The Family Tree : An Organization

Often times a person lives their life based on how their own family would see it. Whether it disappoints or makes their family proud, it is inevitable; a person’s family will forever remain an important factor in their life, actions and the consequences that come with it. In “The Idea of Ancestry”, the author Etheridge Knight writes a poem where it is obvious that he is guilty of his actions and the shame and hurt it brings to his loved ones. Knight is haunted by the faces of his loved ones in his cell, and it is symbolic of the guilt he feels as he sits in prison and contemplates on his bad choices and addiction to heroin.

The Magnolia community initiative is a program used to help strengthen individuals and families in order to create a community support system. The family foster care and adoption is a training system for foster parents. The purpose of the training is to help foster parents prepare if ever they decide to adopt a child in the future. The training offers them a parenting designed helpful for raising children who have been separated from their parents. The prevention services were created to bring awareness. By educating families and community members about the dangers of abuse and neglect abuse, is less likely to occur. The mental health service helps families receive the therapy they need. They start off by assessing the individual and then offer therapy they think would be most beneficial for the client. The family assessment is a progress plan designed specifically for each families needs. The training program is utilized to help other organizations find effective ways for helping the welfare of families. The research and evaluation help professionals improve their services by conducting annual evaluations on what’s working and what requires

Bridge Home sees upwards of ninety kids on an average year from all over the greater Boston area. Primarily an ‘assessment’ placement Bridge Home’s goal is to take in children in immediate emergency, evaluate them over a forty five day period, and cycle them out either back to the homes (ideal) or to a more appropriate and temporary placement (some next step placements to Bridge Home include foster homes, Italian Home, and The Home for Little Wanderers among others.) This assessment occurs in a myriad of ways. The most constant form of assessment comes through the day to day interaction between staff and Bridge Homes ‘kiddos’ as the children are colloquially referred to. The staffs first duty is to provide a safe and therapeutic environment for the kiddos to recover and flourish in. This is accomplished by establishing firm ground rules and boundaries from day one. “They need structure” Ms. Marlene before any healing can begin Bridge Home aims to reinstate the vital home structure their kiddos have been lacking. Personal ‘space’ is key in this structure. After being subjected to sexual abuse most kiddos have a hard time re learning appropriate personal space. Kiddos are urged to ‘give space’ when they cross physical boundaries with one another or’ take space’ when they find their emotions might be dangerous to themselves or others. Consistent boundaries paired with a firm schedule and

The Psychosocial Family Tree assessment requires the input of known, important characteristics of family members. It strives to get a better understanding of an individual’s psychological development by analyzing certain characteristics that the individual’s family members have. The individual fills out the assessment to the best of their abilities, including characteristics of the big five factors, occupation, education, etc. This assessment uses the L-Data approach and the qualitative method. The reliability, validity, and generalizability of the assessment are evaluated to conclude the degree of effectiveness. The results concluded that the Psychosocial Family Tree is low in reliability, moderate in construct validity, and low in generalization. The findings provide an insight to an individual’s personality and awareness to specific patterns of behaviors or characteristics.

This author is a MSW candidate at Barry University. She is also an intern at the Center for Family and Child Enrichment, Inc. (CFCE). CFCE is a private, nonprofit, community-based organization that serves children in foster care who have been abused, neglected and/or abandoned; children with severe emotional disturbances and in need of mental health care; children in the custody of parents or relatives who are chronic runaways and/or are ungovernable; and children who come to this country without parents or guardians (unaccompanied minors). The agency has three primary focus areas: counseling and therapy service, foster care and adoptions, and family and community support programs. Their mission states

I chose to visit a child-placing agency near my hometown named Grace Manor. Grace Manor is located in Center, Texas and I visited this establishment on November 4, 2016 at 12:05 p.m. Grace Manor works to improve the lives of children in the surrounding areas by providing support for foster and adoptive parents. Through the parents they support, they also help find homes for children in need of placement. They strive to better foster care by securing safe homes and ensuring that children are cared for properly and obtain all the services they require. They also advocate strongly for more people to look into adopting or fostering. With the parents who are interested and approved, they provide with training and provide adoption preparation for the

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1974 marked the introduction to legislation that captured child maltreatment and enabled funding to support and develop child abuse reporting systems and procedures for managing maltreatment reports. From the introduction of legislation through time new policies were developed to adhere to the provisions of adoption, family preservation, and family support. Similar to other developed countries in child welfare, visions for community caring systems are developed for families and maintaining children in their own community as initial responses. Family centered practice, culture connection, and community continuity are viewed as important variables to serve the best interest of a child.

Situated in the heart of the city is Herington Historical Society and Museum, and is home to a collection of historical artifacts, vintage fashions, military uniforms, home furnishings, medical and farm equipments used in the bygone era. Genealogy records are available for researchers. Visitors can make purchases from the in-house gift shop which has an excellent collection of

When a child comes forward about an occurrence of child maltreatment they may fear having to retell their sordid tale innumerably. With the advent of Child Advocacy Centers this is no longer the truth. The first Child Advocacy Center (CAC) was established in 1985 and served as a model for future CACs. The first center established was the National Children’s Advocacy Center and it was located in Huntsville, Alabama. The primary goal of these centers is to limit the number of times a child has to recount the events of maltreatment. Utilizing a multidisciplinary team in a child-friendly environment helps to create a safe, secure and comfortable environment for children to disclose details about maltreatment they have been exposed to.

Learning about your family tree can be fun and exciting. I can also raise more questions when you come across a surprising discovery, which is exactly what happened to one woman while she researched her family's history.

Child abuse in the United States is a growing epidemic. Every year the number of reported cases, and missing children go up. This is caused mostly by lack of education about the different types of child abuse, and the signs that go along with it. Communities need to provide more resources to better educate the public about the types of abuse, and the signs that go along with it. Child abuse and neglect can be lessened by more resources, more education and to reach out to others.

Lori McBride’s poem “A Broken Family Tree” focuses on a family that is being torn apart. The speaker’s references to members of the family trying to destroy the family contrast with how the speaker wants to regrow their relationship. This shows that the speaker’s passion towards family is very strong. McBride uses shift to point out this idea.

Those who are new on the genealogy journey can find it to be a roller coaster ride with pits of doubtful or erroneous data. Each piece of genealogy information you get you need to verify and validate, if not, you could be travelling down the wrong path. This trip can be depressing and devastating, especially if you copy another's genealogical tree taking their information at face value.

The family structure determines where you derive from and provides a sense of who you are. The typical family structure is perceived as a father and a mother, two children, one boy and one girl, and a pet. The typical family description described above is still promoted and expected to be the “dream family.” Author Meyerhoff, “While the nuclear family with Dad, Mom, and offspring happily coexisting beneath one roof-remains the ideal, variations in family structure are plentiful and often successful” (Meyerhoff). Meaning that a lot of families are remarried spouses with prior children and more common in the last decade same sex marriages. So, do these nontraditional families have the same qualities? Personally, I would think so. After