Download or read book Resilience Among Youth Emancipating from Foster Care written by Svetlana Shpiegel and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on youth emancipating from foster care typically emphasizes risk and maladaptation among this vulnerable population. Few studies examine competent, or resilient, functioning among these youth, and the factors that enable them to succeed. The primary goal of the present study was to explore how accumulation of risk and protective factors contributed to resilient functioning among youth leaving foster care in one state. Specifically, this research aimed to examine whether cumulative risk and protection independently affected resilience, or whether the impact of protection was contingent upon the level of risk. This study utilized data from the Mental Health Service Use of Youth Leaving Foster Care (VOYAGES) study, a longitudinal cohort study of older youth in the custody of the Missouri Children's Division. Binary logistic regression was used to examine the study hypotheses. Results indicated that resilience was a common occurrence among youth in this sample. Specifically, 81% exhibited resilience in the domain of mental health; 70% exhibited resilience in the domain of substance use; 78% exhibited resilience in the domain of criminal involvement; and 67% reported being employed or at school. Furthermore, over two-thirds of the youth exhibited resilience in at least three of the above mentioned domains. Females, and youth who were still in foster care at age 19, were more likely to exhibit resilient functioning. Further analyses revealed that higher cumulative risk was associated with decreased likelihood of resilience in the domains of mental health and substance use, but not in the domain of criminal involvement. In contrast, higher cumulative protection was associated with increased likelihood of resilience in the domain of substance use, but not in the domains of criminal involvement and mental health. When youth overall resilience was examined, both cumulative risk and cumulative protection presented a significant contribution in the predicted direction. However, there was no evidence that the impact of protection on resilience was contingent upon the level of risk. These results emphasize the differential impact of risk and protection on different aspects of youth functioning, and support the need for specificity in resilience research.
Download or read book Foster Youth Emancipation Implications of Resiliency Independence and Responsibility written by Deborah Harris-Sims and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2008-07-11 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study incorporated descriptive research methods and correlational research methods to explore possible relationships between independence-responsibility and resiliency. The researcher administered the Resiliency Scales for Adolescents (RSA) to foster
Download or read book Emancipating from the Care of Strangers written by John Seita and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven mini-memoirs of foster care alumni who share their experiences, insights and recommendations about how to prepare youth to successfully transition from foster care to independent living.
Download or read book Youth Transitioning from Foster Care written by Adrienne L. Fernandes and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly half of states have laws that explicitly permit the state child welfare system to continue providing foster care for children beyond the age of majority (usually no later than 19). However, the number of states that actually facilitate youth remaining in care beyond their 18th or 19th birthdays is significantly smaller. Over 20,000 young people have been emancipated from foster care annually from FY2002 through FY2006. While most young people have access to emotional and financial support systems throughout their early adult years, older youth in care and those who age out of care often face obstacles to developing independent living skills and building supports that ease the transition to adulthood. Older foster youth who return to their parents or guardians may continue to experience poor family dynamics or a lack of emotional and financial supports, and studies have shown that recently emancipated foster youth fare poorly relative to their counterparts in the general population on several outcome measures. Recognising the difficulties faced by older youth in care and youth emancipating from foster care, Congress created a new Independent Living initiative (P.L. 99-272)in 1986 to assist certain older foster youth as they enter adulthood. The legislation authorised mandatory funding to states under a new Section 477 of the Social Security Act. In 1999, the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Act (P.L. 106-169) replaced the Independent Living Program with the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) and doubled the total annual funds available to states from $70 million to $140 million. The law also expanded the population of youth eligible to receive independent living services - with no lower age limit - and gave states greater flexibility in designing independent living programs. Independent living services can refer to assistance in obtaining a high school diploma, training in daily living skills, and training in financial management, among other services. Amendments to the CFCIP in FY2002 (P.L. 107-133) authorised discretionary funding for states to provide education and training vouchers to eligible youth. Along with the CFCIP, federal child welfare law and other federal programs are intended to help older current youth in care and foster care alumni make the transition to adulthood. The federal foster care program has protections in place to ensure that older youth in care have a written case plan that addresses the programs and services that will assist in this transition, among other supports. Further, federal law authorises funding for states to provide workforce assistance and housing to older foster youth. Despite these efforts and the resilience displayed by current and former foster youth, policymakers and child welfare practitioners have suggested that at a minimum, young people need better support to build stronger connections with caring adults before leaving foster care and should have the option to remain in care upon reaching their 18th or 19th birthdays.
