...The decision from this Foster Boarding Home Replacement Review is that foster children, Amy Li, Wendy Li, and Lisa Li, are not returned to the foster home of Dinora Bayron. Based on the solicited information obtained during this conference, there does not appear to be sufficient evidence to indicate that Lisa’s injuries were inflicted by Ms. Bayron. However, there are concerns pertaining to the lack of support Ms. Bayron provided in regards to encouraging the children to visit with their parents as recommended. The permanency planning goal for the children is return to parent and it is important for their foster parent to support the children’s possible reunification with their parents as much as possible. There are also concerns pertaining...
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...taken away from your parents, you've been placed into a new home with a new family. Your last family was unfit to take care of you, but now you're in better hands. Or so it seems. Six months later you're tired, beaten down, and slowly giving up on life. Your foster parents weren't as nurturing and loving as they seemed; although, the social worker who placed you in their care didn't know that, mainly because she didn't properly screen them before sending you into the home of strangers. Foster care reform is a drastically overlooked topic in America, which is becoming worse by the second. Although hundreds of thousands of children enter into the foster care system each year, foster care reform is a subject which is constantly...
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...The Impact of Foster Care on Child Development Demeka F. Gaddy Liberty University Abstract The foster care system was designed to provide a safe temporary placement for children who can no longer stay in the care of their parents or guardian. The overall goal of foster care is for the children to return home to their caregiver. If the caregiver fails to regain custody the child is placed in other living arrangements, to include foster homes. However there is a controversy over the effectiveness of the foster care system in regards to child development. Foster care has been linked to negative impacts in child development to include; physical and sexual abuse, attachment disorders, and behavioral problems that eventually lead to children being placed in multiple placements and in some cases the juvenile justice system,. Children who are in foster care are a vulnerable group due to the being removed from their home, in some cases abruptly. It has been proven that the longer children living in foster care are subject to negative development more than children who do not live in foster care. Based on these factors the foster care system needs to focus more on the needs of the child so that positive development can occur. Keywords: child welfare, abuse, child development The Negative Impacts of Foster Care on Child Development The foster care system was designed to provide a safety net for children and families and to reunite children with their biological parents if possible...
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...children: A case study of Mathare a suburb of Nairobi BY JAMES NYANJWA SW/02/10 A research proposal submitted to the department of sociology and psychology for the requirements of the Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work MOI UNIVERSITY 4TH NOVEMBER, 2013 DECLARATION AND RECOMMENDATION Declaration by candidate I hereby declare that the work presented in this research proposal is my own work Citation from other information sources is given where applicable. No part of this document is to be reproduced in any other form, be it print or electronic without permission from the copyright holder Name……………………….Sig……………….date…………………. Recommendation by Supervisor This proposal has been submitted with my approval as the Departmental supervisor Name………………….Sig……………….Date…………… DEDICATION This work is dedicated to my beloved brothers Victor Onyuka and Philip Ogola without whose caring and financial support it would not have been possible and I would also like to dedicate this work to the memory of my parents, my loving dad Joseph Onyuka and caring moms Pamela Anyango and BeldineAoko who passed on the love of reading and respect for education. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Masinde for impacting us with knowledge on research proposal. I want to thank most profoundly Mrs. Adeli for her guidance on the relevance materials needed in writing research proposal. It is my hope that all families and institution of foster care will remain...
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...What are some possible reasons caseworkers were not aware of the conditions in the Jackson home? I would have to say for one thing is that they just did not care what was going on, The case workers were at the house and seen that there was no food in the refrigerator nor electric, this should have been a sign that there was something wrong, especially if there is a 19 year old male that does not look fit! If the children had eating disorders then the foster parents should have brought this to the attention of the proper authorities. The bruises that the nurse found on Bruce’s body should have been reported by the nurse, but since they were not then the case workers had no idea what was going on. Even with the neighbors, since they did not report anything either, there was no wrong-doings on record. The thing that puzzles me is why the children themselves did not report any of the abuse to their case-workers. From the information presented in the case study, determine whether the nine members of the Division of Youth and Family Services staff should have been fired. Why or why not? There is no doubt that they should have been fired, it is there job to protect the interest and to ensure the well-being of all children under their custody. It is their job to check in on the adoptive household to make sure that the children are being properly taken care of and to check that there is food in the refrigerator, adequate living condition for seven children and that...
