permanence and improve the well-being of children served by child welfare agencies (Stoltzfus, 2008).

158-159). “In reviewing the literature, the focus was on identifying the impact of parental mental health, the associated risks, the difficulties with the interface working, and proposed solutions” (Duffy et al., 2010, p. 159). Some of concerns expressed for the program to be effective were how mental health and child care services work together, communication between the two, role clarity, and the outcome hoped to be achieved by the development of this program was to provide holistic interventions which could not be provided by just one agency, earlier intervention which was more effective, to decrease staff stress, and to obtain a better outcome for the families involved (Duffy et al.,

Working with children can be difficult and time consuming because you never know what is going on unless they allow you into their world. Children will only allow a stranger in if they are scared of someone, have trust, or they know you well. This can serve as a difficult situation when a child is the victim of abuse or neglect and the outcome can lead to a negative outcome for the future of the child’s lifespan. The areas will involve mental and physical issues, poor academic development, social behavior issues, and health problems. As a human service worker and a leader in the community rather it be

The final article I analyzed was titled “Aging Parents of Adults with Serious Mental Illness” and was written by Jennifer Van Pelt. This article sought to address the type of support parents caring for special needs adult children require as they age. It discussed how parents are the primary caregivers to children with a severe mental illness, or SMI, throughout the majority of the child’s life. The amount of care provided to adults with SMI by their aging parents is so substantial that if parental caregivers stopped providing care, public programs could never handle it. The author of this article wanted to put more focus on assisting the aging caregiver population, increase their emotional well-being, and lower their stress burden through the use of a social work home-based intervention program. In the pilot study, families received instruction on problem-solving techniques, education about the adult child’s particular mental illness, and sessions that included cognitive therapy, stress management, behavioral management, and future planning. This initial study yielded promising results, including greater life satisfaction and less emotional stress reported by aging parents. The author concludes the article by discussing the importance of planning for the future and how the adult child with SMI will be taken care of after the parents’ deaths.

Future planning include developing support systems for the youth and their families to use when they transition back to the community. If the child cannot return to his/her family and they are younger than 18 they are placed in a foster care center. The foster care building is located in the Seegers Center. The Seegers Center is in charge of working closely with the child prior to discharge to help facilitate the transition into a new home. When a child is close to turning 18 and stabilized they are placed in a treatment program that is a less restrictive. The less-restrictive environment helps the individual ease his/her transition into the community. They help them look for a job, housing, and learn to cook. Independent living is supposed

Not all clients are resistant, not all organizations are uncooperative, not all communities are hopeless, and not all families are dysfunctional. I remember having a foster family my supervisor and I had a visit with while completing in-home visits. The purpose of this visit was to check-in with a client who we had recently placed there due to leaving their previous foster home for drug possession. When my supervisor and I met with the family we did not expect the report that we received on that day. The foster mother reported that she enjoyed having the client in the home and that she views them as one of her own biological children. My supervisor and enjoyed this visit because we were able to see how the family and the client got along. When the client first entered the Department of Social Services they had trust issues and was struggling with their anger. In my opinion, the client was angry and had trust issues because of the relationship they had with their biological mother. After seeing the client in the home with their new foster family the client was responsive to questions and reported that they enjoyed living with the family. They stated, “It feels good to finally be in a home where people actually seem to care about my well-being.” By hearing the client’s statement and observing them in the foster home I felt joy that my supervisor and I was able to find a home where their needs are being

This inability to cope with their child’s intellectual or developmental disability often leads to improper care, and in extreme cases, abuse. Aside from the abovementioned causes, a small percentage of placement is due to particular environmental factors such as financial need, inadequate housing, or chronic unemployment, but poverty frequently contributes to the crises that require children to be placed in foster care (McDonald). While the overall goal is to reunite these children back with their families, sometimes that option isn’t feasible and while some children are fortunate enough to gain kinship care, others aren’t as fortunate. “Foster care includes a wide variety of placement options including emergency shelters, diagnostic centers, foster boarding homes, kinship foster homes, agency-operated boarding homes, group homes, group residences, child care institutions and residential treatment centers” (FC & EC). With so many options for placement that a child can be exposed to, it provides various dimensions that can impact child development, especially with those with past trauma history. The type of residence a child is placed in, whether it’s kin or non-kin, how many children are already in the residence, the type of staff and the support services provided all play a crucial role in their developing growth and overall success in the system.

Breathing through every administration we give is an enthusiastic conviction that the affection between a guardian and a youngster and the adoration inside of their family is essential to wellbeing. Our vision is not to make the ideal association or to propel a trademark project model. Our vision comes to past blocks and approaches. We long for a world loaded with unlimited potential outcomes, unequivocal affection, and acknowledgment for kids and youth with exceptional medicinal services and formative needs. For this to happen, these youngsters must have a solid crew. Childkind offers a continuum of administrations. Through its Placement Services program, Childkind offers child care, permanency arranging, and host home position. With its Home Base Services program, Childkind gave Supportive Care Coordination, Family Support Services, and Advocacy & Training. Amid 2014, Childkind will be presenting in-home nursing administration. We serve youngsters with complex care needs or formative handicaps and their families. As every youngster has a one of a kind conclusion and each family inside whom they live have one of a kind circumstance, we are readied to draw in every family unit in a one of a kind way. While we utilize confirmation based programming, give completely licensed administrations, and deliberately assess the nature of our operations, we never dismiss the way that every family has its own particular universe, mysteries, and fortunes. That is the place we convey our administrations – in the home of every

The overview explained the motivation from writing this book, provided a list of work to do. The introduction talks more deeply about the importance of being a Pathfinder parent to give the children the opportunity of growing making their decision and having a healthy self-esteem, including to understand the importance of letting them grow. This chapter also present us with a series of questions to help us identify how much work we had put in our families; have instructions for writing journals, system recovery, and more. This book contains 50 principles and a questioner at the end of this chapter to help guide parents and therapist to work with families (Messina, JJ.

The Whole Child was founded in 1957 by a community group concerned about the raising number of children being affected by mental health disorders and emotional distress; specially at-risk children facing trauma due to abuse and neglect. Since then, The Whole Child has become one of the premier agencies serving vulnerable children and families in Los Angeles county. Our practice has evolved over the years to address additional areas critical to child development besides, yet interwoven with, mental health. Today, we have an integrated approach with both preventative and stabilizing mechanisms to help families facing issues ranging from child behavioral disorders and homelessness, to parental neglect/abuse and child obesity.

Chapter 3 revolves around the individuals involved in the therapeutic process namely the therapist, child and parent. It describes foster care situation and its changeable nature these children have experienced, the need for the foster parent to have “considerable inner strength and maturity…” (pg44) and provide a “high degree of affective attunement”(pg45). The parent’s participation and the benefits are addressed throughout this book. An effective therapist must be compassionate, receptive to attunement and secure in their personal relationships. They consider the parent as a co-therapist, must have the ability to communicate effectively, be a facilitator for change and a role model, particularly in the instance of affective attunement. There is also a warning for any therapist undertaking the intensive deeply emotional work discussed, as the therapist you are in a position of power and so must not become complacent and remain vigilant, constantly monitoring the work delivered with supervision so no harm can be done to the child.