Download or read book Resiliency Factors Contributing to Former Foster Youth Successfully Transitioning from the Child Welfare System written by Janine Garrett and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exploratory study examined resiliency in foster youth exiting the child welfare system. Participants included 33 emancipated foster youth who completed an online survey using the Resiliency 14 Scale and the Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale. Research findings indicated that the majority of emancipated foster youth demonstrated moderately high to high levels of resilience. Males had statistically significant higher resiliency scores than females, and African Americans had higher social support scores than other races/ethnicities although the difference only approached statistical significance. Greater social support was found to significantly correlate with higher resiliency scores. The researcher's hypothesis that former foster youth who participated in an independent living program (ILP) would demonstrate higher resiliency and greater social support than those who did not was not supported. However, those who participated in an ILP did have higher social support and the relationship between participation in an ILP and resiliency approached statistical significance. The research findings reflect the need for increased attention to examining various resiliency factors associated with emancipated foster youths' successful transition from the child welfare system. It is important to develop realistic and successful independent living programs for these youth. In addition, other approaches need to be examined and developed to help with the many challenges that emancipated foster youth face.
Download or read book Fostering Resiliency in Emancipated Foster Youth written by Olga Cherie Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to assess emancipated foster youths' views on challenges, resilliencies, and coping strategies associated with aging out of foster care. It seeks to identify resiliency or qualities which helped former foster youth overcome their struggles while in the child welfare system.
Download or read book Reshuffled written by Tracy Gharbo and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reshuffled tells the life stories of former foster children, who despite all odds, craft productive lives. Within Reshuffled, former foster children share their trials and strategies to gain footing in their unpredictable lives with the hope that their stories can model, inspire, and encourage youth facing similar situations today. Tracy Gharbo and Linda Palmer have captured the authentic voices of the abused and abandoned children who become lawyers, social workers, military officers, college graduates, scientists, teachers, parents, athletes, and foster care advocates. Inspiration abounds in unique lives, told honestly and without reserve.
Download or read book Resilience from the Perspective of Former Foster Youth written by Amber A. Elam and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experiencing maltreatment and being placed in foster care is associated with a number of negative outcomes throughout the life course. Thus, making sure that former foster youth have the support and sustenance they require to become resilient, educated adults is important for society and future generations. This study aimed to explore the narratives of individuals who were in the foster care system in order to examine the ways they conceptualized resilience as well as factors that they attributed contributing to their resilience. This study interviewed 7 individuals who had aged out of foster care. The interview was a semi-structured interview that prompted in- depth responses of their experiences of overcoming struggle. Recordings were then transcribed and separated into general themes that correlated with past research. The researchers found that a combination of factors lead to resilience in former foster youth. Structure and consistency appeared to be the most salient factor of resilience as well as being able to foster other areas of resilience. These other areas included self-efficacy and self-awareness. While these three factors appeared to be the most important in terms of sustaining resilience, there were a number of other themes that were significant to mention within the discussion section. The findings from this study suggest that making sure that foster youth have access to consistent support could help promote resilience in a greater number of children in the system.
Download or read book The Relationship Between Attachment and Resilience in Foster Care Alumni written by Sheriffa Gallwey and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approximately 28,000 foster youth are discharged from the foster care system annually because they have reached 18 to 21 years of age and are considered adults (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011). Between the years 2000 through 2010, an estimated 228,000 young adults aged out of the child welfare system, nationally (Weidner, 2010). This exploratory study sought to highlight the relationship between attachment and resilience in foster care alumni. The study included adult foster care alumni perspectives on their personal history, attachments style and level of resilience. Examination of the attachment styles of young adults yielded significant differences between a group of individuals who were never in foster care and a group of individuals who spent time in foster care and exited as young adults. Utilizing questionnaire method, this quantitative study examined patterns of 43 foster care alumni compared to 39 non foster care service recipients. Key findings suggest that young adults who were successful shared similar levels of social and financial supports. Consistent, easily accessible services were critical to successful outcomes for young adults. Study results also suggest a need for future research in building resilience through decreased use of school suspensions, enhanced use of housing subsidies, building creative cohabitation opportunities, increasing parental visitation during adolescence, and increasing ways to express emotion in order to improve adult outcomes for young adults emancipating from foster care.