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...One of the most comprehensive surveys of abuse in foster care was conducted in conjunction with a Baltimore lawsuit. Trudy Festinger, head of the Department of Research at the New York University School of Social Work, determined that over 28 per cent of the children in state care had been abused while in the system. Reviewed cases depicted "a pattern of physical, sexual and emotional abuses" inflicted upon children in the custody of the Baltimore Department. Cases reviewed as the trial progressed revealed children who had suffered continuous sexual and physical abuse or neglect in foster homes known to be inadequate by the Department. Cases included that of sexual abuse of young girls by their foster fathers, and that of a young girl who contracted gonorrhea of the throat as a result of sexual abuse in an unlicenced foster home.[1] In Louisiana, a study conducted in conjunction with a civil suit found that 21 percent of abuse or neglect cases involved foster homes.[2] In another Louisiana case, one in which thousands of pages of evidence were reviewed, and extensive testimony and depositions were taken, it was discovered that hundreds of foster children had been shipped out of the state to Texas. Stephen Berzon of the Children's Defense Fund explained the shocking findings of the court before a Congressional subcommitte, saying: "children were physically abused, handcuffed, beaten, chained, and tied up, kept in cages, and overdrugged with psychotropic medication for institutional...
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...Chapman, who grew up in the foster care system. She had a horrible experience that still haunts her today. Her parents were divorced so her two brothers, two sisters, and she lived with their mother. Chapman’s mother had an alcohol problem. She would go out drinking and not return for weeks at a time. This would leave the oldest girl, nine years old, in charge of taking care of her siblings. Their school noticed the children were missing quite a few days of school so they called child services. Child services placed the children in temporary foster care. This happened several times while their mom had on and off problems with alcohol. Each time the children were placed in foster care the girls and boys would be split up into different foster homes. Finally the children were placed in permanent foster homes until new homes could be found. Once again the boys were split up from the girls. The boys were being physically abused by their foster parents. Eventually the children’s...
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...In the case of Michael Parks, he is an 8-year-old bi-racial (African American and White) young boy whose family came to the attention of Child Protective Services and the Wayne County Family Court due to allegations of improper supervision and physical neglect as the mother, Diana Parks, admitted ongoing drug usage. Drug paraphernalia including a glass tube that was burned on both ends was observed in an ash tray on a table when Child Protective Services investigated. Ms. Parks is in a relationship with Michael’s father, Jeremy Jones, and there are allegations of domestic violence within the relationship. The children reported that they have witnessed their father physically abusing their mother. Mr. Jones has been in and out of jail due to...
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...Improving Academic Performance and Achievement of children and youth in foster care Joanna Bermudez Mercy College Summer 2013 Introduction and Problem Statement Approximately fifty percent of adolescents in this country’s foster care system are graduating from high school each year. In NYS, less than forty-four percent of adolescent’s in the foster care system graduate from high school yearly. The outcomes of youth who leave the foster care system between the ages of 18 and 21 are statistically grim; less than 50% of these youth are equipped with a high school diploma (Scannapeieco, Connel-Carrick, and Pinter, 2007), and with-in two years of leaving the system, 25% of them face unemployment, homelessness, and/or incarceration (Krinsky, 2007). For all children, especially children in foster care, having the proper advocacy, stability, educational coordination and guidance are vital in ensuring their academic success. Unfortunately, children in foster care are less likely to receive these components to assist them in becoming successful in academia, which in turn affects their chances to live a productive adult life. The needs of the children and youth in foster care are in need of reformation across each state throughout the nation. Since the development of foster care, the focus of intervention has and continues to be a reactive approach, instead of a tactical approach. The intervention of foster care seeks to ensure the physical safety and well-being of each child and...
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...Case Study Critique What are some of the possible reasons caseworkers were not aware of the conditions in the Jackson home? There are only two reasons that caseworkers were not aware of the conditions in the Jackson home but for the most part the caseworkers were aware. The children were home schooled instead of going to public school. So in that instance they were not able to receive information from the schools about the children. The second reason could have been that the caseworkers never talked or interacted with the foster children to ask them questions concerning their living conditions. As I see it the caseworkers were well aware of the conditions in the Jackson home and they chose not to interfere or to remove the children from the Jackson home. The caseworkers were at the Jackson home when the electricity was turned off and they were able to see that there was barely anything in the fridge for the children to eat. There were no medical or dental records of the four males meaning they had not seen a physician during their four year stay at the Jackson home. Caseworkers should have been aware of this situation and they had evidence and proof right in front of them the entire time and chose not to do anything about it. From the information presented in the case study, should the nine members of the Division of Youth and Family Services staff have been fired? Why or why not? Yes, I believe that the nine members of the Division of Youth and Family Services...