Download or read book Factors that Contribute to Resiliency in Former Foster Youth written by Deanna Nicole Reyes and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research study focused on resilient, former foster youth. Given the vulnerabilities of children in foster care, what factors lead to participant resilience? Data was obtained from ten participants who were receiving independent living services in San Bernardino County.
Download or read book Grit Gratitude written by Crystal Lindsey Mba and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-18 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a foster youth worried about aging out and becoming an adult? Stressed out about life after foster care? Want to live an incredible life but feeling overwhelmed? Crystal Lindsey, MBA can help! Crystal could have died a thousand horrible deaths leading up to the night her mother tried to murder her. She was 11 years old when her schizophrenic, bipolar, drug-addicted mom attempted to kill her with an ice pick handle and then disappeared with everything Crystal owned. Shortly after, Crystal's maternal grandmother informed her that she was disowned from the family. She didn't know her biological father's identity and her sister had run away.Crystal was all alone in the world when she was forced into foster care. And she was about to age out of the foster care system with nothing except the clothes on her back... From this inauspicious beginning, entirely without support, Crystal Lindsey has created a system for survival allowing her to thrive and develop her emotional resilience. Crystal knows trauma unlocks superpowers, and she has developed biohacks to show you how to discover your own superpowers using daily gratitude and grit psychology. She gives you a story of hope and optimism while "getting real" about the challenges you will face in adulthood after growing up with abuse and/or aging out of foster care. In Crystal's version of life, it is possible to be successful as a former foster youth. You can improve your life experiences with these daily practices that are founded in proven bioscience and grit psychology. Her system allows you to harness your superpowers by cultivating the grit and gratitude already within you.Grit & Gratitude gives you specific tools so that you can optimize your brain, tap into your superpowers, and have the daily rituals you need to succeed in life after abuse and after foster care. As a former foster youth and former college professor, Crystal's Top 10 Biohacks act as a "self-care buffet" to help foster youth discover their unique potential. Crystal's tailored workshops and seminars have already dramatically changed the lives of hundreds of former foster youth as they exited the foster care system, and now she can help you create your blueprint for success using grit psychology. Like Angela Lee Duckworth and Dave Pelzer, Crystal Lindsey will teach you the daily techniques to optimize your present and future self! This is a must-read book if you are a current foster youth, former foster youth, adult child of abuse, foster care administrator, or even a foster parent who is considering fostering teenagers. No one should consider adopting a teenager without first reading Crystal's real-world application of grit psychology. She teaches you how to foster resilience in the face of adversity.
Download or read book Associations Between Narrative Features and Resilience in Newly Emancipated Foster Youth written by Izabela Kate Grey and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These findings support the utility of the FMSS as a brief narrative assessment tool. The results are discussed with particular attention to processes of narrative representation and meaning making as salient developmental influences in the wake of foster care, and in development broadly. Implications for future practice and policy aimed at supporting positive development among transition-aged foster youth are also discussed.
Download or read book Handbook of Adult Resilience written by John W. Reich and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2012-04-02 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What enables people to bounce back from stressful experiences? How do certain individuals maintain a sense of purpose and direction over the long term, even in the face of adversity? This is the first book to move beyond childhood and adolescence to explore resilience across the lifespan. Coverage ranges from genetic and physiological factors through personal, family, organizational, and community processes. Contributors examine how resilience contributes to health and well-being across the adult life cycle; why—and what happens when—resilience processes fail; ethnic and cultural dimensions of resilience; and ways to enhance adult resilience, including reviews of exemplary programs.
Download or read book Handbook of Resilience in Children written by Sam Goldstein and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-09 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of this handbook addresses not only the concept of resilience in children who overcome adversity, but it also explores the development of children not considered at risk addressing recent challenges as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new edition reviews the scientific literature that supports findings that stress-hardiness and resilience in all children leads to happier and healthier lives as well as improved functionality across the lifespan. In this edition, expert contributors examine resilience in relation to environmental stressors as phenomena in child and adolescent disorders and as a means toward positive adaptation into adulthood. The significantly expanded third edition includes new and significantly revised chapters that explore strategies for developing resilience in families, clinical practice, and educational settings as well as its nurturance in caregivers and teachers. Key areas of coverage include: Exploration of the four waves of resilience research. Resilience in gene-environment transactions. Resilience in boys and girls. Resilience in family processes. Asset building as an essential component of intervention. Assessment of social and emotional competencies related to resilience. Building resilience through school bullying prevention. Resilience in positive youth development. Enhancing resilience through effective thinking. The Handbook of Resilience in Children, Third Edition, is an essential reference for researchers, clinicians and allied practitioners, and graduate students across such interrelated disciplines as child and school psychology, social work, public health as well as developmental psychology, special and general education, child and adolescent psychiatry, family studies, and pediatrics.
Download or read book Contributing Factors to Successful Emancipated Foster Youth written by Rita A. Williams-Washington and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When children in foster care turn 18, they are, for the most part, on their own. They are "called emancipated"; they are legally adults free from the foster care system. But many leave foster care with no job or income, few educational prospects and little emotional support or community connections. There is a lack of knowledge regarding the effectiveness of services. Another challenge to improving policy and practice directed towards foster youth transitions to adulthood is the poor knowledge base supporting existing interventions. The vast majority of the existing research has relied upon caseworker ratings, self-reporting by foster parents, and identity information related to placement disruptions and placement success. Researchers must take into account the important role that foster youth perception plays in determining the child's goal and success or failure of placement. From an Interpretive Perspective this research focused on the concept of resiliency. This study evaluated the perceptions of successful independent young adults regarding their life experience after foster care focused on their personal strengths; resiliency.
Download or read book Reality and Resiliency written by Heather L. Fox and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year an estimated four in every one-hundred children in the United States are victims of child maltreatment. The vast majority of these children endure the challenges associated with being uprooted from their homes and separated from their parents and/or guardians. Among these are the challenges of succeeding in school once they enter, and exit, foster care, and overcoming myriad educational obstacles from a place of instability and uncertainty. This article is meant to present the realities of education, especially postsecondary education, given the challenges faced by foster youth. This article begins with an overview of the foster care system and then turns to obstacles related to accessing and completing postsecondary education faced by former foster youth (FFY). This article advocates for a strengths-based, resilience-focused approach to improving postsecondary outcomes for FFY.
Download or read book Exploring Resiliency Among Former Foster Youth in Higher Education written by Cristina Camarena-Prieto and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores resiliency among former foster youth enrolled in four-year universities and seeks to understand what makes this unique population resilient enough to achieve and maintain academic success despite remaining underserved and largely absent from educational discourse (Johnson, 2020). The qualitative approach of this study involved a preliminary screening demographic questionnaire and choosing 11diverse students/youth formerly in foster care (YFFC) currently enrolled in campus support programs at three selective California 4-year institutions. Sample selection considered these important elements: students who (1.) identify as foster youth, (2.) are enrolled in their third year of college or beyond, including graduate school (3.) have a current GPA of 3.0 or higher, and (4.) have received one or more forms of support from college campus programs designed to help foster youth. Both recruitment efforts and data collection were done remotely due to pandemic restrictions. The semi-structured interviews lasted 60-90 minutes and followed a 22-question interview protocol intended to explore research principles of risk and promotive factors that either hinder or foster adaptive behaviors as defined by Resiliency Theory. Questions were open-ended and separated into four sections: 1) Demographic Information, 2) Child Welfare Involvement, 3) K-12 Experiences, and 4) College Experiences. Based on the analysis of findings from the study's qualitative interviews, five themes emerged: 1) Resiliency 2) Systemic Barriers, 3) Systems of Support, 4) Helpful Adults, and 5) Navigating Higher Education. Study findings suggest that resiliency can be a naturally occurring phenomenon in the face of persistent assaults on development. It supports current research propositions that resiliency involves fluid processes and does not remain fixed or wholly tied to rigid risk and promotive factors or personal traits (Oshiri et al., 2018). Data suggest that child welfare involvement is often itself, a traumatic and prolonged experience with impermanence in the form of excessive school and home transitions, changing adult faces, and constant assaults on personhood. Additionally, the K-12 experience was commonly described as devoid of adequate academic support, mentoring relationships and college preparation programs. Data also revealed that the significant weight of ACE's suffered in care are often powerful enough to eclipse all other systemic barriers, including gender discrimination and racism. Furthermore, the data showed that the foster youth identity is often stigmatized and riddled with judgments and assumptions that stifle efforts on the part of foster youth to reach out and share their stories, as well as ask for help.