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...attachment it is referred to as the lack of emotional care, such that no attachments are formed. A case study that represents privation in the form of attachment is one about a 13year old girl called Genie. From an early age she was strapped to a potty in a bare room. Her history was one of isolation, severe neglect and physical restraint, and she was punished if she made any sound. When she was discovered she was described as ‘unsocialised, primitive and hardly human’. She made no sounds and was hardly able to walk. Even after being put into a foster care, she never achieved good social adjustment or language. Another case study into privation is one on the Czech twins. The tins’ mother died during their birth and they then spent 11 months with their aunt. They then went to move with their father and stepmother, and from then they were never allowed out of the house and were kept in either a small, unheated closet or in a cellar. When they were discovered at the age of 7, the children could barely walk, were very fearful and their speech was very poor. After being put in hospital and then a foster home, excellent gains were made. The children are now adults and appear well adjusted and cognitively able. The Czech twins study supports Bowlby’s theory of attachment. This is because he stated there as a critical period for attachments, and in the twins’ case, they were in foster care and with their aunt until they were 17 months, and after their discovery they went on to recover...
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...experience prior or during the foster care system might have an impact on children’s attachment styles as well. Getting mental health support is important but often unsupported. In a study conducted by Burns, Phillips, Wagner, Barth, Koko, Campbell, & Landsverk (2004), 47.9% of children in foster care reported behaviors in need of mental health services. Of that group, only 11.7% received the care that they needed (Burns et al., 2004). The type of foster care home they go into also may impact the type and amount of mental health support the children will receive. Swanke et al. (2016) showed that children placed in traditional care, which is a total stranger, are 14% more likely to receive mental help than children placed in kinship care, which can be a relative or family friend. Even then, if the child has been in the system for over one year, the mental health...
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...Foster Care in the United States Sue King Liberty University Abstract The history of foster care in the United States started with orphan trains and the Children’s Aid Society founded by Charles Loring Brace. Recent research describes the child welfare system as an organization that provides service to helpless children in need. This paper will discuss foster care as it is relates to safety, permanency, and wellbeing of children in need The role of a foster parent and the process of loss, and grief after a child leave their biological parents will be discussed. Research suggests that Courts has the final decision whether a child will stay in foster care or return home. This paper will describe the developmental impact that foster care has on children after losing their biological family. There are several risk factors associated with poverty. This paper will discuss the significance of children reuniting with their biological parents and/or being adopted for permanency. Empirical evidence from recent research confirmed that hard times during childhood was related to health problems later in life. Foster care reform, educational outcomes, economic incentives for adoption, mentors and home visitation programs should be implemented to improve the foster care system. Keywords: foster care, developmental, health problems, orphan trains Foster Care in the United States The prevalence rate is high for foster care in the United States. The history...
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...when children have been kept in extreme isolation and therefoe have never had the opppurtunity to form an attachment. There are 3 main types of evidence regarding privation and those are longitudinal studies of children in instituational care; case studies of children raised in extreme isolation; and studies of reactive attachment disorder which is a category of mental disorder attributed to a lack of early attachments. A longiudinal study of ex-institutional children was done by Hodges and Tizard in 1989, to investigate the effects of privation by following the same children over a long period of time to collect reliable information linking early experiences to later outcomes for the same individual. The participants were 65 children who had been placed in an instituation when they were less than 4 months old. There was an explicit policy in the institution against caregivers forming attachments with the children. This would suggest the children experienced early privation. By the age of 4, 24 of the institutionalized children had been adopted, 15 had returned to their natural homes and the rest remained in the institution. Assessment at the age of 8 and 16 years old involved interviewing those children who were adopted and those who had returned to their original homes. Their parents, their teachers and their peers were also interviewed. Data was also collected from a control group of ‘nomal’ peers. The findings show there were some differences between the adopted and...
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...Behavioral Issues in Foster Care Most people do not realize foster care originated in England in 1562. By law children from poor families could be placed with wealthy families as indentured servants. Prior to this law children were placed in almshouses, otherwise known as poor houses, which later became the foundation for orphanages. In the almshouses children were subjected to horrible conditions. Many were abused both physically and sexually or were severely neglected. Conditions started to change in 1853 when New York minister Charles Loring Brace started the Free Foster Home Movement which helped make the changes for the beginning of the modern foster system as we know it (A Brief History of the United States Foster Care System). Foster care has been used for centuries, and in the last century and a half the government stepped in and developed the Dept. of Health and Human Services. The Dept. of Health and Human Services began the foster care system in order to take care of children who have been taken from their homes because of neglect or abuse. Foster care came about because the old orphanage system was not working. There was almost as much abuse and neglect in an orphanage as the homes the children were being pulled from. The government had to come up with a better system for the children pulled from their homes. The government came up with the foster care system. The way that the foster care system works is families volunteer to provide a more stable environment...
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